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Nathaniel Bradlee

Birth
Death
1813 (aged 66–67)
Burial
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Tomb 85
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Nathaniel Bradlee
1746-1813, he was the son of Samuel and Mary (Andrus) Bradlee. Samuel was the first to spell his name Bradlee. Samuel was a weaver and a fisherman in Dorchester, MA.
Nathaniel was one of the disguised "Indians" during the Boston Tea Party, see below.
Nathaniel built his home around 1771 on the corner of Hollis and Nassau now Tremont in Boston, it was here they disguised themselves before the tea party.

MCMA,
(Tea Party company disguised themselves as Indians at his home.)
The names of those who destroyed the tea during the Boston Tea Party were veiled in secrecy for years afterwards. Participants in the destruction of the tea swore themselves to secrecy and did not acknowledge each other even when boarding the ships, breaking open the chests and dumping the tea. Had their names become known to British authorities, they would have been arrested and punished. Even years later, some retained secrecy for fear of lawsuits possibly being brought by the British East India Company. Some of the participants' families had become well to do and were not proud of identifying with this act of "civil disobedience," although today it is seen as one of the most significant acts leading to the American colonies' break with Great Britain.

Nathaniel Bradlee
1746-1813, he was the son of Samuel and Mary (Andrus) Bradlee. Samuel was the first to spell his name Bradlee. Samuel was a weaver and a fisherman in Dorchester, MA.
Nathaniel was one of the disguised "Indians" during the Boston Tea Party, see below.
Nathaniel built his home around 1771 on the corner of Hollis and Nassau now Tremont in Boston, it was here they disguised themselves before the tea party.

MCMA,
(Tea Party company disguised themselves as Indians at his home.)
The names of those who destroyed the tea during the Boston Tea Party were veiled in secrecy for years afterwards. Participants in the destruction of the tea swore themselves to secrecy and did not acknowledge each other even when boarding the ships, breaking open the chests and dumping the tea. Had their names become known to British authorities, they would have been arrested and punished. Even years later, some retained secrecy for fear of lawsuits possibly being brought by the British East India Company. Some of the participants' families had become well to do and were not proud of identifying with this act of "civil disobedience," although today it is seen as one of the most significant acts leading to the American colonies' break with Great Britain.



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