On this day 250 years ago,  Abigail Adams wrote to her friend and fellow Patriot Mercy Otis Warren: “The Tea that bainfull weed is arrived. Great and effectual opposition has been made to the landing of it. . . . our citizens have been united, spirited and firm. The flame is kindled and like lightening it catches from soul to soul.”

Source: https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/boston-tea-party/