[20] “A party ... under ... Edward Proctor as its captain, was appointed to guard the tea-ship.”—Idem, p. 478.
[21] “The select men ... sought in vain for the consignees, who had taken sanctuary in the castle.”—Idem, 477.
[22] “On the same day, the council, who had been solicited by the Governor and the consignees to assume the guardianship of the tea, coupled their refusal with a reference ... that the tax upon it ... was unconstitutional.”—Idem, p. 478.
[23] “Let the tea be entered, and it would be beyond the power of the consignees to send it back.”—Idem, p. 477.
[24] “The Committee of Correspondence ... obtained from the Quaker Rotch, who owned the Dartmouth, a promise not to enter the ship.”—Idem, p. 477.
[25] “Faneuil Hall could not contain the people ... on Monday.”—Idem, 478.
[26] “The Sheriff ... entered with a Proclamation from the Governor, warning, exhorting, and requiring ... each ... unlawfully assembled forthwith to disperse.... The words were received with hisses, ... and a unanimous vote not to disperse.”—Idem, p. 479.
[27] “We now declare to you our readiness to store them.”—Idem.
[28] “Every ship owner was forbidden, on pain of being deemed an enemy to his country, to import or bring as freight any tea from Great Britain till the unrighteous act taxing it should be repealed, and this vote was printed and sent to every seaport in the province, and to England.”—Idem, p. 480.
[29] “Two more tea ships ... arrived.”—Idem.