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Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796 Bloody Butchery by the British Troops [First printing]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04810 Author/Creator: Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796 Place Written: Salem, Massachusetts Type: Broadside Date: 1775 Pagination: 1 sheet Height: 54.9 cm, Width: 45.7 cm Order a Copy

Printed and sold by Ezekial Russell. Printed broadside in three columns with woodcut mourning borders and two rows of forty woodcut coffins (each captioned with the name of an American casualty). Detailed narrative of battles at Lexington and Concord. References: Evans 13898; Ford, Massachusetts Broadsides 1792; Streeter, American Beginnings 41; Winslow, American Broadside Verse 28.

Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796

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