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CJ-NH.772.011
20 Mar 1772:23,31 (231)
Boston, March 9, 1772. Agreeable to a vote of the town for
that purpose, a meeting was called on Thursday the 5th of
March current, at which the committee appointed last year
for that purpose, reported that they had engaged Joseph
Warren, Esq; to deliver an oration, on the dangerous
tendency of standing armies to the rights of civil society,
and in commemoration of the horrid massacre perpetrated on
the evening of the 5th of March 1770. . . [Details of the
ceremony, 42 more lines] At a quarter after nine, the
painting was taken in, and the bells muffled toll'd till
ten. . . [3 more lines]
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