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Notes on the Boston Massacre trials, by John Adams, 1770, "Captn. Prestons Case"

Notes on the Boston Massacre trials, by John Adams, 1770, `Captn. Prestons Case`

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    15.8 cm x 9.6 cm

    From the John Davis papers
    Designated as Adams' Massacre Minutes, MS1 within list of sources in The Legal Papers of John Adams, volume 3
    8 unnumbered pages relating to Rex v. Preston


    [ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

    John Adams served as defense attorney for the British soldiers accused of killing five colonists in the Boston Massacre. These notes relate to the case of Capt. Thomas Preston, who was acquitted due to Adams's efforts. Adams later called his defense of the soldiers "one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country."