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[Revolutionary War]. The Trial of William Wemms, James Hartegan...For the Murder of Crispus Attucks...At the Superior Co...
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[Revolutionary War]. The Trial of William Wemms, James Hartegan...For the Murder of Crispus Attucks...At the Superior Court of Judicature by John Hodgson, Reporter. [Boston: J. Fleeming, 1770]. First edition. Lacking title page and appendix. [3]-210 pages; pages 193-200 misnumbered 192-199. Later cream paper-covered boards. "In this, one of the most significant trials of our history, young Josiah Quincy and John Adams, at a point where public feeling had been fanned to flame by Samuel Adams and John Hancock, volunteered to defend the eight British soldiers charged with murder at the Boston Massacre. We have here a very full account of the trial, except for the closing argument for the Crown by Robert Treat Paine..." Streeter Sale Catalog, III, 741. Crispus Attucks was the first man shot down during the Boston Massacre; no single event involving the death of a Black American in defense of his country stands out more than this. This is only the third appearance of this work to come to auction since the 1967 Streeter sale.Reference: Evans 11683. Howes H561. Sabin 96951. ESTC W28379.
Condition: Later boards, lightly rubbed and toned. Endpapers refreshed. First page loose and laid in, bleach marks from removal of stamps, contemporary ink ownership to upper corner. Internally generally clean, somewhat foxed and toned.
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2022 October 19 Historic African Americana Signature® Auction #6248 (go to Auction Home page)
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