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The Poem Which the Committee of the Town of Boston Had Voted Unanimously To Be Published With the Late Oration

The Poem Which the Committee of the Town of Boston Had Voted Unanimously To Be Published With the Late Oration

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    24.7 cm x 19 cm

    Boston: Printed and sold by E. Russell, at his printing-office, near Dr. Gardiner’s, in Marlborough-Street, 1772


    James Allen wrote this poem to accompany Joseph Warren’s oration delivered at Boston on the second anniversary of the Boston Massacre, 5 March 1772. The poem was suppressed due to doubts about Allen's patriotism and later was republished by Allen's friends, with extracts from another of his poems, as "The Retrospect."