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

 boots. 



J. WINGATE THORNTON, Esq., of Boston, followed Mr. 

 Goodell, and gave 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 George 

 Downing, former residents of Salem, and their influence 

 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 

 Plummer Hall, and he had probably fitted for college, 

 and his youthful voice often resounded, within 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 fragrant 

 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. 



