Tea party papers, 1773-1774.

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Tea party papers, 1773-1774.

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Copies of letters, petitions, minutes from town meetings, and other manuscripts pertaining to the Boston Tea Party and the events that led up to it. Includes letters from Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson and from British military officers to the Earl of Dartmouth, reporting on the situation; letters from the citizens of Boston ordering Hutchinson to resign; minutes of the Massachusetts Colony Council and the Plymouth town meeting; notes, possibly by Minto; and manuscript extracts from Massachusetts newspapers.

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Dartmouth, William Legge, Earl of, 1731-1801

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This volume contains a list of offices and office holders in the North American and West Indian colonies created by the British Secretary of State of the colonies in 1775. The item was created by or for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, who was Secretary of State from 1772 through November of 1775, when he resigned and was replaced by Lord Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville. The official title for this cabinet level office was "Colonial Secretary," a position created in 1768 to help manage the ...

Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780

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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Certification, 1752. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960172 At this time, Hutchinson was judge of probate in Suffolk County (1749-1766); later he was royal governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1771-1774) From the description of A Brief State of that Part of Massachusetts Bay which is situated East of the Province of Main (sic) with reasons for erecting it into a separate & distinct Province : manuscript...

Massachusetts. Council

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Samuel Adams was an American patriot and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. From the description of Order for powder magazine guard, 1779 July 21. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56357672 During the colonial period (1629-1686) certain members of the Court of Assistants (which functioned not only judicially but also legislatively as part of the General Court, constituting from 1644 its upper house, though without the formal title--see: Mas...

Minto, Gilbert Elliot, 3rd bart., 1722-1777.

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Minto was a Scottish statesman, philosopher and poet. He served in the House of Commons and was a supporter of the policies of King George III in the American colonies. From the description of Tea party papers, 1773-1774. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122405047 From the guide to the Tea party papers, 1773-1774., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...