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An oration; delivered March 5, 1774, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston: to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the fifth of March, 1770. By the Honorable John Hancock, Esq; [Five lines in Latin from Virgil].

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Book
Author/Creator:
Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783., Author.
Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775., Author.
Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778., Author.
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803., Author.
Contributor:
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778.
Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783.
Green, Thomas, 1735-1812, printer.
Green, Samuel, 1743-1799, printer.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Boston Massacre, 1770--Anniversaries, etc.
Boston Massacre, 1770.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (15,[1]p. )
Other Title:
Oration; delivered March 5, 1774,
An oration; delivered March 5, 1774, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston
Place of Publication:
New-Haven : Re-printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]
Notes:
Authorship of the oration has been attributed to Samuel Adams, to Benjamin Church and Joseph Warren, and to Samuel Cooper. See T.R. Adams, who notes "In all probability a number of Boston radicals had a hand in its composition." -.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Cited in:
Evans, 13316
Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 794
Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 117d
English Short Title Catalog, W21492.
OCLC:
642784171

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