From Benjamin Franklin: Analysis of Loyalists (unpublished)

Two hundred and eighty eight persons called Loyalists, and specified by name in the Morning Post, classed in the following Manner.

Persons residing in Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32..
Deceased Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34..
Apostates, that is to say, persons who had conformed to
the American Government, and voluntarily taken the
necessary Oaths, among whom also are divers who had been
Demagogues and Leaders of the People, and who had reformed139..
in hopes of saving their Estates after the capture of
Charles Town by Sir Henry Clinton and who are now
desiros of being re-reformed for the same benefit.
Persons of doubtful Principles, vizt. who, from the
beginning, were endeavoring to play a safe Game, and take
the strongest side, as Occasion might offer . . . . . . . .12..
Persons whose Names are unknown and others who are known
to be of no weight or importance; the greatest part of
whom would probably come, properly, under the title of
Apostates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71..
288..
American true Loyalists000..
288..
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