On this day 250 years ago in Norfolk, Virginia, Loyalist merchant James Parker wrote to Charles Steuart about reports of the intimidation of Loyalist merchants two weeks earlier:

At Wmsbg there was a pole erected by order of Colo Archd Cary a strong Patriot, opposite the Raleigh tavern upon which was hung a large mop & a bag of feathers, under it a bbl of tar.

Source: https://allthingsliberty.com/2019/04/the-mystery-of-the-alternative-of-williams-burg/