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MS-B.774.020
17 Mar 1774:22,23 (4/163)
From the Essex Journal . . . [2 lines] Newbury-port, March
9. Last Saturday being the anniversary of that horrid
massacre, perpetrated in the street of our metropolis by the
inhuman blood-thirsty sons of tyranny on the fifth of March,
1770; was commemorated in this town. . . [6 lines]
The day was ushered in by tolling the bells--from seven
o'clock to ten the bells ceased--then began again and tolled
until eleven, at which time a great number of people of this
town and of the towns in the vicinity, assembled . . . [7
lines, church service.] The service was introduced by an
anthem, and ended by an elegy composed on the occasion. In
the evening, the bells tolled again, which served at the
same time, not only to keep in mind that tragical evening
which we were commemorating, but to solemnize and prepare
our minds, if duly meditated on, for the approaching
Sabbath. . .
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