tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8044948899939702129..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Reverse Course on the Copley Cartoon? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-80187612794869324322021-03-29T19:47:10.892-05:002021-03-29T19:47:10.892-05:00Yes, the allusion to “Scotch/Scottish Government” ...Yes, the allusion to “Scotch/Scottish Government” and the boot receiving a bribe from France show one of the targets of this cartoon to be the third Earl of Bute. <br /><br />No matter that Lord Bute had left office and retired from politics almost two years before Parliament passed the Stamp Act. It was easy to blame a “North Briton” for the Tory turn at Whitehall. <br /><br />The Loyall Nine’s display at Liberty Tree in August 1765 likewise included a boot with a devil’s head sticking out of it. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-77180144174069148132021-03-29T16:24:59.858-05:002021-03-29T16:24:59.858-05:00I'm intrigued by the cartoon's caption, an...I'm intrigued by the cartoon's caption, and its reference to "Sc-----h Government". Was this another allusion to Lord Bute, who was from Edinburgh?Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.com