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A Poem, in memory of the (never to be forgotten) fifth of March, 1770. On the evening of which, a party of the 29th. regiment commanded by Capt. Preston, fired upon the inhabitants in King-Street, by which five persons were killed viz. Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, and Patrick Carr
Title
A Poem, in memory of the (never to be forgotten) fifth of March, 1770. [microform] : On the evening of which, a party of the 29th. regiment commanded by Capt. Preston, fired upon the inhabitants in King-Street, by which five persons were killed viz. Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, and Patrick Carr.
Published
[Boston] : Printed and sold next to the Writing-School, in Queen-Street., [1770]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (relief cuts)
Notes
Verse in eleven numbered stanzas; first line: The rising sun bespeaks the mournful day.
In the tenth stanza reference is made to Christopher Monks who was severely wounded in the massacre and expected to die. In fact, he eventually recovered; therefore, it is likely that the poem was issued at Boston soon after the incident while Monk's condition was in doubt.
Text in two columns; relief cuts of five coffins at head and of a single coffin at head of second column (Reilly 1219 and 1214).
Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42156).
Variant and related titles
Rising sun bespeaks the mournful day.
Format
Books / Microforms
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B3251
Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800, 42156
Genre/Form
Broadsides.
Elegies.
Also listed under
United States Massachusetts Boston.
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