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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.

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Publication Info[Boston] : Printed by order of the town of Boston, and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, and T. & J. Fleet, in Cornhill, 1770.
Description38, 81, [i.e., 83], 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Boston Massacre, 1770.
United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Causes.
Other author/creatorPemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799, author.
Other author/creatorWarren, Joseph, 1741-1775 author.
Other author/creatorBowdoin, James, 1726-1790, author.
Other author/creatorBowdoin, James, 1726-1790.
Other author/creatorWarren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
Other author/creatorPemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799.
Other author/creatorEdes, Benjamin, 1732-1803, bookseller.
Other author/creatorGill, John, 1732-1785, bookseller.
Other author/creatorFleet, Thomas, 1732-1797, bookseller.
Other author/creatorFleet, John, 1734-1806, bookseller.
General noteAt 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 noteCSmH reports copy with folded frontispiece "engrav'd, printed & sold by Paul Revere Boston."
General noteErrors in paging: p. 81-83 misnumbered 79-81.
General note"Apendix 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.
General note"An index to the appendix."--p. [81-83].
General noteReproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
References Evans, 11580
References Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 75b
References Sabin, 80669
References Sabin, 80668
References English Short Title Catalog, W3991.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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