Recollections of the Private Centennial Celebration of the Overthrow of the Tea: At Griffins Wharf, in Boston Harbor; December 16, 1773; In Honor of ... Mass;, December, 1878
Caroline Howard Gilman
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Feb. 1, 2018)
Excerpt from Recollections of the Private Centennial Celebration of the Overthrow of the Tea: At Griffins Wharf, in Boston Harbor; December 16, 1773; In Honor of Samuel Howard; One of the Actors; At Cambridge, Mass;, December, 1878MY father, samuel howard, of Boston, Mass, was unknown to fame, until his name appeared on the roll of history, with those who overthrew the tea in Boston Harbor, Dec. 16, 1773.There has always been a tradition in our family of his participation in the act; and one of the ao counts is, that some tea remaining in his boots was scattered on the hearth, that one of the family tried to gather it up, when another ran for a broom and swept it into the fire.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.