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Williamsburg, Virginia
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Report on House of Lords debate where former Boston Governor Hutchinson reacted emotionally to mentions of his policies and defenses by peers against American countrymen; an American figure was present, and profiles were taken.
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The American, a portrait of whom appears in the print shops, tarred and feathered, was at the House of Lords during the last debate, and seems marked with almost as strong lines and features as Governor Hutchinson. An eminent portrait painter, whose curiosity led him to hear the debates, has taken inimitable profiles of the two Gentlemen, but not for the print shops.
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Boston
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Wednesday Last
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During debates in the House of Lords on Wednesday last, Mr. Hutchinson, the late Boston Governor, showed distress when Lord Camden mentioned 'Hutchinson's justices' and joy when Townshend and Hillsborough defended him with warlike sentiments against his countrymen. An American, portrayed tarred and feathered, was present, and a portrait painter took profiles of the two gentlemen.