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

Boston: Printed by Edes and Gill, in Queen Street, 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. Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803, printer. Gill, John, 1732-1785, printer.

Publication year

1774

ESTC No.

W2613

Grub Street ID

336155

Description

20p. ; 4⁰

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." - Half-title: An oration delivered March fifth 1774.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing edition statement.Citation/references Evans, 13315

Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 117b