![]() ![]() Their military partnership is documented in the Letters from Major General Nathanael Greene, 1776-1785 (ARC ID 2505358) and in Letters of Nathanael Greene, with Various Papers Relating to the Quartermaster’s Department, 1778-1780 (ARC ID 2509813). There were over one hundred participants in the destruction of the tea, and one of them was Nathanael Greene, George Washington’s most trusted general. Archives II has a copy of a lithograph by Sarony & Major that provides a 19 th century visual interpretation of the event (ARC ID 532892 ): On December 16, 1773, men dressed as Native Americans and wearing disguises, destroyed British owned tea by throwing it into the water of Griffin’s Wharf in Boston. Today is the 238 th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Today’s post is written by Monique Politowski, and is part of her ongoing series on the Federalists. ![]()
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