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]

People / Organizations

• John Hancock (Author)

Imprint

New-Haven: Re-printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]

Added name

Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783. Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775. Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803. Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803. Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778. Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775. Cooper, Samuel, 1725-1783. Green, Thomas, 1735-1812, printer. Green, Samuel, 1743-1799, printer.

Publication year

1774

ESTC No.

W21492

Grub Street ID

331260

Description

15,[1]p. ; 8⁰

Note

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." -.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B? (B4 verso blank)