A dissertation upon tea, explaining its nature and properties ... and ... the various effects its has on different constitutions. To which is added the natural history of tea ... Also a discourse on the virtues of sage and water / [Thomas Short].
- Short, Thomas, 1690?-1772
- Date:
- 1753
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A dissertation upon tea, explaining its nature and properties ... and ... the various effects its has on different constitutions. To which is added the natural history of tea ... Also a discourse on the virtues of sage and water / [Thomas Short]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![‘ nopoly, ever,odigus in a free Country, a uni- verfal Difapprebation fhewed itfelf through- out the City. A public Mecting of the Taha. bitants was held at the* State’ Houfe on'the 18ch of October, at which great Numbers at- tended, andthe Senfe of the City was ex> preffed in the following Refolves::. visbirek _¥. That the Difpofal of their own. Property is thé inherent on of Freemen ;_ that there can be no Property in that which anonyes an. of. Kight take from aus without our Confent ; that the Claim of Parliament to tax America is, in other Words, a Claim of Right. to levy Contributions on us. at. Pleafure. te 2. That the Duty impofed by Parliament . upon Tea landed in America is a Taxon ‘the Americans, or levying Contributionson thém without theig;Comenta, ¢ tae A. 3.. Lhat therexprefs Parpofe for, which the Tax is levied on the-Amerieans, namely, for the Support of Government, Adminiitration® of. Juftice, and Defence of his: Majefty’s*Do- , munions in America, shas a direct Tendency to ‘render Afflemblies ufelefs, and»to introduce” _arbitrary Government and Slavery.) 7.) { 4, That a virtuous and fteady Oppofitioni to } this ntiniftcrial Plan-of governing America is abfolutely necéffaryto preferve even ay dowof Liberty; and is a: Duty whieh ‘every. ees wire t= Aart to his Country, to” report his Veffel at the Cuftom-houfe, uimfelf, and to his Pofterity. rt tan tote LA Sie” AAVPOOk tA Hiomomellinee | NE pi ayaa lately tcted Tae : 2 te ancy Ayres fhall “carry back pure y the Haft Indta ‘Company to ‘fend out theif. | '°.* edge ee Cal wparrel 2g. to scl) oat ea to America, fubject rf the, Payment of | | tix Lat € eat eyigead pick inyame nema Duties on its. being’; landed --here,,is.an. Open | ParQt PD sboatG:, AUS: VeMely sc] AED WI TOSTS aL Qe Attempt to enforce this minifterial Plan, and | a.violent Attack upon the Liberties, of -Ame-) rica. L asiwiod, wine goodie 7am 6. Ba? us the Duty of every American to” See hat whee sit diced co init. |) 6-'Thathetthall then be obliged to leave ' 7. That whoever fhall,» dire@tly or indi- ||.~ ae 30 erases Loti! countenance this Attempt, a in. any, ee a eis i eseae thee } wile aid or abet .in unloading, receiving Otel OedeRa gene sal ia arete Pree y joie 3 Wied os fent, a i be fent out bys eh ae ait ceo ed wk Contes Cich thanvetn Be aft India Company, while it-remains fubje@»} | 070. Oe Adahiesl cys wiih A Aes Aeeeal to- ne Payment of a Duty here, isan Exteaiyy Lane ote aig oe Lh Ads gant . gone $o Dis COURETY 97 eR Ne re i aE NN ae as Namath tee Ta ciel at ee Soe aa cole ree 8.'Fhat a Goitithitwetbe immediately chofen’ Boh yl oe lt bag ea pada: fo weit om thoi, Genkieinenscwhio, “20 is 2e-.| 11) wir stnach Carolifa® IMA. the’ COkdnee cH orted, are appointed by the Eaftdudia Com- SD ah eset eT oa 5 bar to eccre and fell {aid Tea, and requeft. ae seoe Sane se whereupon it was unani- | them, from a Regard to their:own Character, PT he thi kenbl fo ee Pniere obthe and the Peace and good Order of theCity and race and hi ty A es epithe: ef. Newest Province, immediately 4 refign their Ap: York, Charles-‘Fown,-and Bofton, and return pointment. 