File:Boston Massacre LOC.jpg

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Paul Revere 1735-1818, artist
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"The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt. / engrav'd, printed & sold by Paul Revere, Boston." "Print shows British troops firing on a group of citizens on a street in Boston, Massachusetts, with the Royal Custom House known as "Butcher's Hall" on the right, the First Church and Town House in the background. Some of the wounded are being carried away from the scene, others lie in the street. Includes 18 lines of verse and a list of those killed and wounded."
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Print shows British troops firing on a group of citizens on a street in Boston, Massachusetts, with the Royal Custom House known as "Butcher's Hall" on the right, the First Church and Town House in the background. Some of the wounded are being carried away from the scene, others lie in the street. Includes 18 lines of verse and a list of those killed and wounded.
Date [1770, printed later]
Medium 1 print : engraving.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-19159 (digital file from original item)
  • Call Number: PGA - Revere (P.)--Bloody massacre perpetrated ... (B size) [P&P]
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under the digital ID ppmsca.19159.
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