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The Boston Massacre, perpetrated on March the 5th, 1770

The Boston Massacre, perpetrated on March the 5th, 1770 Woodcut
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Woodcut by Paul Revere

47.5 cm x 28 cm

Boston: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, 1771

This copy was previously attached to page 1 of The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal, 12 March 1770, from the Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr, Vol. 3, page 59


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This engraving, along with the eight-line patriotic verse below it, appeared in The Massachusetts Calendar, or an Almanac for 1772, published by Isaiah Thomas. Harbottle Dorr, Jr. cut it out and pasted it onto the first page of the 12 March 1770 issue of the The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal within his collection of annotated newspapers.