The Bostonians paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering

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Title

The Bostonians paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering

Subject

A mob of Bostonians.

Description

Shows a mob pouring tea into the mouth of a Loyalist who has been tarred and feathered. Behind the group, on the right, is the "Liberty Tree" from which hangs a noose and a sign "Stamp Act" written upside down; on the left, revolutionaries on a ship pouring crates of tea into the water.

Creator

copied on stone by D. C. Johnston from a print published in London

Source

https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a05133/

Publisher

Boston : Pendleton

Date

1830

Contributor

Johnston, David Claypoole

Format

Image

Language

Englsih

Identifier

cph 3a05133 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05133

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Citation

copied on stone by D. C. Johnston from a print published in London , “The Bostonians paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering,” Digital History 4385/5390 - Era of the American Revolution, accessed September 20, 2026, https://omeka.saracollini.org/teaching/4385/americanrevolution/items/show/10.

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