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Paul Revere's Iconic Boston Massacre Print by PAUL REVERE

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Title: Paul Revere's Iconic Boston Massacre Print
Author: PAUL REVERE
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Description: "Unhappy Boston! see thy Sons deplore, Thy hallow' d Walks besmear' d with guiltless Gore...The unhappy Sufferers were Mess[ieur]s Saml Gray, Saml Maverick, Jams Caldwell, Crispus Attucks & Pat[ric]k Carr Killed. Six wounded; two of them (Christr Monk & John Clark) Mortally." On March 2, 1770, a scuffle broke out between workers at a rope walk and a number of soldiers who supplemented their wages with occasional work. The incident was repeated the following day. On the night of March 5th, the riot known as the Boston Massacre began when a group of apprentices, teenagers for the most part, heckled and harassed a lone sentry at the customs house. As the crowd continued to gather, a small relief arrived at the scene. Epithets, and snowballs and ice were hurled at them. A thrown club struck a soldier; when he rose to his feet, he fired his musket. Enraged, the crowd advanced en masse. They were met by a volley of bullets. Three men were killed outright, two more died of their wounds, and several more were severely injured. Rushed into print less than a month after the event, Revere's print quickly became one of the most successful examples of political propaganda of all time. The depiction, and the poem printed below, vilify the British Army and list the first casualties of the American Revolution, including Crispus Attucks, of Native and African descent, considered the first African American casualty of the Revolution. Casting the British as aggressive oppressors?rather than showing a true picture of a confused riot?made the rebellion easier to justify. Boston's population was outraged, and anti-British sentiment surged throughout the colonies as news of the "massacre" spread. PAUL REVERE. "The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King-Street Boston on March 5th 1770 ..." Engraving, printed by Edes & Gill, Boston, Mass., 1770. First edition, some original color. 9-1/8 x 10-3/8 in., framed to 12� x 14 in. Complete TranscriptThe Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th REGT Engrav'd Printed & Sold by Paul Revere boston Unhappy Boston! See they Sons deplore,/Thy hallow'd Walks besmear'd with guiltless Gore:While faithless P?n and his savage Bands,/With murd'rous Rancour stretch their bloody Hands;Like fierce Barbarians grinning o'er their Prey;/Approve the Carnage, and enjoy the Day. If scalding drops from Rage from Anguish Wrung/If speechless Sorrows lab'ring for a Tongue,Or if a weeping World can ought appease/The plaintive Ghosts of Victims such as these;The Patriot's copious Tears for each are shed,/A glorious Tribute which embalms the Dead. But know, Fate summons to that awful Goal,/Where Justice strips the Murd'rer of his Soul:Should venal C?ts the scandal of the Land,/Snatch the relentless Villain from her Hand,Keen Execrations on this Plate inscrib'd,/Shall reach a Judge who never can be brib'd. The unhappy Sufferers were Messs Saml Gray, Saml Maverick, Jams Caldwell, Crispus Attucks & Patk Carr Killed. Six wounded; two of them (Christr Monk & John Clark) Mortally. Historical BackgroundThough Parliament's 1765 Stamp Act had been repealed, it was soon replaced by Townshend's "Intolerable Acts," including new taxes. The Crown's commissioners of customs, with good reason fearing for their safety, requested military support. In 1768, several infantry regiments and a small artillery train were tasked with keeping order in the city. By the spring of 1770, New England's metropolis had been smoldering with discontent. The quartering of the troops in private homes was seen as an additional affront to America's already injured liberty. British soldiers, nearly 2,000 of whom lived amongst Boston's population of just 15,000, soon became despised. Contemporary witnesses and the soldiers and subjects told very different stories of the events that started on March 2, 1770, with a scuffle between workers at a rope walk and several soldiers. The incident reoccurred the following day. On the night of March 5, the riot that became known as the Boston Massacre began when a group of apprentices, teenagers for the most part, heckled and harassed a lone sentry at the customs house. As the crowd continued to gather, a relief detachment arrived, determined to extricate the soldier. The crowd hurled epithets, snowballs, and ice. A thrown club struck a soldier; when he rose to his feet, he fired his musket. Enraged, the crowd advanced en masse. They were met by a volley of bullets. Three men were killed outright, two soon died of their wounds, and several more were severely injured. Boston was horrified, as Church bells rang throughout the city, and sermons and speeches and town meetings railed against the British atrocity. On March 26, an advertisement in the Boston Evening Post announced that "A Print, containing a Representation of the late horrid Massacre in King-Street," was available for purchase. (Edes & Gill, who printed the engraving for Revere, show a charge on their ledger for 200 copies on March 28.) Henry Pelham actually drew and engraved