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MJ.775.002
22 Mar 1775:2463 (2/66)
Providence, March 4. On Thursday last, about twelve o'clock
at noon, the town cryer gave the following notice through
the town:
"At five of the o'clock, this afternoon, a quantity of
India tea will be burnt in the Market-Place. . . [19 lines
describing the crowds and burning.] On this occasion the
bells were tolled; but it is referred to the learned whether
tolling or ringing would have been most proper. --Whilst the
tea was burning, a spirited Son of Liberty went along the
sreets with his brush and lampblack, and obliterated or
onpainted the word TEA on the shops signs.
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