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Chinese label once tied to Boston Tea Party reveals 19th-century Pacific trade

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MIT historian Tristan Brown examined a Chinese tea chest label displayed as a Boston Tea Party relic. Phys.org reports the label reveals new information about nineteenth-century Pacific trade.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-chinese-boston-tea-party-re...

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