The Boston Chronicle

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Date: 1500 - 1799 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: North America [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Print Journalism [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]


Artist: John Mein


Confronting Bodies: Colonial American patriots


Dates of Action: 1769


Location: Boston, Massachusetts Colony


Description of Artwork: Mein was a known loyalist. His letters caused an intense arguement between patriots and loyalists in colonial Massachusetts.

The Incident: Mein printed lists of names in the Boston Chronicle that accused colonial merchants of breaking a British nonimportation agreement. Mein's name appeared on a list of merchants who violated the trade agreement printed by a group of merchants. In response Mein published another letter accusing the Merchants' Committee of using the nonimportation agreement to lock out other merchants from trade, while they profited from the goods. The argument precipitated as Mein's office was ransacked, men who resembed him were beaten in the streets and he was hanged in effigy.

Results of Incident: Mein left the colonies with 2000 pounds of debt and spent one year in debtor's prison in London. He continued writing for London newspapers against the patriot movement. In 1770, the Boston Chronicle closed.

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