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Book/Printed Material Orations, delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March, 1770 : when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace.

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Title

  • Orations, delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March, 1770 : when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace.

Names

  • Lovell, James, 1737-1814.
  • Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775.
  • Church, Benjamin, 1704-1781.
  • Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
  • Thacher, Peter, 1716-1785.
  • Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817.
  • Austin, Jonathan Williams, 1751-1779.
  • Tudor, William, 1750-1819.
  • Mason, Jonathan, 1756-1831.
  • Dawes, Thomas, 1757-1825.
  • Minot, George Richards, 1758-1802.
  • Welsh, Thomas, 1754-1831.
  • Morton, Perez, 1751-1837.
  • Allen, James, 1739-1808.
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, former owner.
  • Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Boston : Published by Wm.T. Clap, No. 88, Fish Street : Greenough, Stebbins and Hunt, printers, 1807.

Contents

  • Oration delivered at Boston, April 2, 1771 / by James Lovell , A.M. -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1772 / by Dr. Joseph Warren -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 6, 1773 / by Dr. Benjamin Church -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1774 / by the Hon. John Hancock, Esq. -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 6, 1775 / by Dr. Joseph Warren -- Oration delivered at Watertown, March 5, 1776 / by Peter Thacher, M.A. -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1777 / by Benjamin Hichborn, Esq. -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1778 / by Jonathan W. Austin, Esq. -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1779 / by Wililam Tudor, Esq. -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 6, 1780 / by Mr. Jonathan Mason, Jun. -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1781 / by Thomas Dawes, Jun. -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1782 / by George Richards Minot -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1783 / by Dr. Thomas Welsh -- Oration, delivered at the King's Chapel, in Boston, April 8, 1776, on the reinternment of the remains of the late most worshipful Grand Master, Joseph Warren, Esq., President of the late Congress of this colony, and Major General of the Massachusetts forces, who was slain in the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 / by Perez Morton, M.M. -- Poem, &c. ... / by James Allen.

Headings

  • -  Boston Massacre, 1770
  • -  United States--Politics and government--1775-1783
  • -  Warren, Joseph,--1741-1775
  • -  United States--Massachusetts--Boston

Notes

  • -  Sowerby, E. M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4679
  • -  Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 13295
  • -  Bookseller's advertisement: p. [2] at end.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Front free endpaper inscribed: Presented by the publisher to his Excell.y Thomas Jefferson.
  • -  LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's copy, with his initial at signature I. With the Library of Congress's 1815 bookplate.
  • -  LAC scc 2019-04-15 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • 198, [2] p. ; 18 cm (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E215.4 .O63

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02003211

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Chicago citation style:

Lovell, James, Joseph Warren, Benjamin Church, John Hancock, Peter Thacher, Benjamin Hichborn, Jonathan Williams Austin, et al. Orations, delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March,: when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace. Boston: Published byWm.T. Clap, No. 88, Fish Street: Greenough, Stebbins and Hunt, printers, 1807. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/02003211/.

APA citation style:

Lovell, J., Warren, J., Church, B., Hancock, J., Thacher, P., Hichborn, B. [...] Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. (1807) Orations, delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March,: when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace. Boston: Published byWm.T. Clap, No. 88, Fish Street: Greenough, Stebbins and Hunt, printers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/02003211/.

MLA citation style:

Lovell, James, et al. Orations, delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March,: when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace. Boston: Published byWm.T. Clap, No. 88, Fish Street: Greenough, Stebbins and Hunt, printers, 1807. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/02003211/>.