The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . the troops out of the town •• petitioners say that, — ?Having often heard, and many of us seen, with pity and con-cern, the verv great inconveniences and sufferings of our fellow 24 THE BOSTON MASSACRE. subjects and countrymen, the inhabitants of the town of Boston,occasioned by several regiments of the Kings troops being quar-tered in the body of that town for many months past; in a peculiarmanner we desire to express our a
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . the troops out of the town •• petitioners say that, — ?Having often heard, and many of us seen, with pity and con-cern, the verv great inconveniences and sufferings of our fellow 24 THE BOSTON MASSACRE. subjects and countrymen, the inhabitants of the town of Boston,occasioned by several regiments of the Kings troops being quar-tered in the body of that town for many months past; in a peculiarmanner we desire to express our astonishment, grief, and indignationat the horrid and barbarous action committed there last Mondayevening by a party of those troops, by tiring with small arm- inthe most wanton, cruel, and cowardly manner, upon a number ofunarmed inhabitants of said town, whereby four of his Majestysliege subjects have lost their lives, two others are supposed to bemortally wounded, and several besides badly wounded and sufferinggreat pain and distress; and the town still alarmed and threatenedwith further and greater mischief. Hutchinson, on theanswer : —. THOMA3 HUTCHINSON same daw returned the following •• GkXTLEMKX : •? I have no au-thority to orderthe Kings Troopsfrom any piacewhere they areposted by His Maj-estys order, orthe order f theCo mm a n J er inChief of the forceshere. Everythingthat is in mypower to do withrespect to any al-teration of tli ?place of quarter-ing these troopshas already beendone bv me iu pursuauce of the unanimous advice of His Majestys Council. •T. HUTCHINSON. To the Inhabitants ok the Town of Roxblry,Boston, 8 March, 1770. KOXBURY COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE. 25 On the firm demand of Samuel Adams, the troops wereremoved and quiet was restored. Copleys fine picture ofthe stern old patriot represents him when confronting Hutch-inson with the memorable declaration that ?• Nothing short ofthe total evacuation of the town, by all the regular troops,
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