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A man named Steele hoisted a Secession flag at East Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
He was warned day after day, but refused to take it down.
A party from Mattapoisett paid him a visit and demanded the flag to be taken down.
He refused to comply with the request, and threatened to shoot whoever attempted to take it down.
After parleying awhile, he was taken and marched three miles to Mattapoisett, where a coat of tar and feathers was applied to a part of his person, giving him a handsome set of tail feathers, and then he was compelled to give three cheers for the Stars and Stripes, take an oath to support the Constitution, and never again raise other than the American flag.--Boston Transcript, April 29.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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