tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7881604238073974462..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “Emptied and threw the Tea into the Water”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-76602643298872631842021-03-08T10:43:38.062-05:002021-03-08T10:43:38.062-05:00The Boston Whigs made a big deal of punishing Char...The Boston Whigs made a big deal of punishing Charles Conner for trying to steal tea during the first tea destruction in December 1773, so there was peer pressure against doing that. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-71771704589445334482021-03-08T09:48:54.065-05:002021-03-08T09:48:54.065-05:00Thank you! I've wondered about the story behi...Thank you! I've wondered about the story behind the "Boston Harbor Tea" now proudly marketed (in the State House and other Boston tourist places) by Davison, Newman & Co. Every year I amuse my students with the packaging from that tea, which touts that it was tossed into the harbor on March 7, 1774, by "American patriots" as a "prelude to the American War of Independence"--but worry not, as "No duty is payable now."Dan Mandellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041359249860782060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-26515200136400889432021-03-08T08:52:31.864-05:002021-03-08T08:52:31.864-05:00Was all the tea thrown into the water of the harbo...Was all the tea thrown into the water of the harbor as reported or was some of it destroyed later by being consumed with hot water?Dean Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588543424289273358noreply@blogger.com