Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution

by Young, Alfred F.

• ISBN13: 9780807054055
• ISBN10: 0807054054
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780807071427
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-17
• Publisher: Beacon Press
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Summary

Honored in the 1830s for his participation in the Boston Tea Party, George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker, exemplified the role of the common man in the Revolution. Young pieces together this extraordinary tale, adding new insights of how memory shapes our understanding of history.

Author Biography

Alfred F. Young is Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago and professor emeritus of history at Northern Illinois University. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
PART ONE George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742--1840)	1	(84)
A Man in His Nineties	7	(7)
A Boston Childhood	14	(6)
The Apprentice	20	(6)
The Shoemaker	26	(7)
The Massacre	33	(9)
The Tea Party	42	(4)
Tar and Feathers	46	(6)
The Patriot	52	(6)
Soldier and Sailor	58	(9)
Family Man	67	(4)
Veteran	71	(8)
Hero	79	(6)
PART TWO When Did They Start Calling It the Boston Tea Party?	85	(110)
Taming the Revolution, 1765--1775	92	(7)
The Destruction of the Tea, 1773	99	(9)
Taming the Memory of the Revolution, 1783--1820	108	(13)
Merchants, Mill Owners, and Master Mechanics	121	(11)
The Discovery of the Veterans, 1825	132	(11)
Claiming the Revolution: The Radical Challenge, 1835	143	(12)
The Recovery of the Tea Party	155	(11)
The Appropriation of a Shoemaker	166	(14)
Into History: The Ongoing Contest for the Revolution	180	(15)
Afterword	195	(13)
Notes	208	(41)
Acknowledgments	249	(5)
Index	254