Massachusetts Anti-Loyalist Handbill

At a Convention of Committees for the County of Worcester, convened ... January 27, 1775, the following Resolves (among others) passed viz. Whereas Isaac Jones of Weston, in the County of Middlesex, Innholdr and Trader, has by his Conduct of late Years in various Instances manifested a disposition inimical to the Rights and Priviledges of his Countrymen. Therefore Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to all the Inhabitants of this County, not to have any commercial Connetions with the said Isaac Jones ... [Worcester?, 1775]



Printed handbill (8 3/8 x 7 in.; 213 x 177 mm). Light browning, minor losses to corners, 2 old repairs to fold separations on verso.

Bristol B-4174; Ford 1790 (both listing only one copy at the AAS)

Boycotting businesses owned by alleged Loyalists. In addition to shunning Isaac Jones, an innkeeper in Weston, the bill also condemns several Tory printers: James Rivington and Hugh Gaine of New York and Samuel Draper, Nathaniel Mills, and John Hicks of Boston.