John Rowe diary 10, 16 December 1773, page 1727
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This diary entry by John Rowe from 16 December 1773, was written the night after the Boston Tea Party. He describes the end of the town meeting and then the tea being "flung...Overboard", lamenting that the situation could have been avoided. He also states that two thousand people were present.