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Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790.; Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775. and Pemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799., 2004, 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., CLARIN DSpace, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/N09071.
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dc.contributor.authorBowdoin, James, 1726-1790.
dc.contributor.authorWarren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
dc.contributor.authorPemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799.
dc.coverage.placeNameBoston, Massachusetts
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-25
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-22T18:39:38Z
dc.date.available2022-08-22T18:39:38Z
dc.date.created1770
dc.date.issued2004-08
dc.description.abstractAt 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. Pages 81-83 misnumbered 79-81 in some copies. "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. "An index to the appendix."--p. 81-82. Pages 85-88 contain a list of names to whom the Narrative was sent, together with a copy of a letter to the Duke of Richmond. "This list and the following letter, are annexed to such copies only of this pamphlet, as are intended for publication in America."--p. 85. Pages 85-88 were printed May 16 (cf. the footnote, p. 87).
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Oxford
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dc.subject.lcshBoston Massacre, 1770.
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.
dc.titleA 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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local.identifier.eeBowdoin, James, 1726-1790. http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/bowdojames000405
local.identifier.lccnBowdoin, James, 1726-1790. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81106985
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otaterms.date.range1700-1799