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SCG-C.773.053
12 Apr 1773:21 (1947)
Boston, March 8. [Report of ceremony in commemoration of
the massacre on the 5th of March. Illumination had poem]
Canst 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?
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At a quarter after nine, the time of the evening when the
bloody scene was acted, the paintings were taken in, and
most of the bells in town tolled 'till ten.
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