tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3404753464393099336..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “Chests of Bohea tea consigned to several persons”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-20332650838906973002021-03-07T13:13:52.098-05:002021-03-07T13:13:52.098-05:00I’ve got a tin of the “Boston Harbour Tea” from “D...I’ve got a tin of the “Boston Harbour Tea” from “Davison Newman & Co. Ltd.” (imported by Mark T. Wendell Co. of West Concord) in my kitchen now. The box includes an image of the petition from the firm and its insurers seeking compensation from the British government for the sixteen chests destroyed in March 1774. <br /><br />Fortunately, that petition is also on the web in both image and transcription. I’d never be able to read it from this little tin. <br /><br />Most likely that product has done more to keep alive the history of the second Boston Tea Party than any book. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-47938188055814739142021-03-07T12:27:54.298-05:002021-03-07T12:27:54.298-05:00I note that the tea consigned to Henry Lloyd "...I note that the tea consigned to Henry Lloyd "had been shipped to him by the London partnership of Monkhouse Davison and Abraham Newman."<br /><br />About 25 years ago I purchased a small tin of "Boston Harbour Tea" at a local souvenir shop. The label indicated that it was "Blended and Packed by Davison Newman & Co. Ltd." of London, "The firm which supplied Tea 1773-1774 for the historic Boston Tea Parties".<br /><br />This tea was a popular product at many souvenir shops for many years. Alas, an online search today reveals that the company was dissolved in February 2018.<br /><br />The same search shows that tea was just a small part of Davison, Newman's business as a grocer. In 1789 they acquired an interest in a plantation in Jamaica, and therefore they are also considered to be slaveowners.Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-38302617221787803262021-03-06T21:46:56.070-05:002021-03-06T21:46:56.070-05:00John Rowe noted the arrival of the Fortune, but as...John Rowe noted the arrival of the <i>Fortune</i>, but as a warden of Trinity Church he was more worried that the church bell cracked that day. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com