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

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

Oration delivered at Boston, April 2, 1771|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1772|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1773|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1774|Oration delivered at Boston, March 6, 1775|Oration delivered at Watertown, March 5, 1776|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1777|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1778|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1779|Oration delivered at Boston, March 6, 1780|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1781|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1782|Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1783|Oration, delivered at the King's Chapel, in Boston, April 8, 1776

Second edition.

Boston Published by Wm. T. Clap, No.88, Fish Street 1807

198, [2] p. ; 18 cm.

973.3113 O63, 1807

(OCoLC)05422377

"A poem, &c.The following masterly piece of original composition is from the pen of James Allen, of Boston ..." (p. [193]-198).
Publisher's advertisements at end.
Includes index.
Contains orations commemorating the Boston Massacre, delivered from 1771 through 1783.
Contents: Oration delivered at Boston, April 2, 1771 / James Lovell -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1772 / Joseph Warren -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1773 / Benjamin Church -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1774 / John Hancock -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 6, 1775 / Joseph Warren -- Oration delivered at Watertown, March 5, 1776 / Peter Thacher -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1777 / Benjamin Hichborn -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1778 / J.W. Austin -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1779 / William Tudor -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 6, 1780 / Jonathan Mason -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1781 / Thomas Dawes -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1782 / G.R. Minot -- Oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1783 / Thomas Welsh -- Oration, delivered at the King's Chapel, in Boston, April 8, 1776 ... / Perez Morton.
81.1.744
Ms. inscription on front pastedown: "Thomas Waterman Traders Bank Boston 9 December 1851."

Sabin 6737

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