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A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION NOT JUST FOR ITS PROGRAMMING, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION FOR SCHOLARS. THE ARCHIVES AND ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AND RECORDS...
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YEAH. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. >> SO YOU SAID THAT IT WAS
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IN BOSTON WHERE WE HAD THE TEA PARTY AND THAT NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, BASICALLY, LET
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IT PASS. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ACTUALLY WERE OTHER INCIDENTS LIKE THE BOSTON TEA PARTY IN DELAWARE AND NEAR THE DELAWARE RIVER. THAT I GUESS...
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HAPPENED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF AMERICA? I SHOULD SAY THAT NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA ACTUALLY DO DO SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT WHICH IS THEY ARE ABLE TO...
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TAVERN PLAYED IN THE STORY? >> YEAH, THE
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QUESTION IS ABOUT THE GREEN DRAGON TAVERN. I SAW THE TAVERN SIGN DOWNSTAIRS, I LOITER INSIDE
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THAT EXHIBIT. THE GREEN DRAGON TAVERN WAS ONE OF MANY WHERE THE BOSTON SONS OF LIBERTY MIGHT MEAN TO PLAN THINGS. IT WAS, ALSO, OFTEN THE MEETING PLACE...
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YES. I ACTUALLY LOOKED THIS UP TODAY BECAUSE I
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WAS, LIKE, I'VE INTRODUCED THIS CONCEPT, I'M GOING TO
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GET THIS QUESTION NOW. YES. BOTH OF THOSE PENSIONS WERE SUCCESSFUL, YOU DO SEE RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT HAVING PAID OUT SOME MONIES TO THESE MEN....
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SURE, SURE. MORE THAN HALF OF THE TEA PARTY PARTICIPANTS WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND
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29 INCLUSIVE, SO IT'S A VERY YOUNG GROUP. BUT I SHOULD SAY THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A KIND OF SAMPLE BIAS THERE BECAUSE THINK ABOUT HOW YOUNG WOULD...
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18TH CENTURY ENGLAND AND THE GREAT COFFEE HOUSES AND THAT. IT'S EVEN BEEN SUGGESTED THAT COFFEE BECAME THE DOMINANT DRINK IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE TEA...
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COFFEE AND TEA. EUROPEANS DISCOVER COFFEE, TEA AND CHOCOLATE ALL AROUND THE SAME TIME FROM ABOUT THE 1580s INTO THE 17TH CENTURY. THERE WERE, YOU...
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WITH ALL THE
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CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THESE TEA SHIPMENTS AND THE TAXATION ISSUES SURROUNDING IT, WHY WASN'T THERE BETTER SECURITY PROVIDED FOR THESE SHIPS? >> THAT'S...
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WHEN THE SHIPS ARRIVE AND -- OKAY, WELL, LET ME BACK UP FOR A SECOND. THE RULE WAS THAT IF A SHIP COMES IN TO HARBOR, IT HAS 20 DAYS TO UNLOAD ITS GOODS...
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THE EXPLAINING TEA AS A COMMODITY TO YOUNG CHILDREN. AND THE QUESTION ALWAYS COMES UP, WAS IT BLOCK TEA OR LOOSE TEA? DID YOU EVER GET INTO WHAT TYPE...
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HARBOR. T ALL LOOSE -- IT'S ALL LOOSE TEA, TWO VARIETIES OF GREEN TEA AND FOUR VARIETIES OF BLACK TEA. THE GREEN TEA -- SINGLO TEA, AND THE VARIETIES...
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IN THE HARBOR PAUSE THAT'S ALL THE IN
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THE POLICES OF THE EAST END -- LISTS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CLAIMS AFTERWARDS. WAS ANYONE EVER PROSECUTED? NO. GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON FIRST WAS LIKE,...
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DETAIL ABOUT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. I KNOW YOU'RE FROM THE BOSTON AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY INTERACTION WITH THEM? OKAY, BECAUSE THEY ADVERTISE...
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IN PROTESTING AGAINST THE TEA ACT THAT THEY COULDN'T FIT IN SAMUEL HALL WHICH IS WHERE THEY HELD THEIR REGULAR TOWN MEETINGS. BECAUSE THERE WERE THOUSANDS...
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YOU SAID THAT THE TAX ON THE POUND OF TEA WAS THREE PENCE? YES. >> WHAT WAS THE WHOLESALE PRICE OF A POUND OF
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TEA? >> OH, THAT'S A HARD ONE. OF IT WAS ABOUT TWO POUNDS, I
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THINK. IT FLUCTUATES A LOT. >> IS THAT IN RELATION
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TO TODAY'S -- >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M FLATTERED THAT YOU THINK I'VE MEMORIZED THE PRICE INDEXES. [LAUGHTER]
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IT'S, WELL, LET'S SEE. I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD EXTRAPOLATE BY SAYING IF A TON COSTS AS MUCH AS PAUL REVERE'S HOUSE WHICH WAS, I THINK, MAYBE 200 POUNDS,...
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PROBABLY MORE EXPENSIVE IN REAL DOLLARS BACK THEN THAN IT WAS TODAY,
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BUT STILL INEXPENSIVE ENOUGH THAT AN ORDINARY FAMILY COULD ENJOY A CALM -- CUP OF TEA. MAYBE NOT EVERY DAY, BUT FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. THE TEA HAD...
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AND HOW THEY WENT ABOUT IT? >> YEAH. THAT'S VERY TRICKY, RIGHT? BECAUSE NO ONE'S GOING TO COME FORWARD AND SAY THIS. I MEAN,
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I THINK, I THINK THERE WERE TWO DYNAMICS AT WORK. ONE IS THAT THERE WERE INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE SONS OF LIBERTY, THE NORTH END CAUCUS, THE COMMITTEE...
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ALL. DID THEY HAVE JUST COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK MEN CLAIMING I WAS THERE, I WAS THERE, I WAS THERE? >> YEAH. IT ACTUALLY BECOMES A BIG DISPUTE....
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HAWTHORNE SAYS WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF EVERYONE JUST KEPT QUIET ABOUT THIS AND THE MYSTERY COULD SURVIVE? AND THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT AND...
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QUESTION. ONE MORE? ALL RIGHT. >> JUST A QUICK SEGWAY TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST DESCRIBING AS FAR AS THE PARTICIPANTS. WAS PAUL REVERE AMONG THEM? >>
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YEAH. PAUL REVERE IS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE TEA PARTY. THAT COMES OUT IN THE 1830s THAT HE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE
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PEOPLE THERE. AND HE'S VERY CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH THIS LEADERSHIP GROUP AND ALSO ORDINARY ARTISANS BECAUSE HE WAS, HIMSELF, A SILVERSMITH. ...
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