2 their hearty Thanks» to the:People’ of —Bofton for their Refolution in: deftroyimg the Tea ra- [> ther than faffering it to' be’ landed: a with, the Dye er and Diftculti pent cua 8 comply v y of the I a tants 3fand fired him to proceed with'them t6 Town, where hé would { be more fully informed of the Temper and efolution ofthe People. “He was accordingly { accompanied to Town, by a Number of Per- | fons, where he was foon convinced of the} whe! had bedk mlade I eseedal whichhad beén made’to him, and agreed that | | the Defire/ofithe Pram nieateebel eH filicly “exprefled, “hes would’ eondtitt’ himfelf | -accordingly. © Some “finall -Rudenefs being oflered to the Captain afterwards in the Street} ‘by fome Boys, feveral’ Gentlemen interpo Cc jand fuppreffed it-before h th Injury,, Upon an Hour’s, Nou cof ing, a public Meeting was called, State-How{e, not being fufiicient to, hold. saat A adjourned” into the Square. “This Meeting is allowed by pine b the moft ré{peable, both Ke Ni in t i and Rank of thofe who attendedvit, that has: been known. in this City... After.a-fhort.In-1} ‘troduction; ,, the ¢ollowing; Refelutions, were; mot only agreed to, but the public. Approbation: eftifiedin the wwarmeft Manners) 1s « ! i. Refolved,. That the Fearon board thé hip Polly, Capt. Ayres,” fhallnot belanded. | | 2, That Capt’ Ayres fliall neither enter nc SER OC take Charge, of her, and proceed with to Reedy. Tland next High Water. pine _.§.\Phat ‘the Captain 'ditall..be atlowed. to |, flay in!'Town till ‘To-morrow, *to ‘provide | ' Neceffaries for his Voyage. cls I Sa ee In confequence of this Appoihtment the Committée waited upon the Gentlémen in‘this it ad City, who had been appointed Confignees’of | The whole Bufinefs was’ Conduéted with.a |’ the expected Cargo. They reprefented to } Decoturt’and ‘Order worthy the Importance } them the Deteftation and’Abhortence in which | of the Caufe.,Capt.. Ayrey being prefent at this Meafure was held by their Fellow Citi- | this Mecting, folemnly. and publicly engaged, | zens, the Danger and Difficulties which muft | that he would literally comply with the Senfe | attend the Execution of {6 odiows:a Trait, and | of the City, as exprefied in the above Refolu- | exprefled the united Defité of ‘the City, that | tions. ; re they would renounce the Commiflion,‘and en- A proper Supply of Neceffaries’ and freth gage not to intermeddle with the Ship~ or Provifions being then procured; in about two Cargo in’ any Shape whatever. Sore of the | Hours the T'ea-Ship weighéd Anchor from Commiflioners refigned in a Manner that gave | Gloucefter Point, w! ere fhe lay within Sight eneral Satisfaction ; others in. fuch equivocal | of the own, and. has ‘proceeded, with her ermns'is required farther Explanation ; how- | whole Cargo, on her Return to the Eaft Ihdia _| ever, in a few Days the Refignation-was com>| Company... ee ee ore | plete.-—-In this Situatign Things remained} The Public think the Condu& of thofe Pe | for a few Days. In the mean time, the gene-|] Gentlemen, whofe Goods are returned on ral Spirit and Indignation rofe to fuch a} board the Tea-Ship, ought not to pafs unno- | Heighth, that it was thought proper to call | ticed, as they have, upon. this ‘Cccafion, ge-| another General Meeting.of be pencipal neroufly facrificed their private, Interetft to t. »poh fuch far- 1h ey Soh ek Se Pik = oh publicGood. i: |. Ehus this important Affair, ‘ii v | has been.fo glorious an Exertion or’| Virtue andSpirit, has been brought: € oufe, or the € at- He vhich | | Addition of twelve other Gentl made to the former Committe fj neral Meeting adjourned till the ‘A’ ‘Tea Ship. Information hx ng given of that, the