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, Esquire. [Five lines in Latin from Virgil]

People / Organizations

• John Hancock (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed by J. Douglass M'Dougall, in Chesnut-Street, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]

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. M'Dougall, John Douglass, d. 1787, printer.

Publication year

1775

ESTC No.

W2614

Grub Street ID

336165

Description

23,[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 the work." -.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B-C? (C4 verso blank)