Boston+Tea+Party

=  = The Boston Tea Party occured on Thursday, December 16, 1773, and took 3 hours between 7 and 10 PM. 90,000 lbs (45 tons) of tea in 342 containers was thrown overboard. 116 people participated in the destruction of tea. Each full container had a weight of 400 pounds. Half- containers were 100 pounds each. The destroyed tea was worth an estimated E10,000. In today's money this would be approximately equal to a million dollars. More than 5000 people showed up for the meeting in the Old South Meeting house. The names of the three B.T.P. ships were Dartmouth, Eleanor and Beaver. The Tea Party occurred at the Griffin's Wharf in Boston that no longer exists due to landfills that occurred in the 19th century.