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Letter to Editor
February 3, 1774
The Massachusetts Spy, Or, Thomas's Boston Journal
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Satirical letter to Mr. Joyce, chairman of the tarring and feathering committee, urging application of tar and feathers to foreign advertising doctors and midwives, especially French accoucheur Dr. Botet-bladder, for their immodest practices and ads in newspapers.
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For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
To Mr. Joyce, jun. Chairman of the Committee for tarring and feathering.
To be communicated.
Worthy SIR,
It is, by many zealous friends to their country, warmly recommended to the very respectable body over whom you preside, that they would make a proper application of the juice of pine, and the plume of owls and crows, to a number of advertising Pedagogues, Surgeons and Men Midwives, lately arrived from the polite city, where man-wifery was first practised, particularly to doctor Botet-bladder, Accoucheur from France, who has lately acquainted 'the most amiable part of the creation,' through the channel of D--s paper, that he submits himself into their hands, with this expectation 'that they will submit themselves into his' that he may practice upon them ala mode de Paris.
It is expected that in his next advertisement, this modest doctor will acquaint the public, unless prevented by a wholesome castigation from your committee, that he is sufficient orders for the occasional administration of B-- ,in the SHannYan way ; whenever there shall be apparent danger of the death of a child before delivery.
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
Mr. THOMAS,
To Mr. Joyce, jun. Chairman of the Committee for tarring and feathering.
To be communicated.
Worthy SIR,
It is, by many zealous friends to their country, warmly recommended to the very respectable body over whom you preside, that they would make a proper application of the juice of pine, and the plume of owls and crows, to a number of advertising Pedagogues, Surgeons and Men Midwives, lately arrived from the polite city, where man-wifery was first practised, particularly to doctor Botet-bladder, Accoucheur from France, who has lately acquainted 'the most amiable part of the creation,' through the channel of D--s paper, that he submits himself into their hands, with this expectation 'that they will submit themselves into his' that he may practice upon them ala mode de Paris.
It is expected that in his next advertisement, this modest doctor will acquaint the public, unless prevented by a wholesome castigation from your committee, that he is sufficient orders for the occasional administration of B-- ,in the SHannYan way ; whenever there shall be apparent danger of the death of a child before delivery.
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
Mr. THOMAS,
What sub-type of article is it?
Satirical
Provocative
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Health Medicine
Morality
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
Tarring And Feathering
Foreign Doctors
Advertising Quacks
Midwifery
French Accoucheur
Dr Botet Bladder
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Joyce, Jun. Chairman Of The Committee For Tarring And Feathering
Letter to Editor Details
Recipient
Mr. Joyce, Jun. Chairman Of The Committee For Tarring And Feathering
Main Argument
zealous friends recommend that the committee apply tar and feathers to advertising foreign doctors and midwives, especially dr. botet-bladder, to prevent their immodest practices ala mode de paris.
Notable Details
Juice Of Pine And Plume Of Owls And Crows
Man Wifery
Ala Mode De Paris
D S Paper
Shannyan Way