The price of loyalty ; Tory writings from the Revolutionary era. Narrative and editing by Catherine S. Crary. Drawings by Cecile R. Johnson.

Author: Crary, Catherine S. comp.

Imprint:New York, McGraw-Hill [1973]

Description481 p. facsims. 23 cm.

Note:Documents are grouped under the following chapters: Part One: Bewilderment, Eqivocation, and Defiance: October 1773-July 4, 1776: 1. The making of some early loyalists -- 2. Committees of safety: confrontations, threats, and rough handling -- 3. Intimidation and abuse of the Anglican clergy -- Some first expatriates -- Part Two: Animosities Afire: July 1776-December 1782: 5. The Rubicon: independence makes the difference -- 6. Raids, retaliation, and refuge -- 7. Cruelties, imprisonments, and executions -- 8. Loyalists on the New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont frontiers -- 9. The Southern theater -- 10. Loyalists' reactions to events of the war -- Part Three: Casting Accounts: December 1782-1800: 11. The onset of peace -- 12. Displaced persons: evacuation, flight, and dispersal -- 13. Expectations soured, hopes fulfilled.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. 453-468.

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