John Rowe (1715-1787)

You complain bitterly about British taxes and sometimes smuggle to avoid them, but you stop
short of taking sides politically. You serve as a Representative in the Massachusetts Assembly, and find it difficult to maintain political neutrality. Some claim they saw you at the meeting that preceded the Boston Tea Party remarking that, "Maybe tea and saltwater will mix tonight." Your diary states you were sick in bed. As the political situation worsens, you distance yourself to focus on being a merchant.