Tea Leaves: Letters From the Boston Tea Party

🍵📜 What did the Boston Tea Party look like to the people who lived it?

First published in 1884, Tea Leaves gathers original letters, documents, and eyewitness accounts surrounding one of the most iconic acts of American resistance. Compiled by historian Francis S. Drake, this collection brings to life the voices of colonists, merchants, and Sons of Liberty who helped ignite a revolution by casting tea into Boston Harbor.

Through personal correspondence and official records, readers gain a rare, firsthand perspective of the tensions, fears, and defiance that fueled the American Revolution. More than a history book, Tea Leaves is a documentary portrait of rebellion in its rawest form—ordinary people standing against extraordinary power.

Essential for students of history, lovers of primary sources, and anyone who wants to understand the true spirit of 1773, this edition makes the Boston Tea Party vivid, authentic, and unforgettable.