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Tea Leaves: Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to; the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year; 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction,; notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)

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Tea Leaves: Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to; the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year; 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction,; notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)

Name: Tea Leaves: Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to; the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year; 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction,; notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)
Author: Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)

Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)

Boston Tea Party, 1773; Tea tax (American colonies)

Lord Dartmouth presents his compliments to Mr. Wheler, and requests the
favor to see him at his office, at Whitehall, on Monday morning next, at
eleven o'clock, on the subject of some advices Lord Dartmouth has lately
received from America, respecting the importation of tea from England.

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LETTER TO SUNDRY AMERICAN MERCHANTS.

Sir:

The Com^tee of Warehouses of the E.I. Com^y desire you would please to
inform them whether you have receiv^d any advices from _Boston_ relative
to the said Com^ys exportation of tea to that colony, and if you have,
to communicate the purport thereof to the Committee. I am, sir,

                                  Your most obe. ser^t
                                                       WM. SETTLE.

East India House, 20^th Dec^r 1773.

  To Mr. Wm. Palmer,}
  Brook Watson,     }   _Boston._

  Wm. Greenwood,   }
  J^o. Nutt,       }    _South Carolina._

  Jn^o. Blackburn, }
  Wm. Kelly,       }    _New York._

  Fred^k Pigou, Jun^r.  _New York & Philadelphia._

  Geo. Browne,    }
  Sam^l Wharton,  }     _Philadelphia._


LETTER TO SUNDRY AMERICAN MERCHANTS.[39]

Sir:

The Comm^tee of Warehouses desire the favor of an answer under your hand
to my letter of yesterday, relative to the exportation of tea to
_Boston_. I am, sir,

  Your most obd^t servant,

  WM. SETTLE.

East India House, 21^st Dec^r 1773.

  Brook Watson, Esq^r. _Boston._
  Wm. Greenwood, Esq^r. }
  John Nutt, Esq^r.     } _South Carolina._
  John Blackburn, Esq^r. _New York._
  Geo. Browne, Esq^r. _Philadelphia._

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LETTERS FROM SUNDRY AMERICAN MERCHANTS,

WITH ENCLOSURES OF ADVICES FROM THE SEVERAL COLONIES.

_BOSTON._

_From Mr. Palmer._

Mr. Palmer has received no material advices from Boston since the
consignment has taken place, but has letters of as late a date from
thence as the 3^d of Novem^r, one of which mentions there was no tea
then to be bought.

East India House, 21st Dec^r 1773

                                      Garlick Hill, 22d Decem^r 1773.

_To the Hon'ble the Committee of Warehouses, East India House._

Gent^m:

In compliance with your request, we send you enclosed extracts from the
letters which we have lately received from Boston relative to the Com^ys
teas sent there.

                          We are, gent^m
                                    Your most hum. serv^ts
                                                    WATSON & RASHLEIGH.


_Extract of a Letter dated Boston, 18^th Octo^r., 1773:_

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History

Tea Leaves: Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to; the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year; 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction,; notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)

Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)

Boston Tea Party, 1773; Tea tax (American colonies)

Lord Dartmouth presents his compliments to Mr. Wheler, and requests the
favor to see him at his office, at Whitehall, on Monday morning next, at
eleven o'clock, on the subject of some advices Lord Dartmouth has lately
received from America, respecting the importation of tea from England.

       *       *       *       *       *


LETTER TO SUNDRY AMERICAN MERCHANTS.

Sir:

The Com^tee of Warehouses of the E.I. Com^y desire you would please to
inform them whether you have receiv^d any advices from _Boston_ relative
to the said Com^ys exportation of tea to that colony, and if you have,
to communicate the purport thereof to the Committee. I am, sir,

                                  Your most obe. ser^t
                                                       WM. SETTLE.

East India House, 20^th Dec^r 1773.

  To Mr. Wm. Palmer,}
  Brook Watson,     }   _Boston._

  Wm. Greenwood,   }
  J^o. Nutt,       }    _South Carolina._

  Jn^o. Blackburn, }
  Wm. Kelly,       }    _New York._

  Fred^k Pigou, Jun^r.  _New York & Philadelphia._

  Geo. Browne,    }
  Sam^l Wharton,  }     _Philadelphia._


LETTER TO SUNDRY AMERICAN MERCHANTS.[39]

Sir:

The Comm^tee of Warehouses desire the favor of an answer under your hand
to my letter of yesterday, relative to the exportation of tea to
_Boston_. I am, sir,

  Your most obd^t servant,

  WM. SETTLE.

East India House, 21^st Dec^r 1773.

  Brook Watson, Esq^r. _Boston._
  Wm. Greenwood, Esq^r. }
  John Nutt, Esq^r.     } _South Carolina._
  John Blackburn, Esq^r. _New York._
  Geo. Browne, Esq^r. _Philadelphia._

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LETTERS FROM SUNDRY AMERICAN MERCHANTS,

WITH ENCLOSURES OF ADVICES FROM THE SEVERAL COLONIES.

_BOSTON._

_From Mr. Palmer._

Mr. Palmer has received no material advices from Boston since the
consignment has taken place, but has letters of as late a date from
thence as the 3^d of Novem^r, one of which mentions there was no tea
then to be bought.

East India House, 21st Dec^r 1773

                                      Garlick Hill, 22d Decem^r 1773.

_To the Hon'ble the Committee of Warehouses, East India House._

Gent^m:

In compliance with your request, we send you enclosed extracts from the
letters which we have lately received from Boston relative to the Com^ys
teas sent there.

                          We are, gent^m
                                    Your most hum. serv^ts
                                                    WATSON & RASHLEIGH.


_Extract of a Letter dated Boston, 18^th Octo^r., 1773:_

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Tea Leaves: Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to; the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year; 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction,; notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)

Tea Leaves: Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to; the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year; 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction,; notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)

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