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Letter to Editor
November 26, 1773
The Massachusetts Spy, Or, Thomas's Boston Journal
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
A correspondent warns against allowing the tea shipment to land in Boston, stating it is more alarming than plague bedding from Bagdad, as yielding would undermine colonial firmness and unity with Philadelphia and New-York, fatally harming common liberty, which Governor Hutchinson knows.
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A correspondent writes, "For my own part I would be less alarmed at the landing of the bedding of those unhappy persons who died at Bagdad of the plague, than one chest of the slave-making TEA. Philadelphia and New-York merely shudder in doubt of our firmness: one act of departure from the general resolution to destroy, or at best return it, without touching the shore, would so lower us in their esteem, that a reinstatement in their confidence would be ever after, absolutely impracticable. How fatal this would be to our common liberty, Mr. Hutchinson, at least knows, if anyone else pretends ignorance of it."
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Provocative
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Economic Policy
Constitutional Rights
What keywords are associated?
Tea Shipment
Colonial Resistance
Liberty
Plague Analogy
Hutchinson
Boston Firmness
Letter to Editor Details
Main Argument
the landing of the tea shipment is more alarming than plague risks and must be resisted by destroying or returning it without touching shore to maintain colonial unity and liberty, as yielding would make reinstatement of confidence impossible and prove fatal to common liberty.
Notable Details
Compares Tea To Bedding From Plague Victims In Bagdad
References Doubt From Philadelphia And New York
Addresses Mr. Hutchinson's Knowledge Of The Consequences