Report of the Boston Massacre by the Boston Town Committee in the Gents Mag 1770
£280
SKU: P-6-109572
[Report of the Boston Massacre by the Committee of Boston Town]
An account of the Boston Massacre as presented by the Boston Town Committee, signed by John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and others, alongside “the other side of the question” as given by Captain Preston, the officer in charge. The Boston Massacre took place on 5 March 1770 amid escalating tensions between British troops and American colonists, who deeply resented the presence of a standing army and the imposition of taxes under the Townshend Acts. A confrontation outside the Customs House turned deadly when British soldiers, provoked by a hostile crowd, opened fire, killing five civilians. Widely publicised—most famously through Paul Revere’s engraving—the incident became a potent symbol of British oppression. Though brief, it inflamed colonial outrage, intensified revolutionary sentiment, and helped lay the foundations for the American War of Independence five years later.
Size 20 x 13 cm | 8.0 x 5.0 inches
Date Published: April 1770
Type: Four antique copperplate pages, on two sheets
Author: Boston Town Committee
Publication: Gentleman's Magazine
Condition: Good |
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