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 : to which is added, an appendix, containing the several depositions referred to in the preceding narrative, and also other depositions relative to the subject of it. - ECU Libraries Catalog

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 : to which is added, an appendix, containing the several depositions referred to in the preceding narrative, and also other depositions relative to the subject of it.

Other author/creator	Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790.
Other author/creator	Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
Other author/creator	Pemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[London] ; Boston, printed, by Edes and Gill: London, re-printed for W. Bingley, 1770.
Description	38, 83 p.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Boston Massacre, 1770--Early works to 1800. Murder--Massachusetts --Boston --Early works to 1800. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Causes --Early works to 1800.

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Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
General note	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.
General note	"By the Honourable Thomas Hutchinson, Esq: lieutenant-governor ... I do hereby certify, that Richard Dana and John Ruddock, Esquires, are two of His Majesty's justices of the peace ... Three original certificates of the foregoing tenor ... are signed by the lieutenant-governor, and annexed to three printed copies of this pamphlet. Two of them will be sent to London for the satisfaction of such gentlemen in England as incline to see the originals, viz. One of them to William Bollan, Esq; and the other to Dennis De Bertdt, Esq;--the third remains with the committee."--P. 80, second group.
General note	"Appendix containing the several depositions referred to in the preceding narrative ... ."--P. 1-80, second group.
General note	"An index to the appendix."--P. 81-83, second group.
General note	Includes index.
General note	Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General note	Sabin no. 80671.
References	RLIN, CTRG99-B1610
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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