Historian friends.

I have heard a rumor that the mayor of Boston paid the UK back for the tea that was thrown in the Boston harbor. I only have one source though, http://books.google.com/books?id=ixAd-ZNvuQgC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=queen+elizabeth+visit+to+boston+1976+tea&source=bl&ots=S_x_xO8cVs&sig=wkynicAfqL-IT7G1dFbdazfkQro&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i_u2U7XDCseuyATli4GABg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=queen%20elizabeth%20visit%20to%20boston%201976%20tea&f=false.

I have written the author of that book an email asking for his source (no reply yet), and I have been looking through boston globe archives, but no luck.

Can someone please help me verify, or perhaps point me to a place where I might be able to verify this factoid?

Thank you in advance for your help :-)