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lostinhistory:

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qichi:

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minutemanworld:

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Tea leaves collected from Boston harbor the morning after the Boston Tea Party.\u00a0

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\u201cTea that was gathered up on the Shore of Dorchester Neck on the morning after the destruction of the three Cargos at Boston December 17, 1773.\u201d

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i\u2019m so pleased that this means someone during the event was like \u201cyeah this is probably gonna be historically interesting\u201d and just ran out there with, like, what, a net? some cloth? fishing around in the fucking bay to collect tea to put in a bottle? you go, buddy

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Good job, anonymous 18th century person.\u00a0 Your commitment to historic preservation pleases me.

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