Orations delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March, 1770
Subtitle: when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 18997; Early American imprints -- no. 18899; Early American imprints -- no. 18955
Publisher: Printed by Peter Edes, in State-Street.
Published: 1785
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Boston Massacre, 1770; Anniversaries; History; Sermons; Poetry
Notes: Contains orations delivered from 1771 through 1783.

Half-title: Boston orations.

Preface signed: Peter Edes. Boston. January, 1785.

Two states noted. The first is complete in 182, [2] p.; the second has additional material on p. [185]-200.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-U⁴ W⁴ X-Z⁴ &⁴.

Benjamin Church's oration is recorded separately by Evans (entry 18955).

"An oration, delivered at the King's-Chapel in Boston, April 8, 1776, on the re-interment of the remains of the late most worshipful Grand-Master Joseph Warren ... By Perez Morton ..."--p. [185]-193, with separate title page.

"A poem. The following masterly piece of original compostion is from the pen of James Allen, of Boston ..."--p. 195-200 (Evans 18899).

Evans 18997

Evans 18899

Evans 18955