Printed copy of a speech entitled, "An Oration, delivered March 6, 1780." Black ink on white paper, approximately 8 1/2" x 11," sewn binding, 22 pages including front cover. Some pages are uneven; the pamphlet is fragile. Hand written in upper right corner of cover: Benja. Kent, Esqr from his [?] The Author Copy ends on page 22; last page of oration missing. Page 1 (Cover Page): "An Oration, delivered March 6, 1780." Page 2: blank Page 3: "An Oration, delivered March 6, 1780, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston; to Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March 1770. By Mr. Jonathan Mason, Jun." This text is followed by two excerpts from "Thompson, vol. I, p. 336 and Id. p. 3" At bottom of page: Boston: Printed by John Gill, in Court-Street, M DCC LXXX Page 4: Text indicates that the speech was given at Faneiul Hall, and commended by a committee of members (listed) of the "Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston" and was "delivered by {Jonathan Mason, Jun.} in Commemoration of the horrid Massacre perpetrated on the Evening of the fifth of March, 1770, by a Party of Soldiers of the XXIXth Regiment, under the Command of Capt. Thomas Preston,.." Page 5-22: Text (incomplete) of the Speech.
