I think the attitude of the speaker was more against the rebels since he was a Britsh officer and the writer of the Boston Tea Party was more against the British. I think the British officer was more hostile to the patriot cause because the British wanted to do everything in their power to get rid of the rebels. I feel like both sides were hostile to each other. In the document it stated that their numbers of deaths and wounds were reducing as the rebels numbers were increasing. I think the intended audience of this diary were future officers. I think the officer wanted to write this diary for futre officers to tell them what he what he went through and prepare them for somthing like that. I think the intended audience effect the trustworthiness
