Boston Massacre - illustrations and narrations
Paul Revere's engraving of the Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street. - from Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS). Link includes commentary on elements of propaganda found in the image, and the connections to Pelham's work (see below).
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Henry Pelham’s Fruits of Arbitrary Power, or the Bloody Massacre -- from American Antiquarian Society (AAS).
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"On Monday, the 5th of March, the day of
the disturbance that proved fatal to some of the inhabitants..." - from MHS... This account comes from the Loyalist perspective. Look to page 12 for start of the quotation. |
"On Monday Night about Eight o'Clock two Soldiers
were attacked and beat. But the Party of the Towns- People, in order to carry Matters to the utmost Length..." - from MHS... This testimony is from the "Case of Capt. Thomas Preston of the 29th Reg. Look to page 2 for start of the quotation. |
"Bodies of Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell,
and Crispus Attucks, the unhappy Victims who fell in the bloody Massacre of the Monday Evening preceding..." - from MHS... Article from pages 2-3 of The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal, Number 779, 12 March 1770 details events leading up to the Massacre along with details of victims, notes on their burial, etc. Note the Revere engraving of the coffins. Look to section 4 to find engravings and text quoted above. |
"It was not expected however, that such an
outrage and massacre, as happened here on the evening of the fifth instant, would have been perpetrated..." - from MHS... Included are the depositions of eyewitnesses compiled to form a Patriot perspective to explain the events leading up to, and including, the "massacre" on Kings Street. Look to page 11 for the quote. |