Nantucket's First Tea

By Ruth Starbuck Wentworth

Book Overview

This charming little story has appeared several times over the last 250 years. It was reported to have been written by a young woman of Nantucket who received a package of tea, which had never been seen before on the famous island. The story is told in a letter from Ruth Starbuck Wentworth to her mother, dated September 20, 1735, in which Ms. Wentworth sent a sample of the tea along with a request that she be allowed to marry the ship's captain who brought it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557094012
• ISBN13: 9781557094018
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Applewood Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.0"