. Richard Clarke & Sons,
Thomas and Elisha Hutchinson, Benj^n Faneuil and Joshua Winslow, of said
Boston, merchants, who have all and each of them, except Joshua Winslow,
neglected to demand and refused to accept the said teas, by which the
said ship is detained in the harbour of said Boston, and unfit to
receive the said oil as intended by the said owner, master and mate;
wherefore, the said Francis Rotch, and the master aforesaid, did, on
behalf of themselves and all others concerned, and I, the said Notary
Public, at their request, and on behalf aforesaid, do by these presents
solemnly protest against the said consignees, and each of them, and
against the said tea, and against all others concerned, for all and all
manner of damages already suffered, and to be suffered, on account of
the said oils not being shipped as aforesaid, contrary to the intention
and strict meaning of the said owner and master, &c.

Thus done, protested, and given under my notarial seal of office, in
presence of Robert Garland Cranch and John Dyar.

In testimoniam veritas,
Jn^o. Monro,
Not. Pub., 11 Jan., 1774.

FRANCIS ROTCH.
PARDON COOK.
WM. HAYDEN. [Symbol: L.S.]

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PROTEST.

_Cap^t. James Bruce, of the Eleanor, against the Committee at Boston,
and others, who Prevented the Landing the Teas._

At Boston, in New England, on the 11^th day of Decem^r., in the year of
Our Lord 1773, and in the 14^th year of his Majesty's reign, personally
appeared before me, John Monro, Notary Public by royal authority, duly
admitted and sworn, James Bruce, master of the ship Eleanor, burthen
about 250 tons, and he being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty
God, deposed and doth depose and say, that on the 1^st day of this
instant Decem^r., he arrived with the said ship at Boston aforesaid,
then loaded with sundry goods or merchandize from London, amongst which
were 84 whole and 34 half chests of tea, consigned to Messrs. Richard
Clarke & Sons, Tho^s. and Elisha Hutchinson, Benjamin Faneuil and Joshua
Winslow of Boston, merchants, that on the 2^d inst., the deponent was
ordered to attend at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of the next day, on a
committee of the people of the said town, and he having attended
accordingly, was then and there commanded by Mr. Samuel Adams and
Jonathan Williams, Esq^r., in pre