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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowdoin, James
Other Authors: Edes, Benjamin, Fleet, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [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, 1770
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:"An index to the appendix."--p. [81-83]. - "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. - Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 75b. - 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. - CSmH reports copy with folded frontispiece "engrav'd, printed & sold by Paul Revere Boston. - English Short Title Catalog, W3991. - Errors in paging: p. 81-83 misnumbered 79-81. - Evans, 11580. - Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. - Sabin, 80668. - Sabin, 80669
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (38,81,[i.e., 83],[1]p) 8°