OLIVER, ANDREW
\ˈɒlɪvə], \ˈɒlɪvə], \ˈɒ_l_ɪ_v_ə]\
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(1706-1774), loyalist, was a member of the Massachusetts Council from 1746 to 1765, provincial secretary from 1756 to 1770 and Lieutenant-Governor from 1771 to 1774. Mob violence compelled him to resign the appointment as stamp officer in 1765.
By John Franklin Jameson
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