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A Three-Hour
Tea Party and the Rest is History!
Share Your History with the World
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The powerful influence
of the 1773 Boston Tea Party continues even today as
we prepare to celebrate this signature event in
American history with the reopening of the
Boston Tea Party Shipssm
& Museum.
Be part of
this history by sharing yours.
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& Museum
is currently assembling a spectacular collection
of Boston Tea Party-related objects and documents.
Already part of the collection is the famous
Robinson Tea Chest, one of two known surviving
chests from the Tea Party with strong provenance,
an original copy of the December 1773 issue of
the Massachusetts Gazette with published
proclamations of the Sons of Liberty, as well as
other Revolutionary War period documents &
artifacts. |
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Silver sugar tongs owned by a
Boston Tea Party participant. |
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Original Woodcuts depicting Boston and the
American Colonies in the 1700’s. |
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The Boston Tea Party Shipssm
& Museum
continues to expand its collection through the
acquisition and donation of items from people like
you around the world. If you have a Boston Tea
Party-related object or document that you would
like to sell or donate to a museum dedicated
entirely to this seminal event in American
history, we would love to hear from you.
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interested in all Boston Tea Party items including
period broadsides, pamphlets, flyers, newspapers,
advertisements, diaries, family accounts of the
Tea Party, letters, ship’s manifests and other
documents (from the Beaver, Eleanor, and the
Dartmouth), billheads, East India Company
documents, tea stamps, tea chests with provenance,
tea and other souvenirs taken from the ships,
hatchets and other tools used on board, and the
personal effects of Tea Party participants and the
Sons of Liberty. If acquired, the items will be
displayed in perpetuity for more than 300,000
people to see each year. Your important
contribution will become an important part of this
signature museum. |
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Original Newspapers from the time of the Tea
Party. |
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Original signatures of Tea Party Participants. |
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If you have any items that you would like to
discuss with us please e-mail our
Director of Museum Services. We look forward to
hearing from you. |
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Boston Tea Party Shipssm
& Museum
Congress Street Bridge, Boston, Ma
02127
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