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thing as selling it, as the people would rather buy so much poison, than the tea with the
duty thereon, calculated (they say) to enslave them and their posterity, and therefore are
determined not to take what they call the nauseous draft. A little time will determine how
matters will terminate, that is, if the tea comes out. If it does, I hope it may come free of
duty, as by that means much trouble and anxiety will be saved by the agents. I do assure
you they have all been very uneasy, tho' at the same time determined to do their duty, but
in the most prudent & quiet manner. It is now two o'clock, p.m., when I received the
paper signed Cassius, in which you will find Mr. L—— R——de handsomely
complimented, and yourself severely handled, on a supposition that you should have
spoken words to the import, as asserted in the paper. Mr.[271] R——e's name is not
mentioned, but there is no doubt but he is the person alluded to, as upon the arrival of the
London ships, who refused to bring the tea. It was currently reported that he had wrote
his partner nearly in the same words as mentioned in the paper. You are the best judge of
the truth of the assertion, but whether true or not, his conduct is ungenerous and mean. If
the paper speaks truth, that he was offered part of the consignment of tea, he must be a
man of great influence to have so great an offer made him, when so many other people of
weight were applying for it and could not obtain it."
From Mr. Fred k Pigou, Jun r.
Sir:
Please to acquaint the Com tee of Warehouses of the Hon'ble the East India Company, that
from the advices I have received from Philadelphia, I should be of opinion the tea sent to
that place will, if landed, meet with much difficulty in being disposed of.
At New York, I am of opinion it will meet with less opposition, and may possibly be sold
in that city. It would have been fortunate if the New York vessel could have arrived as
soon or before the Philadelphia ship.
I am, sir, your most hum. serv t
Fred'k Pigou, Jun r.
Mark Lane, 21st Dec r., 1773.
To Mr. Settle.
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PHILADELPHIA.
Letter from Mr. Geo. Browne.
Sir: