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

Boston orations|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

Boston Printed by Peter Edes ... [1785]

200 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

973.3113 O63, 1785

(OCoLC)06274094

Half title: Boston orations.
Preface signed: Peter Edes. Boston. January, 1785.
"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 (p. [185]-193) has separate title, but paged continuously.
"A poem, &c.The following masterly piece of original composition is from the pen of James Allen, of Boston ..." (p. 195-200).
Signatures: [A]4 B-Z4 &4.
Leaf Y4 blank.
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.
Two states noted; first is complete in 182, [2] p.; this copy is second state, containing 2 additional items on p. [185]-200.
Library has 2 copies: c. 1 (L2015F139): ms. inscription & bookplate with motto (Virtus quem dirigit sit o nes provacare): Winthrop Sargent; ms. table of contents in his hand on title verso; c. 2 (81.1.741)

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