Episode 33
E33: James Fichter: The Tea that Survived the Boston Tea Party
Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution
September 22, 201927m 11s
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Show Notes
This week our guest is University of Hong Kong professor James Fichter. In 1773, Patriot supporters famously destroyed 300 chests of tea in Boston Harbor. Though the event would be a symbolic flashpoint in the Revolutionary Era, few question what happened to the remainder of the tea that made the trans-Atlantic voyage. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.