File:Location of the Boston Tea Party.png

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This is a detail from the Page military map of Boston dated 1775 in the Library of Congress with a red dot added showing the exact location of the Boston Tea Party dumping. The map's formal title is "A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments &ca. of His Majesty's forces in 1775, from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers, and from those of other gentlemen."

Source

Library of Congress online archive http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ct000250

Date

1775

Author

Sir Thomas Hyde Page (1746-1821)

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Other information

Modern street names:

  • Oliver's Street = Oliver Street
  • Hutchinson's Street = Pearl Street
  • Ackin son's Street = Congress Street
  • Cow Lane = High Street
  • Belcher's Lane = Purchase Street
  • (alley to left of Block 3) = Gridley Street

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