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Letter to Editor
September 23, 1774
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In a letter to printer Mr. Fowle from Portsmouth, Sept. 19, 1774, Edward Parry demands correction of a newspaper claim that tea shipped to him belongs to the East India Company, asserting it is private merchandise from a London merchant to avoid escalating tensions.
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PORTS MOUTH, Sept. 22.
Mr. FOWLE,
I am surprized that you should insert a Paragraph in your last News Paper, acquainting the Public, that the Tea consigned to me in the Fox, Capt. Norman, belongs to the East India Company, contrary to my repeated Declarations to the Gentlemen of the Town; which I should think came within your Knowledge; I therefore desire you to contradict such a Falsehood, as it tends only to inflame and aggravate Matters---For the TEA that has been consigned to me, is not the Property of the East India Company, but the Property Solely of a Merchant of the city of London, who consigned it to me as an Article of Merchandize for Sale, without my Knowledge, Advice or Recommendation; and he was under as little Apprehension of Opposition or Danger to the commodity or Commotions in Consequence thereof, as the Merchants of this Place would be of expecting such Danger or Opposition to the Sale of their Cargoes of Boards, Lumber, &c. that they send from hence to the British West India Islands or Great Britain.
Your's &c.
Portsmouth, Sept. 19, 1774.
EDWARD PARRY.
Mr. FOWLE,
I am surprized that you should insert a Paragraph in your last News Paper, acquainting the Public, that the Tea consigned to me in the Fox, Capt. Norman, belongs to the East India Company, contrary to my repeated Declarations to the Gentlemen of the Town; which I should think came within your Knowledge; I therefore desire you to contradict such a Falsehood, as it tends only to inflame and aggravate Matters---For the TEA that has been consigned to me, is not the Property of the East India Company, but the Property Solely of a Merchant of the city of London, who consigned it to me as an Article of Merchandize for Sale, without my Knowledge, Advice or Recommendation; and he was under as little Apprehension of Opposition or Danger to the commodity or Commotions in Consequence thereof, as the Merchants of this Place would be of expecting such Danger or Opposition to the Sale of their Cargoes of Boards, Lumber, &c. that they send from hence to the British West India Islands or Great Britain.
Your's &c.
Portsmouth, Sept. 19, 1774.
EDWARD PARRY.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Commerce Trade
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Tea Consignment
East India Company
Falsehood Correction
Portsmouth
London Merchant
Public Declaration
What entities or persons were involved?
Edward Parry
Mr. Fowle
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Edward Parry
Recipient
Mr. Fowle
Main Argument
the tea consigned to edward parry in the fox is not the property of the east india company but solely of a london merchant, and he requests the newspaper to contradict the false paragraph to prevent inflaming matters.
Notable Details
Repeated Declarations To The Gentlemen Of The Town
Comparison To Sale Of Boards, Lumber To British West India Islands Or Great Britain