Graebner and Richards begin by asking questions about the cartoon (p. 149) of a Tory being tarred and feathered. The cartoon was obviously drawn by someone who supported the Tories because the faces of the men attacking the Tory look evil and demonic. This leads us to the two letters – one written by a Tory woman and the other by a rebel. Ann Hulton, the Tory woman, describes the tar and feathering of a man in horrible detail on January 31, 1774. She claims that the rebels dislocated his arms, beat him with clubs, dragging him from the cart and giving him several whippings. Personally, I believe that since she is a Tory she is probably grossly exagerating the treatment of the man in hopes to persuade her friend (Mrs. Lightbody) that the rebels are evil and inhumane. One could relate it to the propaganda used by....

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