A Bloody butchery, by the British troops: or, The runaway fight of the regulars : Being the particulars of the victorious battle fought at and near Concord ... between two thousand regular troops, belonging to his Britannic majesty, and a few hundred provincial troops ... : To which is annexed, a funeral elegy on those who were slain in the battle.
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | (The second edition corrected, with some additions.). |
| Publication Info | Salem [Mass.], N.E. : Printed and sold by E. Russell at his printing-office, removed next to John Turner, Esq; in the Main-Street, [1775] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 51 x 39 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13839. ^A478749 |
| General note | "From E. Russell's Salem Gazette, or Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser, published on Friday, April 21, 1775." Also includes information dated Salem, April 25 (from the Essex gazette), and Salem, May 5. The funeral elegy appeared in the May 26 issue of the Essex journal and Merrimack packet. |
| General note | For an account of other editions of this title, cf. Streeter, Thomas W. Americana--beginnings, Morristown, N.J., 1952, p. 49-51. |
| General note | Relief cut of forty-two coffins, with the names of the dead, at head (Reilly 1218); printed area measures 48.2 x 36.0 cm. |
| General note | Not in Evans or Bristol. |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 13839 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13839). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
| Contains title | Funeral elegy, to the immortal memory of those worthies, who were slain in the battle of Concord, April 19, 1775. |
| Other title | Funeral elegy, to the immortal [sic] memory of those worthies, who were slain in the battle of Concord, April 19, 1775. |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |