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and rebellion, being taken prisoner on board the Ameri- 

 can Privateer Jason of Boston, John Manly, Esq., Com- 

 mander. 



The details presented by jMr. Kimball were listened to 

 with close attention and profound interest. He exhibited 

 a small portrait of the patriot in the costume of the 

 period, and a tin tea caddy belonging to him, on which 

 he had painted, after the disuse of tea, the inscriptions 

 "Coffee," — "No Tea," which are still visible. Mr. 

 Kimball also exhibited several books and manuscripts of 

 historic interest, among which were a writing book with 

 the patriotic mottoes of Mr. Russell's day, and the or- 

 derly book of the Artillery company in service in or near 

 Boston during the revolution. These relics were exam- 

 ined with much curiosity. 



Vice President A. C. Goodell, Jr., next made some 

 remarks, and urged the Institute not to forget to observe, 

 next year, the anniversary of the most important event 

 of the ante-revolutionary period — which was really the 

 initial act of the actual severance of our connection with 

 the British crown — viz. : the proceedings which took 

 place in our Court House here in Salem, in Oct., 1774, 

 when the Great and General Court resolved itself into a 

 Provincial Congress. 



Mr. Goodell exhibited a specimen of the veritable tea 

 which caused the outbreak celebrated, and an antique 

 teapot formerly in use m the Warner family of I[)swich 

 (from which came our Salem Warners, esteemed citizens 

 in past years) , dating back to 1720. The tea was received 

 from Mrs. Jonathan Perlcy, in whose family it was an 

 heirloom, having come directly from Ezckiel Cheever of 

 Saugus, one of the "Mohawks," who wore high-top boots 

 at the time, and whose wife, on his return home, collected 



