Citation - Boston News Letter: 1770.03.15

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Index Entry Theatre, metaphor of current events, King Street, theatre of inhuman tragedy 
Location Boston 
Citation
BNL.770.018
15 Mar 1770:33 (3467)
Last Thursday, agreeable to a general request of the
inhabitants, and the consent of parents &  others were
followed to their grave in succession. . . [3 lines] who
fell in the bloody massacre of the Monday evening preceding!
[woodcut of four coffins with initials of victims]  On this
occasion many of the shops in town were shut, all the bells
tolled a solemn peal, as did those in the neighbouring towns
of Charlestown, Cambridge & Roxbury.  The procession began
to move between the hours of 4 and 5 in the afternoon . . .
[9 lines] The several hearses forming a junction in King-
street, the Theatre of that inhuman tragedy!  proceeded from
thence thro' the main-street, . . .


Generic Title Boston News Letter 
Date 1770.03.15 
Publisher Draper, Richard 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1770 
Bibliography B0010210
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