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Governor John Wentworth and the Tea Party that wasn’t

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Dianne Fallon

What would happen when the tea landed in Portsmouth?  Would a mob gather at the wharf? Would violence erupt?  New Hampshire Governor John Wentworth pondered these questions when he learned, on June 25, 1774, that the mast-ship Grosvenor was sailing … Continue reading →

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