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TABLES 
The earliest allusion to the household use of tea 
that we have met with is in the item, " i Tinn Tea- 
pot," found in the inventory of Doctor Benjamin 
Orman, late of the Island of Barbadoes, made in 
Boston in 1695.  Other early references are as fol- 
lows: " i Tee Table;" inventory of Captain John 
Blowers, mariner, Boston, 1708. "A Tea Pott;" 
inventory of Elizur Holyoke, Boston, I711-I2. "i 
oval Tea Table Japand." "i Japan Tea Table splitt 
in ye Leaf;" inventory of John Wharton, Boston, 
17 12-13. "A parcel China 2 old Tea Tables, fI. 
io;" inventory of Nicholas Roberts, Boston, 1715. 
"I Small Teapott, 8 s." "1 io lbs of Green Tea, at 
20S., £10." "5 lbs of Bohee Tea, at 40s., £'10;"
inventory of Captain Walter Roswell, above cited, 
1717. After this date tea tables and tea dishes are 
found in most of the wealthy estates. 
Chocolate is mentioned in 1679 in the inventory 
of Thomas Scott, of Boston, in such a way as to lead 
one to think that it had been obtained for domestic 
use. On the 2oth of October, 1697, Sewall wrote in 
his diary, " I wait on the Lieut. Governour at Dor- 
chester, and there meet with Mr. Terry, breakfast 
together on Venison and Chockalatte." In 1704, 
"4 China Chocolat Cups" were mentioned in the 
inventory of Samuel Shrimpton, of Boston.