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April 10, 1770
Dearest William,
The Townshend acts has all of the other
merchants very angry. So many
people are complaining about how unfair it is. It is making it hard for
me and my fellow merchants to sell our goods and to make a living. Many
merchants are going broke. This pointless law means that you have to
pay a tax on all imported goods. When ever I go to the general
store, they are only selling British goods. Since I don’t support
the British I prefer goods from elsewhere. We receive most of our goods
from Britain, so we have to pay a tax on all goods that are
imported from Britain. I myself am fed up with the Townshend Act, the
British have no right to tax us, and I believe that taxation without
representation is unfair. The British have no right to tax us with out
a very good reason. I never did like the British. To avoid paying
the tax on goods from england, I and other merchants are smuggling
goods from elsewhere. I am a very honest man, however I do not feel the
least bit guilty. I feel that what the British are doing to us is
unfair. Many of the colonists including myself have decided to boycott
all British goods. Who needs British goods anyway? I certainly do
not.
Until next time
Johnathon
December 20, 1773
Dearest William, It was the night of December 16, 1773 when I and about
150 other men led by Samuel Adams were dressed as Mohawk Indians,
we called our selves the Sons of Liberty. We boarded the Dartmouth and
we broke open the chests full of tea and heaved the chests full
of tea into the Boston harbor. There were other men in row boats down
below who were beating the tea into the water with their ores so that
the tea could not be recovered by the Loyalists. I packed my hat and my
pockets full of the tea after boarding the ship. The British cheated
us, so it was only fair that we return the favor. King George III
will be furious when he finds out that all the tea was
destroyed, however we did not harm the ships in any way. We could
not let the East India Tea Company land their cargo here in colonial
ports. We will not pay for the tea that we destroyed, and no one can
force us to. The British can not force us to buy their tea. The
governor of Boston demanded that the tea be unloaded, but we simply did
not let that happen.
until next time
Johnathon
June 28,1774
Dearest William,
The British finally did it, King George III was so furious
about us dumping the British tea into the harbor that he
closed the Boston harbor. Boston harbor will reopen once all the
tea we destroyed is paid for. How will we manage with the harbor
closed? Who knows how long it will take for us to pay off our debt. If
we need any goods or materials they will have to be made right here in
Boston. I don’t know what I am going to do. Everything that I sell
comes into Boston via ships and everything that I trade out goes out of
Boston harbor on ships. With Boston harbor closed my business as a
merchant comes to a screeching halt. The boycott was one thing, but
closing the harbor is serious. Hundreds of troops have arrived here in
Boston. On top of all this I am ill with much head pain. When I
was talking to a doctor, he mentioned trepanned. Since I do not work in
the medical field I have not the faintest idea what trepanned is, I
hope it will relieve me of this awful head ache. Next time I see the
doctor I will be sure to ask him what trepanned is. I think that it is
when the doctor drills a hole in your skull to relive head pain
Until next time
Johnathon
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Historical References:
Boston tea party.
April 20, 2006
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Tea party.
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