Henry Pelham makes a serious accusation against Paul Revere.

Pelham accuses Revere of plagiarism for his recent print depicting the Boston Massacre. Pelham writes, “When I heard you was cutting a plate of the late Murder, I thought it impossible, as I knew you was not capable of doing it unless you copied it from mine and as I thought I had entrusted it in the hands of a person who had more regard to the dictates of Honour and Justice.” Also, “[I] find myself deprived not only of any proposed advantage, but even of the expense I have been at, as truely as if you had plundered me on the highway.”