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Letter (copy) from a Committee of Boston selectmen to Benjamin Franklin, 13 July 1770

Letter (copy) from a Committee of Boston selectmen to Benjamin Franklin, 13 July 1770 Manuscript

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    Manuscript

    31.2 cm x 20.1 cm

    Includes a narrative of the Boston Massacre

    From the Collection of papers relating to Massachusetts History


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    [ This description is from the project: Boston Massacre ]

    This manuscript copy of a letter from the Committee of Boston Selectmen (comprised of Thomas Cushing, Richard Dana, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, William Phillips, William Molineux, Ebenezer Storer, and William Greenleaf) to Benjamin Franklin in London, describes the current situation in Boston four months after the Massacre. The committee shares, via letters, newspaper articles, and hearsay, the differing opinions of the Massacre from the perspectives of Loyalists and Patriots.