Record #:

21964

Author(s):

Dillard, Richard

Abstract:

An account of the events that came to be known as the 'Edenton Tea-Party,' the resolution of protest against tax on tea drafted by fifty-one ladies of Edenton. Particular attention is given correcting misinformation and myth that the author feels permeated the popular account of the events at the time.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 1 Issue 4, Aug 1901, p3-16, il, por

Subject(s):

Edenton Tea Party (1774)