Word: souchong
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...colonies as the first Royal Governor appointed by King George III; his father leaves England but returns in 1764 and lingers there until the eve of the Revolution, continually pestering his son about past moneys owed (including repeated references to the cost of a small quantity of Lapsang Souchong tea). A born conciliator, William attempts to mediate between the Crown and the colonies, but even when arrested by revolutionary troops, he refuses to abandon his monarchist beliefs. Benjamin, according to Randall, makes a formal request to the Continental Congress that his son be incarcerated. Then he ignores William's sufferings...
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