[Ads-l] Antedating of "Boston Tea Party"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Boston Tea Party (OED 1864)

1825 Commercial Advertiser (New York) 26 Dec. 2  (GenealogyBank)

The following toasts were drunk ... By W. P. Hawes. — The Boston Tea Party -- May tyrants and oppressors throughout the world be speedily invited to a like entertainment.

Fred Shapiro

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