John Fleeming (?-1800)

The newspaper you print insults Patriot leaders. Patriots hate you but you have more readers than any other Boston newspaper. After personal attacks, your business partner flees Boston but you continue the business. You fall in love with the sister of a Patriot leader and marry her in secret. As the war begins you beg your brother-in-law to abandon the Revolution. Your business fails and you are forced to sell your equipment and flee Boston in 1776. The Massachusetts government declares that you will be k