On this day 250 years ago, Massachusetts Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson’s official report on the Boston Tea Party arrived in London, along with a report from the First Lord of Admiralty John Montagu, who happened to be in Boston during the Desttruction of the Tea. Monatagu’s report identified John Hancock and Samuel Adams as the ringleaders of the Boston Tea Party.

Source: https://historyofmassachusetts.org/british-react-boston-tea-party/