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Earliest British account of the Boston Tea Party

17 December 1773

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives
United States

This letter was written by Lieutenant Colonel, Alexander Leslie of the 64th Regiment of Foot to Lord Viscount Barrington, the Secretary at War. Leslie was writing from his barracks at Castle William on an island in Boston Harbour on the day after the Boston Tea Party.

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  • Title: Earliest British account of the Boston Tea Party
  • Date Created: 17 December 1773
  • Rights: U.K. National Archives
U.S. National Archives

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