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Memorandum from Samuel Adams to Robert Treat Paine, [29 November 1770]

Memorandum from Samuel Adams to Robert Treat Paine, [29 November 1770] Manuscript

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    Samuel Adams sent these memorandum notes to Robert Treat Paine, solicitor for the Crown during the Boston Massacre trials. The notes record some details of the events of 5 March 1770, and capture Adams's own analysis of the evidence being presented at trial.