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 29th Regiment, which with the 14th Regiment were then quartered there : with some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophe.
Contributors: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790.; Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.; Pemberton, Samuel.; Doggett, John.
Publisher: J. Doggett, Jr.
Published: 1849
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Boston Massacre, 1770
Notes: "Printed by order of the town of Boston, and sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen Street, and T. & J. Fleet, in Cornhill, 1770."

"Republished with notes and illustrations by J. Doggett, Jr.", with the addition of: "Additional observations to a Short narrative ... 1770".

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.

Includes index.