Bloody butchery, by the British troops; or The runaway fight of the regulars
Subtitle: Being the particulars of the victorious battle fought at and near Concord ... between two thousand regular troops, belonging to His Britannic Majesty, and a few hundred provincial troops ... : To which is annexed, a funeral elegy on those who were slain in the battle
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 42772
Publisher: Printed and sold by E. Russell
Published: 1775
Place of publication: Salem, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Poetry; Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775; Campaigns; Registers of dead
Other titles: Funeral elegy, to the immortal memory of those worthies who were slain in the Battle of Concord, April 19, 1775.
Notes: "From E. Russell's Salem Gazette, or the Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser, published on Friday, April 21, 1775." Also includes information dated Salem, April 25 (from the Essex gazette), and Salem, May 5. The funeral elegy appeared in the May 26 issue of the Essex journal and Merrimack packet.

For an account of other editions of this title, see Streeter, Thomas W. Americana--beginnings, Morristown, N.J., 1952, p. 49-51.

Imprint supplied by Streeter.

Relief cut of forty coffins, with the names of the dead, at head (cf. Reilly 1218); printed area measures 46.7 x 33.8 cm.

Bristol B3929

Shipton & Mooney 42772

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1792