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
Contributors: Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775; Pemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799; Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
Publisher: Printed by order of the town of Boston: London, re-printed for E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and J. Almon, in Piccadilly
Published: 1770
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Boston Massacre, 1770; Massacres; Causes; History
Work titles: Short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston
Notes: First printed in Boston : Printed by order of the town of Boston, and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, and T. & J. Fleet, in Cornhill, 1770 (Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets, 70-5a and Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 75a)

A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston was drawn up by a committee consisting of James Bowdoin, Joseph Warren, and Samuel Pemberton near the month of April 1770, who were appointed by the town meeting in Boston on March 12, 1770. A number of issues and permutations of this title exist. For a complete detailed analysis see Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets 70-5 and Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 75.

A reprinting of the Boston : Printed by order of the town of Boston, and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, and T. & J. Fleet, in Cornhill, 1770 edition (Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets, 70-5a and Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 75a). Cf. Adams.

"Appendix containing the several depositions referred to in the preceding narrative; and also other depositions relative to the subject of it": p. [34]-80; 96 depositions are given on p. [34]-159.

Certifications of authenticity: p. 160-162.

"An index to the appendix", p. [163]-166, indexes the names of the deposers.

Also issued as item 2 of volume 4 of: A collection of tracts, on the subjects of taxing the British colonies in America, and regulating their trade. In four volumes / collected by John Almon, London, 1773.

Signatures: [A]⁴ ([A]1 verso blank) B-X⁴ (X4 blank)

Engraved frontispiece, by Paul Revere, depicts British redcoats shooting at the the townfolk of Boston; it is a reduced version of the larger, folded one in the London : re-printed for W. Bingley edition (Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets, 70-5d and Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 75g)

Sabin 6740.

Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets, 70-5d.

Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 75g.

English short title catalogue T4121.