Joseph Warren’s 1775 Boston Massacre Oration – Full Text

Joseph Warren delivers the 1775 Boston Massacre Oration

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ORATION Delivered at Boston, 6 March 1775 “MY EVER HONOURED FELLOW CITIZENS, It is not without the most humiliating conviction of my want of ability that I now appear before you: but the sense I have of the obligation I am under to obey the calls of my country at all times, together with an […]

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Lovell’s 1771 Boston Massacre Oration in Full Text – Slaves Envy the Freedom of Others and Take a Malicious Pleasure in Contributing to Destroy It

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by James Lovell Omnes homines natura Libertati student, et CONDITIONEM Servitutis oderunt. Caes. —: Nunc ea petit, quae dare aullo modo possumus, nisi priùus volumus nos bello victos confiteri. Cic. At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Town Meeting assembled, by Adjournment, on Tuesday the 2d Day […]

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Outdoors Patriots Day Commemoration in the Year of Covid-19

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Michael McHugh, an architect, history enthusiast, and runner, annually commemorates the historic Midnight Ride by running a course from the approximate site of Dr. Joseph Warren’s house on the modern City Hall Plaza to the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington, a distance of about 17 miles. Mr. McHugh is something of a purist. He insists on […]

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“On You Depends the Future of Millions Yet Unborn” Dramatic Presentation of Joseph Warren’s 1775 Boston Massacre Oration at Old South Meeting House

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Don’t miss Revolutionary Spaces’ dramatic presentation of Dr. Joseph Warren’s stirring March 1775 Boston Massacre Oration. The speech will be delivered by talented re-enactors from the Tea Party & Ships Museum. Audience members will also enjoy commentary placing the speech in the context of early Revolutionary Era events. Obtain your tickets at the Revolutionary Spaces […]

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Battle of Bunker Hill as You Have Never Seen It – 3 / 4

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Source: 19c engraving Commentary: Among the handful of historical genre paintings most frequently appearing in history texts on the period, Trumbull’s Bunker Hill, as it is now most frequently known, is the oldest of them. The heroic battlefield death of Dr. Joseph Warren, an incident mourned nationally during the Revolutionary War and for several generations […]

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Battle of Bunker Hill as You Have Never Seen It – 2/4

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As Joseph Warren’s biographer I have been gratified by the number of people reaching out to me over the years in a collaborative and collegial fashion to flesh out, and make better known, the inspiring legacy of this Founding figure. Recently Mr. Closson – an architect with an eye for history and preservation – reached […]

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Battle of Bunker Hill as You Have Never Seen It – 1/4

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Source: 19c engraving Commentary: Jonathan Trumbull’s Death of Major General Joseph Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775 is an iconic image of the Revolutionary War. Among the handful of historical genre paintings most frequently appearing in history texts on the period, Trumbull’s Bunker Hill, as it is now most frequently known, […]

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Fifth Annual Boston Massacre Orations – March 27, 2019

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Co-Sponsored by The Bostonian Society Each year from 1772 to 1775, massive numbers of men, women, and children gathered here at Old South Meeting House to commemorate the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, with rousing speeches by John Hancock, Benjamin Church, and Dr. Joseph Warren. Join us to hear excerpts of these speeches, performed by […]

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Caring for Governor Hutchinson’s Employee a Year after the Boston Massacre? Another Page Ripped from Dr. Joseph Warren’s Missing Account Books

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Author: Joseph Warren Date: January 16-17, 1771 Source: Fragment of the Medical Day Book, New York: New York Historical Society, Misc Manuscripts “W.” Two sided day book page fragment in Joseph Warren’s handwriting, no signature. Accompanying notation states, “January 20, 1866 – attest Ellis Ames, Canton Massachusetts.” All presently known surviving fragments of Warren’s lost […]

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“Last Victim of the Boston Massacre” Appears in Another Fragment of Dr. Joseph Warren’s Missing Account Books

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Author: Joseph Warren Date: February 2-3, 1771 Source: Two sided day book page fragment in Joseph Warren’s handwriting, no signature. Sold at Kaminski’s Thanksgiving Auction November 30, 2008, Lot 008B for $550 plus 20% buyer’s premium. The document is currently presumed to be in private hands. Images by permission of Kaminski Auctions, Beverly, MA. As […]

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Another Fragment of Joseph Warren’s Missing Account Books: Christopher Monk, an Enslaved Royall, Alms House Poor

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Author: Joseph Warren Date: January 23-25, 1771 Source: Two sided day book page fragment in Joseph Warren’s handwriting, no signature. Image courtesy of Mr. John Quinlan, current private owner of the document. Sold by Skinner’s at their books and manuscripts auction 2571B as lot 131 on November 13, 2011 for $858. The auctioneer’s listing notes […]

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