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Boston Tea Party (1773)

On December 16, 1773, after a mass meeting at Old South Meeting House, about 150 men went to Griffin's Wharf and destroyed 342 chests of imported tea.

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Date
December 16, 1773
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✓Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
✓Independent corroboration3 resolvable sources
✓Review stateReview attributed to durjoy-ace-local-history-editor
✓Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
Old South Meeting House Primary / institutional
Massachusetts Historical Society Primary / institutional
U.S. National Park Service Primary / institutional
Review date: 2026-08-23
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