A broadside reporting a meeting of the people of Boston at Faneuil Hall on November 29, 1773 to prevent the sale of East India Company tea.

This meeting took place immediately following the arrival of the first tea ship, the Dartmouth, in Boston Harbor. The meeting attendees determined that “they would to the utmost of their Power prevent the landing of the Tea.” The meeting continued over two days. Among their resolutions was to appoint a corps of volunteers to watch the ship at all times to make sure the tea was not unloaded and to send copies of the meeting’s proceedings to New York and Philadelphia.

Citation Information
“Boston, December 1, 1773. At a meeting of the people of Boston and the neighboring towns at Faneuil-Hall,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/ac7cb0395f7e44b45b459a456c7bf392.
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Courtesy of State Library of Massachusetts via Digital Commonwealth.

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