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One portion of John Adams' notes from the trial of the eight British soldiers accused of murder for their role in the Boston Massacre (Rex v. Wemms, et al.). This fragment is comprised of twenty pages, thirteen of which contain writing, along with seven blank pages, and is part of a larger extant body of Adams' Boston Massacre trial notes. Those pages of notes not held by the BPL are held by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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Boston Massacre trial notes
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dv142f145
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title
Boston Massacre trial notes
description
One portion of John Adams' notes from the trial of the eight British soldiers accused of murder for their role in the Boston Massacre (Rex v. Wemms, et al.). This fragment is comprised of twenty pages, thirteen of which contain writing, along with seven blank pages, and is part of a larger extant body of Adams' Boston Massacre trial notes. Those pages of notes not held by the BPL are held by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
date
["1770"]
year
1770
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_000710-06_01_000728, 06_01_000761
creators
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Kidder, Frederic, 1804-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Colonial and Revolutionary Boston Collection
subjects
Boston Massacre, 1770
Trials (Murder)
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Wemms, William
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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10 leaves ; 16 cm.
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-71.05
notes
Holograph.
Title devised by cataloger.
This manuscript has been filed under several call numbers, including: MS G.38.24 and MS Am. 229 (23). It is currently filed under MS Adams 307.
For further information, consult The Adams Papers, Digital Editions: Legal Papers of John Adams, vol. 3.
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