| Index Entry | Theatre, metaphor of current events, tar and feathering as drama |
| Location | Savannah |
| Citation | EJMP.775.065 5 Sep 1775:43 (2/87) Savannah, (in Georgia,) July 26. On Monday evening last the town was amused with a new exhibition. One Hopkins who has frequently been heard to revile the advocates of American liberty . . . [was tarred and feathered, the report in theatrical metaphor, 15 lines] and the hero of the drama was still rendered more conspicuous by a large number of lights which were kept about him for that purpose. The scene lasted about five hours. |
| Generic Title | Essex Journal |
| Date | 1775.09.05 |
| Publisher | Mycall, John, and Henry-Walter Tinges |
| City, State | Newburyport, MA |
| Year | 1775 |
| Bibliography | B0016390 |