Demonstrators , some disguised as Native Americans , destroyed Destroying an entire shipment of tea sent Sending by the East India Company .

Patriot forces under the command Control of Major Andrew Williamson had been dispatched Arranging to the area to recover a shipment of gunpowder and ammunition intended for the Cherokees that had been seized Hold by Loyalists .

A shipment of 3rd pattern Brown Bess sea service muskets was found Know aboard `` Alert '' , which went towards arming the American Marines at the Washington and Boston Navy Yards .