Price of Tea was fuddenly advanced; tho’ |’ this was owing to.a general Scarcity of that {| Article yet all the Poffeffors of ‘Tea, in order. | to give Strength to the. Oppofition, readily | | agreed to reduce! the Price, and fell what re- | | mained in their Hands \at-aréafonable Rate. | t | Nothing now remained but. to‘keep up a pro- per Correfpondence and Canngticn with the ‘| other Colonies, and to take all prudent and |1 paper Precautions-on the Arrival of the Tea | ip. rae oat It is not, eafy,to defcribe the Anxiety.and |. Sulpence of the City in this Interval. . Sundry. 4 Reports of her Arrival were. received, which proved premature : But on Saturday Evening’ | | fait an Exprefscame up from’Chefter to in- |. form the ‘Town, that the Tea Ship, command-° ed by Capt. Ayrés, with her detefted Cargo, .was arrived there, having followed another Ship up the River fo far. The Committee met’ early the next Morn- | ing, and being apprized.of the Arrival of Mr. Gilbert Barclay, the other Confignee, whio |) | came Paffenger.in the Ship, they immediately |) went in a Rody to requeft his Renunciation of i the Commiflion. Mr, Barclay. politely at- | \ tended the Committee at the firft Requeft, and {| being made acquainted with the Sentiments of | the City, and the Danger to which the public 1 Liberties of America were expofed by this :) Meafure, he, after exprefling the particular }. Hardfhip of his-Situation,—alfo refigned the |) Commiflion, ina Manner which affected every one prefent. an The Committee then appointed three of |. their Members to go to Chefter, and two Gloucefter Point, in order to have the earlieft Opportunity of meeting Capt, Ayres, and re- | | prefentingto him the Senfe -of the Public re- | | _ipecting his Voyage and Cargo. The Gen- tkehen-who had.fet out for Chefter receiving peclieches that the Veffel had weighed’ An- chor about Twelve o’Clock, and proceeded to ‘Fown, returned. “About Two o’Clocx fhe a ani in fight of Gloucefter Point, where a Number of Inhabitants from the Town had effembled with the Gentlemen from'the Com- mittee, As fhe paffed along, fhe was hailed, and the Captain. requefted, not to. proceed. far- ther, butito comeon Shore. ThistheCaptain L ) as complied with, and’ was handed through a and agtinsembroil us with our Parent State. | Jane made by the People to the Gentlemen 1 When it was alfo cotifidered, shat the propofed appointed to confer with him. They repre- Mede of difpofing of iboWesieeypicd eae fe : ‘hig the general Sentiments, together ; and the Ge- irrival of the oO A ee sam. Perlons™* wno-wepane re y in Leadenhall fircet,” ico aagin another Paper, 2 eB EON -D-O- Ni ptm) PH TL ADE BoP, a | Monday, December 271773. : MpHE tagminay. Spirit aad Leal, which have heretofore animated all the Colonies, from Bofton to South Carolina, have been. fo eminently difplayed in the Oppofition to the pernicious Project of the Eait India Company in fending ‘Tea to America, while it remains fubje& to a Duty, and the Americans at the fame ‘Time confined -by the ftrongeft prohi- bitory Laws to import it only from Great Briv tain, that-a particular Account of the Tran{- mee gétions of this City cannot but be acceptable vo all our Readers, and every.other Friend. of American Liberty. i : Upon the firft Advice ‘of this Meafure, .a gencral Diffatisfaction was exprefletl, that, at a me when we were ftruggling with this op reflive Agt, and an Agreement fubfifting not to import’Tea while fubjecét to the Duty, f our Fellow-fubjects, in England fhould form, a Meafure fo.direcily tending to enforce the Att, \ ans ee DF ee ar eee ree ae](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30509695_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
