August 13, 2026 | danielb7@mit.edu
Boston Tea Party relic on display for decades is something else entirely
Gizmodo reports on research into a Chinese tea chest label’s provenance conducted by MIT historian Tristan Brown, which answers questions about a fascinating mystery. “The discovery doesn’t diminish the label; it replaces one story with a richer one,” Brown says.
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