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McDonald Interviews — Croton-Area Eyewitness Accounts (1844-1851, WCHS digitized 2025)
Washburn’s description of Talman Orser as the “son of the Tea Captain” is in reference to Orser’s mother, Elizabeth Orser, who led the group of women that secured a supply of tea from John Arthur.