Papers of Thomas Greenough, 1774, Mar. 28 -- 1775, Jan. 13.

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Papers of Thomas Greenough, 1774, Mar. 28 -- 1775, Jan. 13.

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A small group Thomas Greenough's correspondence and his ledger that cover the immediate aftermath of the Boston Tea Party. Included are: a sharply worded letter in which Thomas Greenough rebuked his his son John, ( who had been caught selling two chests of English tea) for causing "an alienation of affection between brethren" and lectured him on the nature of civil government (1774, Mar. 28, HM 702082) and four missives to Thomas Greenough from his daughter Martha Stone and son David Stoddard Greenough, written between July 9, 1774 and April 9, 1775. The letters are particularly concerned with "the Disstreses of Boston," impoverished by the Boston Port Bill. David also wrote to his father who was busy raising money for Boston's poor, about "some scandelous things been reported here by some rascals in this county about your committee for receiving donations," hastening to add that "nobody in this place gives any credit to them." Thomas Greenough's fund-raising effort is documented in a small ledger titled "An acc't of what moneys I have or may r'ceive from the Charity Meeting in Fanueil Hall began 5th June 1774."

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