Orations delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March, 1770 : when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace.

Other author Edes, Peter, 1756-1840, compiler.
Other author Allen, James, 1739-1808.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed by Peter Edes, in State-Street, [1785]
Description200 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 18997. ^A478749
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 18899. ^A478749
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 18955. ^A478749
General noteContains orations delivered from 1771 through 1783.
General noteHalf-title: Boston orations.
General notePreface signed: Peter Edes. Boston. January, 1785.
General noteTwo states noted. The first is complete in 182, [2] p.; the second has additional material on p. [185]-200.
General noteBenjamin Church's oration is recorded separately by Evans (entry 18955).
General note"An oration, delivered at the King's-Chapel in Boston, April 8, 1776, on the re-interment of the remains of the late most worshipful Grand-Master Joseph Warren ... By Perez Morton ..."--p. [185]-193, with separate title page.
General note"A poem. The following masterly piece of original compostion is from the pen of James Allen, of Boston ..."--p. 195-200 (Evans 18899).
References Evans 18997
References Evans 18899
References Evans 18955
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 18997).
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 18899).
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 18955).
Genre/formFuneral addresses 1776.
Genre/formPoems 1785.