Tea from the Boston Tea Party Sells
Tea leaves from the Boston Tea Party, December 1773. Photo: Heritage Auctions
Actual tea from the Boston Tea Party survives, sells. A small sample of tea leaves from the Boston Tea Party, collected December 17, 1773, sold recently at Heritage Auctions. The tea was collected on the shore the morning after the destruction of the cargoes by the Sons of Liberty, then preserved in a small bottle. […]