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Traits of the tea party : being a memoir of George R. T. Hewes, one of the last of its survivors; with a history of that transaction; reminiscences of the massacre, and the siege, and other stories of old times / by a Bostonian.

Author/creator Thatcher, B. B. (Benjamin Bussey), 1809-1840
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Harper & brothers, 1835.
Description265 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 16 cm
Subject(s)
Local noteJoyner-Autographed on several prelim. pages: "Thos. Davis Grover".
General noteBy B. B. Thatcher.--Cf. Sabin.
General noteContains a list of the party, "furnished by an aged Bostonian", of those "more or less actively engaged in or present at the destruction of the tea". It may be correct as to those "present at" the destruction, but it is certainly not trustworthy as to those who did the work. cf. Proceedings of the Mass. Historical Society, v.13, p.178.
References Sabin, 95221
LCCN 11022256

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