Tazewell, Little ton W

(1774-1860), was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1796 to 1800, a Congre man from 1800 to 1801. He heartily supported the War of 1812. He was appointed a commi ioner to Spain in 1819 under the treaty for the purchase of Florida. He represented Virginia in the U. S. Senate as a Democrat from 1825 to 1833. He was a prominent member of the convention to revise the Virginia constitution in 1829, and was Governor of Virginia from 1834 to 1836. In 1840 he received eleven electoral votes for Vice- President..., Tea. June 29, 1767, at the instance of Lord North, Parliament pa ed an act levying a high duty on tea imported into the colonies. In 1769 the citizens of Boston sent vigorous resolutions to the King denouncing this act. It was partially repealed in 1770, but the East India Company was later a isted by the Government in shipping a surplus quantity of tea to Boston. December 1, 1773, the citizens of Boston held a meeting to consult concerning the most effectual method of preventing the landing of this tea. Another meeting was held December Io, and parties of citizens, disguised as ‘‘ Mohawks,"’ made a raid upon the ve els and threw the tea overboard. In several of the other colonies. the landing of tea was prohibited and the cargoes sent whence they came. 287