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The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring &...

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The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring &...
Print shows five men forcing a tarred and feathered customs officer to drink from a teapot, a bucket and a liberty cap are on the ground at his feet. They stand beneath the "Liberty Tree" from which a rope with a noose hangs; in the background, shadowy figures on a ship dump tea overboard.
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