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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.
- 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.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (38, 80 p. )
- Other Title:
- Short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston] : Printed by order of the town of Boston, and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, and T. & J. Fleet, 1770.
- Notes:
- 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.
- "Appendix containing the several depositions referred to in the preceding narrative ..."--p. [1]-80, 2nd count. With an erratum statement at foot of p. 78, and certifications of authenticity, p. 79-80.
- HIS-673.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 80668.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG10189459-B
- OCLC:
- 516501324
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