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Tea, Destroyed by Indians
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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]
Eager to capitalize on the Boston Tea Party of 16 December 1773, patriot agitators distributed this broadside urging citizens to firmly and courageously defend their rights. In terms reminiscent of Boston Massacre verse, the unidentified author raised the specter of martyrs, graves, and blood-bought liberties.