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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 29th regiment, which with the 14th regiment were then quartered there : with some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophe.
- 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.
- Murder--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Murder.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (122 p., [2] leaves of plates ) 1 folded map ;
- Other Title:
- Short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston
- Place of Publication:
- New York : John Doggett, Jr., 1849.
- Contents:
- "Additional observations to A short narrative."
- P. [109]-117.
- Notes:
- "Printed by order of the town of Boston, and sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen Street, and T. & J. Fleet, in Cornhill, 1770 ... Republished with notes and illustrations ... ."
- At a town meeting 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.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 80673.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG99-B1599
- Contains:
- Additional observations to A short narrative.
- OCLC:
- 85795526
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