Due to the disagreement with the Tea Act by the Bostonians, John Singleton Copley decides to mediate between the Consignees and the Bostonians. The Bostonians find the offer of the Consignees to store the tea as unacceptable.
Bostonians make a last attempt to try and convince Governor Hutchinson to send the tea shipment back, but their efforts are futile. Samuel Adams declares "This meeting can do nothing more to save this country"
Between 6 p.m and 9 p.m. a group of men dressed as Mohawk Indians throw 342 chests of tea overboard into the Boston harbor; the approximate cost of the tea was £10,000.