Also, that tea party note is very improbably from that date, at best perhaps in the 1800s. The long S was used in printing until...
Anonymous asked: Also, that tea party note is very improbably from that date, at best perhaps in the 1800s. The long S was used in printing until about 1800, and well into the 1800s for most people's handwriting.
Hm. Alright. Yeah, knowing how people act, “some contemporary, seeing historic significance, immediately set off to gather and preserve this shit” does sound more farfetched than “some 19th century mountebank tried to make bank off some shitty tea and a random bottle”.