A fair copy only, but of a desirable early work on the dreadful events of March, 1770.

[Boston Massacre]. A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, Perpetrated in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March, 1770, by Soldiers of the 29th Regiment, which with the 14th Regiment were then Quartered there; with some Observations on the State of Things Prior to that Catastrophe. Printed by Order of the Town of Boston. New York. With Notes and Illustrations by John Doggett, Jr. 1849. 122pp.

Fair only, spine cover absent, front board detached. All text present and generally securely bond. Frontis and endpapers bound to detached front board. Frontis engraving and rear fold-out map of Boston both present [often pilfered]. Tear to map. Contents stained and foxed. Worth preserving.