the scene, but Revere, primarily known as a silversmith, somehow acquired a copy. He advertised and rushed out his pirated version, trumping Pelham by a crucial week. Revere's production thus dominated the market. A propaganda masterpiece, rather than picturing true riotous confusion, it depicts calculating murderous Redcoats firing a uniform volley into a crowd of unarmed civilians who are already tending to their fallen peers. The British officer has his sword raised, apparently ordering his men to fire (when, in fact, he did not). A rifle barrel, presumably from a hidden British soldier, can be seen firing from the window of the "Butcher Shop" above the Customs House, drawing a connection between the butchery of the day and the hated customs officers whom the redcoats were protecting. Despite the presence of a crescent moon above, the event appears as if in daylight rather than after dark. There is no evidence of the snowballs, hurled ice, or other provocations of the patriots. In addition to the evocative caption-title, Revere affixed a lurid poem beneath the image accompanied by an inaccurate list of casualties (two men listed as "mortally" injured would eventually recover). The combined effect on the colonial audience was immediate and dramatic: Boston's population was outraged, and anti-British sentiment surged throughout the colonies. Those killed were Crispus Attucks, the first to die that night, variously described as African American, mulatto, and Native American, perhaps a Nantucket. He was born into slavery in Framingham, Massachusetts, and ran away in 1750 to become a sailor and dock worker. Samuel Gray, a notorious street brawler, was a rope maker. Samuel Maverick, an apprentice carpenter, responded to the street bells thinking there was a fire. Shot in the stomach, he died the next morning. James Caldwell was a sailor on the brig Hawk, which traveled between the West Indies and Boston. Patrick Carr, born in Ireland, was a leather-worker. Shot in the abdomen, he died nine days later, insisting that the soldiers fired in self-defense. Christopher Monk and John Clark, listed as mortally wounded,survived, though Monk died ten years later, likely from complications of the wound to his groin and resulting disability. Clark, a twin from Medford, actually recovered. Tempers had cooled somewhat by the time the British soldiers and their commanding officer, Capt. Thomas Preston, were tried seven months later. Determined to be fair, patriots John Adams, Robert Auchmuty, and Josiah Quincy Jr. represented the accused. All but two of whom were acquitted, saving the soldiers but not the authority they represented. The Boston Massacre became a rallying cry for the Sons of Liberty and other opponents of the Crown. Every anniversary became an occasion for remembrance and agitation. Revere's image popularized the event, shaping anti-British public opinion throughout the American colonies and hastening the split that followed. A first state of the engraving shows the clock on the church steeple reading 8 o'clock; only two first impression copies are known. The event occurred around 10 p.m., and all the other known copies, including this one, show the clock at 10:20. Provenance Ex: Christie's January 21, 2011 lot 159, to the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, (exhibited at Harvard University Library, returned in 2024). Condition: Very Good. Professionally conservation treated to even out the irregularly trimmed margins and mend several tears. Complete printed copper-plate outer impression. Even overall moderate toning.

First Encounter by Dos Passos, John

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Title: First Encounter
Author: Dos Passos, John
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Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Philosophical Library Inc. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), faded a shade at the spine, shipped at the corners and with a few short closed tears. Red cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine. Firmly bound with a red top stain, slight forward lean, clean internally. Dos Passos's narrative about the life and loves of frontline soldiers during World War I.

The Anti-Death League. by AMIS, Kingsley.

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Title: The Anti-Death League.
Author: AMIS, Kingsley.
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Description: NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1966).. First US edition.. 307 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with fading to spine lettering. Young 49.

Catalogue of the Browning Collection by [Browning, R. & E.B.B.] Barnes, Warner

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Title: Catalogue of the Browning Collection
Author: [Browning, R. & E.B.B.] Barnes, Warner
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Description: 1966. The University of Texas, 1966. 8vo, 120 pp. Original white cloth lettered in brown on the upper board and backstrip, illustrated endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Fine in a lightly toned dust-jacket. § Limited to 1000 copies. With entries for over 400 items from the Texas University collections including many manuscripts and letters.

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