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Edenton Tea Party Portraits and Colonial Relics Revealed
An 18th century glass painting from London depicts the 1774 tea party in Edenton with Lady signers and enslaved figures, later broken and repaired. The article details Mrs Barker and Mrs King households, Miss Isabella Johnston, Joseph Hewes, and local relics in Edenton including a bronze teapot, carved desk, and portraits, with Civil War preservations and a Raleigh hall comb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edenton
Joseph Manning
Manning
Louisiana
State Library
Raleigh
North Carolina
Roanoke Island
America
Chicago
London
R. Sayer & J. Bennett
Fleet Street
Lord North
England
Association
Barker
Elizabeth King
Sarah Valentine
Winifred Hoskins
Isabella Johnston
Governor Johnston
Miss Johnston
Joseph Hewes
Philadelphia
Hewes
United States Navy
Board of Naval Affairs
Penelope Barker
Chippendale
Johnston
Mrs. Barker
Hayes
Sir Walter Raleigh
Mr. Barker
Sir Joshua Reynolds