. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE SIGNS OF OLD LONDON. By Julian King II. The seventeenth cen-tury was just beginningwhen tea was introducedinto Europe by theDutch. Not until thehalf-century mark hadbeen reached did it findits way to England; eventhen its use was confinedto the wealthier classes,as the prices ranged from six to ten pounds (thirtyto fifty dollars) a pound. Pepys, in his great diary,records his first cup of tea September 25,1660. In 1669 the East India Company beganthe importation of tea. Duty was imposed uponthe tea shipped to America in 1767. I havenever cared much for th
. St. Nicholas [serial]. THE SIGNS OF OLD LONDON. By Julian King II. The seventeenth cen-tury was just beginningwhen tea was introducedinto Europe by theDutch. Not until thehalf-century mark hadbeen reached did it findits way to England; eventhen its use was confinedto the wealthier classes,as the prices ranged from six to ten pounds (thirtyto fifty dollars) a pound. Pepys, in his great diary,records his first cup of tea September 25,1660. In 1669 the East India Company beganthe importation of tea. Duty was imposed uponthe tea shipped to America in 1767. I havenever cared much for the calendar; but thesedates, as well as this trade, loom up in the his-tory of mankind. It was a time when out oftea they made most momentous history. Theyoung colonies rebelled at the principle of tax-ation without representation, and the spirit ofrebellion put its best foot forward in December,1773, when it repelled British tea and taxes byhurling into Boston harbor some 340 chests oftea, and the war of the Revolution was on. The historic house which exported to Americ
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