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On Tuesday, March 6, 1770, Boston inhabitants gathered at Faneuil Hall and elected a committee of townspeople who issued the statement: "THAT it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting that the inhabitants and soldiery can no longer live together in safety; that nothing can rationally be expected to restore the peace of the town and prevent further blood and carnage, but the immediate removal of the troops...." The page depicts the coffins of Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Crispus Attucks -- each identified with their initials. The fifth victim, Patrick Carr, died two days after the publication of his broadside.
An account of a Late Military Massacre at Boston, or the Consequences of Quartering Troops in a Populous Town. BOSTON March 12, 1770. New York: John Holt, 1770. Broadside. |