Boston was at that date pervaded by the spirit of Liberty. Sons of
Liberty held meetings every day and every night. Daughters of
Liberty held spinning and weaving bees, and gathered in bands
pledging themselves to drink no tea till the obnoxious revenue act
was repealed. Young unmarried girls joined in an association with
the proud declaration, "We, the daughters of those Patriots who have
appeared for the public interest, do now with pleasure engage with
them in denying ourselves the drinking of foreign tea." Even the
children felt the thrill of revolt and joined in patriotic
demonstrations--and a year or two later the entire graduating class
at Harvard, to encourage home manufactures, took their degrees in
homespun.