Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 311

Price Realized: $ 1,188
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MILITARY--AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) The Trial of the British Soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot, for the Murder of Crispus Attucks. . . . 146 pages. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, minor wear; front hinge split, minimal wear to contents; early owner's signature on front and rear free endpapers. Boston: William Emmons, 1824

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Third edition of the Boston Massacre trial testimony, after editions of 1770 and 1807. Includes ample testimony on the death of Crispus Attucks, the sailor of African and American Indian ancestry who took two British bullets, and was the first to die that day. Sabin 96946.