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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.
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| Title: | 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. |
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| Name(s): |
Hancock, John 1737-1793 Adams, Samuel 1722-1803 |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Speech | |
| Date Created: | 1775 | |
| Publisher: | Printed by J. Douglass M'Dougall, in Chesnut-Street., | |
| Place of Publication: | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Physical Form: | online resource | |
| Extent: | 23 pages ; 21 cm | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | By the Honorable John Hancock, Esquire. ; [Five lines in Latin from Virgil].nSignatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴ (C4 verso blank). 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 the work." On page [3]: "At a meeting of the Freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Boston, duly assembled at Faneuil-hall... on Saturday the fifth of March, Anno. Dom.1774... William Cooper, town clerk."Libraries own 4 copies the other 3 were printed : 1 in New Port | |
| Identifier: | fauwsb3f6 (IID) | |
| Physical Location: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Speeches B3F6 | |
| Collection: | Florida Atlantic Digital Library Collections | |
| Subject(s): |
American Revolution (1775-1783) Boston Massacre, 1770 -- Anniversaries, etc -- Early works to 1800 Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800 Boston Massacre, 1770 -- Early works to 1800 Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 18th century United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes -- Sources -- Early works to 1800 |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb3f6 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
