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CG-NL.775.016
10 Mar 1775:32 (12/591)
Providence, March 4. The following is . . . an exact
relation of the proceedings on Thursday last, relative to
the destruction of a quantity of TEA in this town.
On Thursday last, about twelve o'clock at noon, the Town-
Cryer gave the following notice through the town:
At five of the clock, this afternoon, a quantity of India
Tea will be burnt in the Market-Place. --- All true friends
to their country, lovers of freedom, and haters of shackles
and hand-cuffs, are hereby invited to testify their good
disposition, by bringing in, and casting into the fire, a
needless herb, which for a long time has been highly
detrimental to our liberty, interest and health."
. . . [11 lines on the festivities]
On this occasion the bells were tolled; but it is referred
to the learned whether tolling or ringing would have been
most proper.
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