The Boston Tea Party, and much more on the tea issue in the colonies...

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January 01, 1774

THE SCOTS MAGAZINE, Edinburgh, Scotland, January, 1774 Although formatted much like the more common "Gentleman's Magazine" this is a much more scarce title.
Seven pages are taken up with much on: "American Letters Before the Privy Council" and "A Letter Addressed to the Earl of Dartmouth" both containing much mention of Benjamin Franklin.
But certainly the prime content is the great report of the Boston Tea Party. Under the heading: "British North America" the article begins: "The tea exported to America by the East India Company...has already produced a ferment throughout that continent & is likely to be attended with more alarming consequences...". What followed are several reports from Boston, Newport and New York concerning the tea issue, most notably a Boston report dated Dec. 20 with an account of the Boston Tea Party, including: "...assembled at the Old South Meeting House to enquire the reason of the delay in sending the ship Dartmouth, with the East India tea, back to London...frustrated by the tea consignees, the Collector of the Customs, and the Governor of the province, dissolved the meeting. But behold what followed! A number of resolute men, dressed like Mohawks or Indians, determined to do all in their power to save their country from the ruin which their enemies had plotted, in less than 4 hours emptied every chest of tea on board the three ships...amounting to 342 chests, into the sea without the least damage done to the ships..." with more (see). This account is followed by other tea reports with datelines from New York Charleston, and Philadelphia (see). A terrific account of the troubling tea issue in the American colonies.
Complete in 56 pages, disbound, title page has the "Contents" as well, 5 by 8 inches, great condition.

Category: The 1600's and 1700's