Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-25
"REMINISCENCES OF THE REVOLUTION.

At late meeting of the Historical and Philosophical
Society of Ohio o which perceive by the way, that
our late young felow-townsman MANNING f. FORCE, is
Corresponding Secretary J. MCCORMICK, Esq presented
the following letter from Mr. ISRAEL DosAL Of the
earliest pioneers of the West and the only surviving
Der of the first Constitutional Convention of Ohio which
brings light interesting historical fact 1t will be
from Mr. Donasons letter that contrary to the gem
era impression there teaparty in the "Jerseys
well Boston during the eventu period of the Revo-
luton. The party in Boston the 10th December,
1873; that at Greenwich the 18th December, lTT4
MANCHESTER, (0mo,) Nov Is, 1868.
Ny DEAR SR Yours of the Sth instant is now before
me. In answer thereto positively assert that saw
cargo ef burning in Greenwich Cumberland county,
State Of New Jersey, in the year l7Ti Cumberland is
the lowest county in the State and is divided from Cape
May by Cohousa creek, which is perhaps onethird
wide rs the Ohio, but deep enough to float forsygun
ship at food tide. About two and half miles mp this
creek from the Bay of Delaware is landing wharf,
ship-yard stores, &c., belonging at that time to John
shepherd, very wealthy Quaker. Here the tea must
ling and evening us Isnt ar RETURNED from srilooi
saw it, and what suppose rivet6d il my mind Is the
fact that after the guard was withdrawn, IN going homo
one night thought lump of the lead which had out
of the chests and Of which there was great DEAL would
very convenient to make bullets pencils, &C. The in
slant took up my schoomates began to cry out To-
ry! Tory" dropped it as quick as would have done
| q hot potato.
left my native State in 17S7 without seeing any his
tory of the War Of the Tea As grew up the thought
that thing notorious should be entirely forgotten
gave considerable uneasiness and have examined
every history that have met with to if could find
any account OF the ten. Some few years back wrote to
the postmaster at Brdgetown the county seat Of Cum
berand for information and also made inquiry Of
him n there any person in that part of the country
who knew of the burning Of the tea in Greenwich He
said he could not find any one. DR.. Elmer, who had
deceased few years before stated to be the last of
the party then concluded would say more about
it, lest people would conclude creation Of my
Imagination bnt having been in correspondence for
eal years with Mr. Draper who is taking great pains
to collect information for correct history, he promised
to give place. notwithstanding he had histories Of
the State that silent upon the subject But very
fortunately was coming down from Highland county
some time since, called upon Thomas Bergman, in the
neighborhood of Newmarket. He told me he had been
the previous winter to New York. Boston, Philadelphia,
&c., and i'll passing through Jersey, had across
history that gave account OF the burning OF the tea in
Greenwich: thing he had heard of, although
brought up within few miles Of the place. The book is
small affair, and principally taken up with the con-
troversy early times between the heirs of Gov Penn
and the Pcnwick connexion 1t states that year and
day after the tea thrown into Boston harbor brig
load brought Cohousa creek, unoaded and depo
sited in cellar from whence it TAKEN piled up, and
burnt The history put forth by Mr. Johnston think,
and gives the Of seventeen persons my memory
correct who engaged in the burning With about
half Of them had boys acquaintance but only
member three, viz DR.. E. Elmer Joel Fithan, Esq, and
Richard Howell attorney, afterwards major in the
Continental army, and more recently Governor of the
State who has suppose, been dead these forty years
To it is extraordinary that the burning of the tea
must have been by hundreds il by thousands
yet that it should be remembered by but person. 5
/ 1T was the burning Of the tea
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