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MIT historian reexamines Chinese tea chest label tied to Boston history

Original: Here’s the tea When Tristan Brown, an associate professor of history at MIT, first examined a Chinese tea chest label di

Tristan Brown, an associate professor of history at MIT, examined a Chinese tea chest label displayed at Boston's Old South Meeting House. The label was connected to descendants of a Boston blacksmith, a story Brown initially had no reason to doubt. His closer look has prompted renewed discussion about the artifact and the history it was said to represent.

Why now: An MIT scholar questioning the story behind a museum-displayed artifact tied to Boston tea party history is drawing public interest

Tristan BrownMITOld South Meeting HouseBoston

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• Here’s the tea When Tristan Brown, an associate professor of history at MIT, first examined a Chinese tea chest label displayed at Old South Meeting House, he had no reason to doubt its story. Descendants of the Boston blacksmith Thom… https://www.… · techwire@gamefan.net · 2

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