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Boston Massacre, March 5th 1770

Boston Massacre, March 5th 1770 Lithograph
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Lithograph by J.H. Bufford’s Lith., after W. Champney

Image 45 cm x 60.9 cm; sheet 51 cm x 64.2 cm

Boston: Published by Henry Q. Smith: J.H. Bufford’s Lith., 1856


This dramatic 19th century lithograph shows Boston resident Crispus Attucks being brutally attacked by the British soldiers during the Boston Massacre on King Street (now State Street), with the State House in the background.