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A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston : perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March, 1770, by soldiers of the XXIXth Regiment, which with the XIVth Regiment were then quartered there : with some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophe / printed by order of the town of Boston.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boston Massacre, 1770--Early works to 1800.
- Boston Massacre, 1770.
- Murder--Massachusetts--Boston--Early works to 1800.
- Murder.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes--Early works to 1800.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48, 83 p. )
- Other Title:
- Short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed by Messrs. Edes and Gill ; London : Re-printed for W. Bingley, 1770.
- Notes:
- At a town meeting on March 12, 1770, James Bowdoin, Joseph Warren and Samuel Pemberton were appointed a committee to prepare a particular account of the massacre. The "Short narrative" was prepared, accepted at a town meeting held March 19, and ordered immediately printed.
- Includes index (to the appendix)
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 6739.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG02-B462
- OCLC:
- 85798425
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