Liberty again forced him to publicly swear that he would never act as stamp distributor. Later career He was commissioned lieutenant governor of the colony when his brother-in-law Thomas Hutchinson became governor in 1771. Letters that he and Hutchinson wrote in the late 1760s during protests surrounding the Townshend Acts were published in 1773, igniting a storm of protest against both men. The business took a serious toll on Oliver's health, which suffered further after his wife died. Oliver died on March 3, 1774, after suffering from an "apoplectick fit". His death was greeted with glee by the Sons of Liberty, and his burial was marred by acts of protest and violence. Because of the charged political climate few friends and relatives attended. Most of Oliver's family remained Loyal during the American Revolution, and resettled in other parts of the British Empire. Notes References Calhoon, Robert M. "Oliver, Andrew". American National Biography Online, February 2000. External links Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Portrait of Daniel, Peter and Andrew Oliver, by John Smibert, 1732. 1706 births 1774 deaths Harvard College alumni Harvard College Loyalists in the American Revolution Colonial American merchants People from colonial Boston Lieutenant Governors of colonial Massachusetts Members of the colonial Massachusetts House of Representatives Members of the colonial Massachusetts Governor's Council American Loyalists from Massachusetts 18th-century American politicians