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| Tango01 | 03 Apr 2020 12:06 p.m. PST |
…and a Letter from Thomas Preston. "Today, we mark the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre (the Riot on King Street), where British soldiers fired on and killed five members of a mob in colonial Boston. This event had repercussions far in excess of the tragic loss of life: deepening the feeling of mistrust felt by the colonial populace towards the British government and regular troops in America. Today, in order to commemorate the anniversary, I have transcribed two accounts of the night of the massacre found in the British National Archives, and my patreon supporters will be able to read an entire letter from Captain Thomas Preston, the man in command of the troops during the massacre, describing the aftermath of the massacre and his trial. To my knowledge, these accounts have not been published elsewhere, but as a specialist in German Central Europe, I am very open to being corrected on that point…" link Main page
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
