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An oration; delivered March 5, 1774, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston: to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the fifth of March 1770. By the Honorable John Hancock, Esq; [Five lines in Latin from Virgil].
Author
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Boston : Printed by Edes and Gill, in Queen Street, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]
Description
20, [2] p. ; 25.5 x 20 cm. (fol.)
Availability
Available Online
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Special Collections - Rare Books
Lapidus 2.28 EX
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Princeton copy 1
Special Collections - William H. Scheide Library
104.13
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Subject(s)
Boston Massacre, 1770
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Anniversaries, etc
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United States
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History
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Revolution, 1775-1783
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Causes
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Author
Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783
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Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775
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Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778
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Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
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Printer
Edes and Gill
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Related name
Boston (Mass.)
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Bookseller
Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston, Mass.)
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Notes
This catalogue record is derived in large part from a record for an electronic reproduction.
Half-title: An oration delivered March fifth, 1774.
Authorship of the oration has been attributed to Samuel Adams, to Benjamin Church and Joseph Warren, and to Samuel Cooper. See T.R. Adams, who notes "In all probability a number of Boston radicals had a hand in its composition." -.
Binding note
Princeton copy 1 Disbound.
Provenance
WHS copy acquired 3/13/29 from Goodspeed; inv. 616.
Source acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959 2010
References
ESTC W21489
Sabin 30177
Church 1104
Evans, 13314
Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 117a
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW21489.
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OCLC
228765167
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