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PC.773.042
15-22 Mar 1773:342 (323)
Boston, March 8, 1773. Friday last being the anniversary of
the 5th of March, . . . [service, oration, gathering at
night:]
In one of the chamber windows [of Mrs. Clapham's in King-
street] were exhibited the following lines.
Cans't thou, spectator, view this crimson'd scene,
And not reflect what these sad portraits mean?
Or can thy slaughter'd brethren's guiltless gore,
Revenge, from year to year, in vain implore?
. . . [20 lines]
At a quarter after nine, the time of the evening that the
bloody scene was acted, the paintings were taken in and most
of the bells in town toll'd till ten.
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