On the afternoon of 16 December 1773, Benjamin Edes entertained some of his fellow conspirators and served punch from this bowl before proceeding to Griffins Wharf. His son Peter recalled in a letter to his grandson, I recollect perfectly well that in the afternoon preceding the evening of the destruction of the Tea a number of gentlemen met in the parlour of my fathers house... He continued, my station was in another room to make punch for them in the bowl which is now in your possession and which I filled several times--
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:07:09 +0000
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