The poem which the committee of the town of Boston had voted unanimously to be published with the late oration; : with observations relating thereto; : together with some very pertinent extracts from an ingenious composition never yet published.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, James, 1739-1808, author.

Contributor:

Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 12301.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boston Massacre, 1770--Poetry.

Boston Massacre, 1770.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Poetry.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Poetry.

Poems -- 1772.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 pages, 2 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed and sold by E. Russell, at his printing-office, near Dr. Gardiner's, in Marlborough-Street., M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Written to accompany Joseph Warren's oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1772, but suppressed owing to doubts of Allen's patriotism. Later published by Allen's friends with extracts from his Retrospect.

Two states of gathering B noted. In one, lines ending speak/ cheek/ length/ strength/ design/ twine appear on pages 10. Catchwords on pages 13 and 14 are "which" and "more". In another, those lines appear on p. 11. Catchwords on p. 13 and 14 are "sents" and "far".

Reprinted, with a note concerning authorship, by Peter Edes in: Orations delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March, 1770, Boston, [1785], pages 195-200.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 12301).

Cited in:

Evans 12301

Related Work:

Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775. Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1772 ...

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