Four conservative Rhode Island legislators are shown riding in a car with Benedict Arnold. The point of the political cartoon is to demonstrate how the policies and actions of the legislators are associated with the treasonous actions of Benedict…
Print shows members of the Declaration Committee (left to right: Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and John Adams) working at a table.
In addition to showing the attack and defeat of the American Fleet under Benedict Arnold, the map also shows notes related to British and rebel naval forces.