A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston
Subtitle: 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.
By: Printed by order of the town of Boston.
Contributors: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790.; Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.; Pemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799.; Boston (Mass.). Committee to prepare a particular account of the massacre 1770.; Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress); American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen street, and T. & J. Fleet in Cornhill
Published: 1770
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Boston Massacre, 1770.
Notes: Evans 11581
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.