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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 description is from the project: Boston Massacre ]

This engraving, along with the eight-lines of patriotic verse below, appeared in The Massachusetts Calendar, or an Almanac for 1772, published by Isaiah Thomas. The same engraving was used in the 1772 broadside A Monumental Inscription on the Fifth of March, also printed by Isaiah Thomas.