An oration; delivered March 5, 1774 at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston: to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the fifth of March, 1770. By the Honorable John Hancock, Esq; [Five lines in Latin from Virgil] - Hancock, John 1737-1793 (Re-printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1774)
Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 117d
Authorship of the oration has been attributed to Samuel Adams, to Benjamin Church and Joseph Warren, and to Samuel Cooper. See T.R. Adams, who notes "In all probability a number of Boston radicals had a hand in its composition." -
English Short Title Catalog, W21492
Evans, 13316
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress
Keywords: Boston Massacre, 1770 -- Anniversaries, etc; United States / History / Revolution, 1775-1783 / Causes