Scarce memoir: 'Traits of the Tea Party; Being a Memoir of George R.T. Hewes, One of the Last of its Survivors with a History of That Transaction; Reminiscences of the Massacre, and the Siege...By a Bostonian' (New York: Harper & Bros.), 1835. 266pp. 8vo. in blue and brown full leather, gold trim and gold titles on spine with raised hubs, marbled pastedowns, owner's bookplate and ownership signature on front flyleaf. Light, scattered foxing and a marginal stain affecting a few of the last pages.An eyewitness account of key events in Revolutionary War-era Boston. Hewes was a devoted patriot, surviving the Boston Massacre, playing a big part in the Boston Tea Party, was twice a privateer, and twice a member of the militia during the Revolutionary War.