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and preserved the tea which had lodged in the tops of his 

 boots. 



J. WixGATE Thornton, Esq., of Boston, followed Mr. 

 Goodcll, and c^ave forcible reasons why Salem should take 

 a particular interest in this celebration and the principles 

 it illustrated and enforced. 



He referred pertinently to Hugh Peters and Sir Gcoro-e 

 Downing, former residents of Salem, and their inHuence 

 on Cromwell and the Commonwealth of England, and 

 reminded the audience that Downing, a graduate of the 

 first class of Harvard College, lived on the site of 

 Plummcr Hall, and he had probably fitted for colleo-e, 

 and his youthful voice often resounded, Avithin hearing of 

 the place where they were assembled. 



The meeting then adjourned, and the company were in- 

 vited to one of the ante-rooms, where refreshing draughts 

 of tea were dispensed, two or three kinds of the fra<>rant 

 herb having been generously furnished for the occasion 

 by the Oriental Tea Company. Copies of a paper entitled 

 the "Tea-cup," containing a graphic account of the de- 

 struction of the tea and its attendant circumstances, by 

 the learned antiquarian, Dr. N. B. Shurtleff, of Boston, 

 were also distributed. 



The celebration was a success and gave great pleasure 

 to those who participated in it. 



