Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Proceedings of His Majesty's Council of the province of Massachusetts-Bay, relative to the deposition of Andrew Oliver, esq; secretary of the said province, concerning what passed in Council in consequence of the unhappy affair of the 5th of March 1770.
Call Number
Oversize J87 .xM4 1770q
Oversize Lapidus 5.2359q
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcq524k018q
Publisher
Boston, New England, Printed by Edes and Gill, printers to the honorable House of representatives, 1770.
Language
English
Date Created
1770
Extent
[2], 33, [3] p. ; 33 cm.
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
ESTC W33389
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Oliver was censured by the Council for divulging the Council’s determination to remove British troops from the city of Boston in the wake of the Boston Massacre.
Ex copy has title page lacking.
Princeton copy 1 Lapidus copy has title page in facsimile.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 1 Modern three quarter calf; marbled boards

Discovery Information

Subject
Oliver, Andrew 1706-1774

Physical Characteristics

File Count
45

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5c4d3acd-5df9-45f3-a29b-3c429332ac7e/manifest