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mourning tablet, surrounded by heavy black lineS; upon Avhich 

 was inscribed the following animated declaration : 



As A Solemn and Perpetual MEMORIAL : 



Of the Tyranny of the British Administration of Government in the 



years 1763, 1709, and 1770 : 

 Of the fatal and destructive Consequences of quartering Armies, in Time 



of I'eace, in populous cities : 

 Of the ridiculous Policy, and infamous Absurdity, of supporting Ctv7l 



Government by a Military Force : 

 Of the great Duty and Necessity of firmly opposing Despotism at its 



first Approaches : 



Of the detestable Principles and arbitrary Condvict of those Ministers 

 in Britain Avho advised, and of their Tools in America who desired, 

 the Introduction of a Standing Army in this Province in the Year 176S: 



Of the irrefragible Proof which those Ministers themselves thereby 

 produced, that the Civil Government, as by them administered, was 

 weak, wicked and tyrannical: 



Of the vile Ingratitude and abominable AVickedness of every American, 

 who abetted and encouraged, either in Thought, Word, or Deed, the 

 establishment of a Standing Army among his Countrymen : 



Of the unaccountable Conduct of those Civil Governors, the immediate 

 Representatives of his Majesty, who, while the Military were 

 triumphantly insulting the whole Legislative Authority of the State, 

 and while the blood of the massacred Inhabitants was flowing in the 

 Streets, persisted in repeatedly disclaiming all Authority of relieving 

 the People, by any the least Kemoval of the Troops ; 



And of the savage Cruelty of the IMMEDIATE PERPETRATORS, 



Be it forever Remembered, 



That this Day, THE FIFTH OF MARCH, is the Anniversary of 



PRESTON'S MASSACRE — IN KING STREET — BOSTON — NEW 



ENGLAND — 1770. 



In which Five of his Majesty's Subjects were slain and six wounded. 



By the Discharge of a Number of Muskets from a Party of Soldiers 



under the Command of Capt. Thomas Preston. 



GOD Save the People ! 



Salem, March 5, 1771. 



In May, 1775, soon after the Concord fight — a full account 

 of which, as well as of Leslie's invasion, etc., had appeared in 

 the Gazette — Mr. Hall transferred the publication of his 

 paper from Salem to Cambridge, for political purposes. The 

 last number issued here was dated May 2, and the next 

 number, in Cambridge, May 12. The office was in a building 



