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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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John Cook, skipper of George Bickford's schooner in Boston, transported salvaged East India Company tea from the wreck of Capt. Loring's brig from Cape Cod to Castle William, drawing public indignation and a deferred threat from locals disguised as Indians to the hospitalized Bickford. Punishment for Cook is anticipated.
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Mr. Bickford is now a Patient at the Hospital; and we are assured that a Company of Natives, dressed in the Indian Manner, armed with Hatchets, Axes, &c. have already paid him a Visit; but he being under Inoculation, they deferred proceeding to Extremities.
What Punishment is to be inflicted on the Skipper is yet uncertain: But, if we may judge by the Expressions of Indignation at his Conduct, he will not escape with Impunity.
It is reported that the Tea Consignees had better have had a Mill Stone tied round their Necks, than suffer'd the Tea saved out of the Wreck of Capt. Loring, to be landed at the Castle.
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Boston
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deferred threat to bickford due to inoculation; anticipated punishment for cook based on public indignation; no other casualties reported.
Event Details
John Cook accepted employment to transport salvaged East-India Company tea from the wreck of Capt. Loring's brig from Cape-Cod to Castle William on Bickford's schooner. Locals disguised as Indians visited the hospitalized Bickford but deferred action. Public expressions of indignation suggest Cook will face punishment. Report warns tea consignees of severe consequences for allowing the tea to land.