Question Reading #3: A Patriot's Letter to His Loyalists Father

1. Select a portion of the letter Timothy Pickering Jr. wrote that indicates the respect he had for his father. Why do you think he included this in his letter?
2. Why do you think the letter notes a “difference of sentiment” but never specifically mentions the war?
3. Put yourself in the place of both Timothy Pickering Jr. and Timothy Pickering Sr. Make two lists that would support the revolutionary arguments of the son and the loyalist rationale of the father.