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| current | 06:36, 22 December 2016 | | 2,407 × 2,830 (5.79 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt. According to the Library of Congress (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/app/item/2008661777/">1</a>): </p> <p>A sensationalized portrayal of the skirmish, later to become known as the "Boston Massacre," between British soldiers and citizens of Boston on March 5, 1770. On the right a group of seven uniformed soldiers, on the signal of an officer, fire into a crowd of civilians at left. Three of the latter lie bleeding on the ground. Two other casualties have been lifted by the crowd. In the foreground is a dog; in the background are a row of houses, the First Church, and the Town House. Behind the British troops is another row of buildings including the Royal Custom House, which bears the sign (perhaps a sardonic comment) "Butcher's Hall." Beneath the print are four sections of verse, which read: </p> <p>Unhappy BOSTON! see thy Sons deplore,<br> Thy hallow'd Walks besmear'd with guiltless Gore:<br> While faithless P--n and his savage Bands,<br> With murd'rous Rancour stretch their bloody Hands;<br> Like fierce Barbarians grinning o'er their Prey,<br> Approve the Carnage, and enjoy the Day. </p> <p>If scalding drops from Rage from Anguish Wrung<br> If speechless Sorrows lab'ring for a Tongue,<br> Or if a weeping World can ought appease<br> The plaintive Ghosts of Victims such as these;<br> The Patriot's copious Tears for each are shed,<br> A glorious Tribute which embalms the Dead </p> <p>But know, FATE summons to that awful Goal,<br> Where JUSTICE strips the Murd'rer of his Soul:<br> Should venal C--ts the scandal of the Land,<br> Snatch the relentless Villain from her Hand,<br> Keen Execrations on this Plate inscrib'd,<br> Shall reach a JUDGE who never can be brib'd. </p> <p>The unhappy Sufferers were Mess.s SAM.L GRAY, SAM.L MAVERICK, JAM.S CALDWELL, CRISPUS ATTUCKS & PAT.K CARR<br> Killed. Six wounded; two of them (CHRIST.R MONK & JOHN CLARK) Mortally<br> Published in 1770 by Paul Revere<br> Boston </p> <p>1 print : engraving with watercolor, on laid paper ; 25.8 x 33.4 cm. (plate) </p> |
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