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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Edes, Peter, 1756-1840 (Compiler), Allen, James, 1739-1808, Morton, Perez, 1751-1837
Format: eBook
Language:English
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 18997.
Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 18899.
Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 18955.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Evans Digital Edition
Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description: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] pages; the second has additional material on pages [185]-200.
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 ..."--pages [185]-193, with separate title page.
"A poem. The following masterly piece of original compostion is from the pen of James Allen, of Boston ..."--pages 195-200 (Evans 18899).
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:200 pages ; 17 cm. (duodecimo)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.