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Title: The Fruits of Arbitrary Power, or The Bloody Massacre
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 R32b.r.
Description: British soldiers fire on a group of Boston citizens. Casualties are listed above and the verses below are framed by two motifs: a skull and crossbones in a laurel wreath and a glowing, thundering liberty cap striking at swords in the other. The Custom House is identified by a sign on the facade and the moon above is a waning crescent. ; Color reproduction of the Pelham engraving produced in 1954
Creator: Pelham, Henry, 1749-1806
Subject: Boston Massacre, 1770.
Date: 1770

Title: The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.
Identifier(s): : Paine 75 R32b
Description: British soldiers fire on a group of Boston citizens. Casualties are listed below The Custom House bears an additional sign on the facade inscribed "Butchers Hall" and the moon above is waxing.; A color photo-mechanical reproduction of the Revere engraving.
Creator: Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
Subject: Boston Massacre, 1770.
Date: 1770

Title: Eckley, Rev. Joseph to ________, n.d.; No. 302 Rev. Joseph Eckley to ________
Identifier(s): text:346547
Description: Encloses a dismission [not present] from the Old South Church in Boston and a recommendation [not present] to the North Church in Salem, [Mass.].
Creator: Eckley, Joseph, 1750-1811et al
Subject: Old South Church (Boston, Mass.)
Date: n.d.; 2022

Title: "The Fruits of Arbitrary Power, or the Bloody Massacre"
Identifier(s): APSimg6847; APSimg6847
Description: Call Number: PNE 75: R 32 b.r
Source: Thomas Paine Printed Collection (PNE.75);
Subject: Early American history; Boston Massacre, 1770
Date: 1954

Title: Rev. Joseph Eckley; No. 303 Rev. Joseph Eckley
Identifier(s): text:346425
Description: Resolution of the "Old South [Church] Society" to permit the pastor of the Hollis Street Church to use their meeting house, "his own having been destroyed by the late terible fire."
Subject: Old South Church (Boston, Mass.); Hollis Street Church (Boston, Mass.); Eckley, Joseph, 1750-1811
Date: 1787-04-22; 2022

Title: Plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brookline, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, parts of Malden and Chelsea.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3523; APSdigobj3523
Description: Presented by Edward Hudson, 5 January 1827.
Creator: Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; Boston; United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Date: [1777 June 2]

Title: Boyd, Robert to [Edward Shippen], 1774 July 21
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8191
Description: Letter from Robert Boyd to [Edward Shippen] about the response to the ensuing war in Boston.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Declaring Independence; Boston (Mass.)--Politics and government--To 1775; Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States--Politics and government--18th century
Date: 1774-07-21; 2022

Title: The Battle of Bunker Hill.
Identifier(s): graphics:5208; APSimg3656; Graphics Number: M42-2-10
Creator: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
Source: Print Collection;
Subject: Early American history ; Campaigns & battles; Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; Prints collection
Date: 1808

Title: Sketch of the action on the heights of Charles Town 17 June 1775, between his magestys troops under the command of M. General Howe & a large body of American rebel's.
Identifier(s): graphics:5730; local: APSdigobj3453
Description: 644: 1775: D325 chm: Small.
Creator: De Berniere, Henryet al
Subject: Maps; Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.; Maps.; United States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Date: 1775

Title: Adams, John to Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1813 April 18
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:170
Description: Expresses regret that Adams's sons and grandson expended their time as their father and grandfather did "in Diplomatick Dulness, where Knaves find fortune and honest Men Ruin"; comments that an act printed in [Benjamin] Ede's [Boston] Gazette, 13 Nov. 1775, regarding fitting out armed vessels to defend the coast of America is one of the most important documents in world history and the beginning of the destruction of Britain's domination of the sea; comments on a loan that was subscribed by [David] Parish and [Stephen] Girard; responds to a question in Rush's letter [of 10 April, regarding the present war]: "The Liberty of the Ocean is the Pretext, but the Power of the Union The Object."; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826
Source: The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s (Mss.B.F327); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml
Subject: Waging the War; Despotism; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations; ; ; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848; Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831; Boston Gazette
Date: 1813-04-18; 2020

Title: Journal of the operations of the American War
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:15245
Description: A first hand narrative of the early years of the American Revolution written by Thomas Sullivan, an Irish-born sergeant serving with the British 49th Regiment of Foot. In polished prose, Sullivan describes the events from his arrival in North America just prior to the Battle of Bunker Hill through his participation in the Long Island, Philadelphia, and New Jersey Campaigns. Among the engagements described are Bunker Hill, Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, and Red Bank, but he reports as well on events that he did not personally witness, drawing liberally upon published sources to fill out his narrative. Two pieces of correspondence detailing these "lifted" accounts are included at the end of the collection. Such events described include the battle of Lexington and Monmouth. Also included are various ledgers detailing the supply of food rations, weapon and ammunition as well as approximations of the deaths and casualties of British and American soldiers. The diary also has a section beginning on page 404 entitled "The Author makes his escape from the English, and Returns back to Philadelphia" wherein he discusses his various reasons for deserting the British army, and likewise documents the travels his wife and himself made to get to Philadelphia in June of 1788. "Seeing American under arms," he wrote, and seeing that the Americans "were striving to throw off the Yoke, under which my native country sunk for many years..." After traveling to White Plains to work as steward to Nathanael Greene, the "diary" ends abruptly with the entry for July 28, 1778.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, German; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Artillery operations; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Cavalry operations; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, British; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Public opinion; Military deserters--United States--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Desertions; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions; Finance, Personal--United States; Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777; Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777; Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776; Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Red Bank, Battle of, N.J., 1777; White Plains, Battle of, White Plains, N.Y., 1776; Military history; War and families; Quartermasters; Food supply; Operational rations (Military supplies); Military camps; Soldiers--Billeting; Siege warfare; War casualties; Dragoons; Hessians; Logistics; Taxation; Sullivan, Thomas, 1755-; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; Washington, George, 1732-1799; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1778-1779; 2022