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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01753 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1765-1774 |
| Title | To the Commissioners Appointed by the East-India Company, for the Sale of Tea, in America |
| Date | 1773 |
| Author | Scaevola (fl. 1773) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Protests the consignment of tea as a means to raise revenue for Britain in America. Equates the commissioners' appointment with those of the Stamp Act tax collectors a few years earlier. Scaevola was a pseudonym. |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Economics Boston Tea Party Revolutionary War Stamp Act Taxes or Taxation Finance Government and Civics |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Banking & Economics; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |