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The Tea Party & tea issue...
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February 02, 1774
THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, Philadelphia, Feb. 2, 1774
* Boston Tea Party
* Sons of Liberty
A nice colonial newspaper once owned by Ben Franklin, his imprint appearing on the newspaper through 1765. An ornate coat-of-arms engraving in the masthead.
The front page & pg. 2 contain a lengthy letter concerning the abuses of power by the Court of Admiralty in the colonies. Near the end is: "...The times in America, sir, are critical & important. Every step taken by the Mother Country...should be watched with a jealous eye. The spirit of administration in England has ran violently...". Page 2 has some terrific content relating to the Boston Tea Party, as well as a similar "tea parties" in Philadelphia. It includes the text of a broadside posted in Boston, reading in part: "You may depend that those odious miscreants & detestable tools of Ministry and Governor, the Tea Consignees (those Traitors to their country, butchers, who have done, and are doing, every thing to murder & destroy all that shall stand in the way of their private interest) are determined to come & reside again in the town of Boston. I therefore give you this early Notice, that you may hold yourselves in readiness on the shortest notice, it give them such a reception as such vile ingrates deserve." (see).
A bit further on is: "...Committee appointed at the late meeting of the Dealers in Tea in this town...to repair to the persons concerned in the sale of that article to obtain their assent & subscription to the Resolves passed at said meeting...This being the day fixed when the sale of tea will cease...One of the Tea Commissioners...narrowly escaped a tarring & feathering..." with more (see).
Another report notes: "The spirited conduct of the wise & patriotic citizens of Philadelphia, in peremptorily ordering Capt. Ayres to return to England with the East India Company's Tea, is universally approved and applauded." (see) Page 3 has a treat poem on the Tea Party situation, titled; "A Lady's Adieu to Her Tea Table", bits including: "Farewell the Tea Board, with its gaudy Equipage of cups & saucers, cream bucket, sugar tongs...Full many a joyous moment have I sat by ye...No more shall I dish out the once lov'd liquor, though now detestable, Because I'm taught (and I believe it true), Its use will fasten slavish claims upon my country, and LIBERTY'S the goddess I would choose To reign triumphant in AMERICA." (see)
Further on is a letter critical of slavery in the colonies (see).
Complete in four pages, an archival repair at the bottom of the blank spine margin not touching any text, generally very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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