He steps down as the tax collector.
On the morning of August 27, 1765, a group of men march to the town common in front of the Colony House and hang three effigies on hastily constructed gallows-- one for the new tax collector, Augustus Johnston, and one each for Martin Howard and Dr. Thomas Moffat, defenders of the Stamp Act. Swallow is thankful the mob isn't after him, although Johnston, Howard, and Moffat are his friends. Should he take them into his home to shield them from any potential danger?
On the morning of August 27, 1765, a group of men march to the town common in front of the Colony House and hang three effigies on hastily constructed gallows-- one for the new tax collector, Augustus Johnston, and one each for Martin Howard and Dr. Thomas Moffat, defenders of the Stamp Act. Swallow is thankful the mob isn't after him, although Johnston, Howard, and Moffat are his friends. Should he take them into his home to shield them from any potential danger?
