Today at the Archives - the Boston Tea Party

À propos of nothing, a small display at work today on the US gaining independence, with maps and documents from the declaration of independence to this, a report of the Boston Tea Party. A reminder of what happens when mighty but remote tyrants impose an unjust levy on a population.

“The ‘Sons of Liberty’ have since destroy’d 340 chests of tea on three ships…” WO 40/1.