The Boston Massacre, 1770 : the Massacre monument, 1888 : scrapbook, 1888.

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The Boston Massacre, 1770 : the Massacre monument, 1888 : scrapbook, 1888.

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One scrapbook volume containing newspaper proof, newspaper clippings from various sources, and printed ephemera, 1888, relating to the Boston Massacre of 1770 and to the monument to Crispus Attucks and other victims of the Massacre unveiled and dedicated on the Boston Common on Nov. 14, 1888.

1 v. ; 24 cm.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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