50 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



enlistment of minute-men. 1 One incident 

 of the day recalls the Boston tea party. A 

 letter from Boston to the "New York 

 Evening Post" of Jan. 14, 1809, says, "The 

 officers and men of the 'Wasp,' sloop-of- 

 war, who were put on board the schooner 

 'Liberty' of Brewster, arrived here last 

 night. On Monday, a party of Indians, 

 forty in number, boarded the 'Liberty,' 

 put the officers and crew on shore and put 

 to sea. These Indians are said to be the 

 descendants of the Aborigines who de- 

 stroyed the tea in 1774." 



The leaders of the Federal party in Bos- 

 ton were skilful politicians, and President 

 Jefferson played into their hands. The 

 "Boston Port Bill" was still recent enough 

 for its name to thrill patriotic hearts, and 

 when on the 2nd of February the flags of the 



1 "A number of the citizens of Hallowell have agreed 

 to arm and equip themselves, and to hold themselves in 

 readiness to march at a moment's warning to defend 

 their rights and liberties." Newburyport Herald, Feb. 

 19, 1809. 



