three o'clock in the morning
`` I move , '' said John Rowe , `` that we do not permit the landing of any tea . '' The meeting voted to adopt the motion . The formal business ended , they refilled their pipes , helped themselves to crackers and cheese , punch and flip . * * * * * Berinthia Brandon , the following week , could not understand why Tom wanted Dinah to make him a pot of paste ; nor why he was out so late at night , -- not getting home till three o'clock in the morning . None of the watchmen , going their rounds , saw anybody pasting handbills on the walls of the houses , but everybody saw the bills in the morning . TO THE FREEMEN OF THIS AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS . GENTLEMEN , -- You are desired to meet at Liberty Tree , this day at twelve o'clock noon , then and there to hear the persons to whom the tea shipped by the East India Company is consigned make a public resignation of their office on oath as consignees ; and also swear that they will reship any tea that may be consigned to them by said company , by the first vessel sailing for London .