6 or 7 o'clock in the same evening, about one thousand unknown
people came down the said wharf, and a number of them came on board the
said ship, some being dressed like Indians, and they having violently
broke open the hatches, hoisted up the said chests of tea upon deck, and
then and there stove and threw the said chests with their contents
overboard into the water, where the whole was lost and destroyed.
Wherefore, the said James Bruce, master of the said ship, on behalf of
himself and owners of the said ship, and all others concerned, did, and
I, the said notary public, at his request, and on behalf as aforesaid,
do by these presents solemnly protest against the said unknown persons
or people, and against all others whatsoever and however concerned, for
all and all manner of damage or damages already suffered, and which
hereafter may, can, or shall be suffered by the violence and proceedings
of the said unknown people, and the destruction of the tea as aforesaid.

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

In testimoniam veritas,
(Signed,)
JN^O. MONRO,
Not. Pub., 11 Jan., 1774.

JAMES BRUCE.
JAMES BRUCE, Jun^r.,
JOHN [Symbol: his x mark.] TINNEY. [Symbol: L.S.]

Cap^t. Hezekiah Coffin,[60] Master Jethro Coffin, mate, and Mr. Wm.
Hewkey, mariner, of the brig Beaver, and Mr. Francis Rotch, part owner,
James Hall, master, and Alex^r. Hodgdon, mate of the Dartmouth, made the
like protest, which are among the American papers.

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LETTER FROM THE AGENTS AT NEW YORK, TO CAP^T. LOCKYER,

_Referred to in their Letter of the 27^th Dec^r., 1773._

New York, Dec^r 27, 1773.

Sir:

It is our intention that this letter should meet you below, at the Hook,
that you may be apprised of the danger of bringing your ship into this
port.

All the tea shipped by the Hon'ble East India Company to Boston has been
destroyed on board the vessels that brought it. The ship Polly, Cap^t.
Ayres, arrived lately at Philadelphia with the tea destined for that
port, and was compelled to return with it without being suffered to come
into the harbour, and there are advices in town that Charles Town has
made the same determination with respect to the tea arrived