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An Oration delivered March 15th 1775 from the Coffee House by Doctor Thomas Bolton (manuscript copy)

An Oration delivered March 15th 1775 from the Coffee House by Doctor Thomas Bolton (manuscript copy) Manuscript

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    The manuscript copy of Loyalist physician Thomas Bolton's oration, given on 15 March 1775, ridiculing Joseph Warren's Commemorative Speech. In addition to his assault on Warren, Bolton reviles other prominent Patriots including John Adams, John Hancock, John Rowe, Charles Lee, William Molineaux, William Cooper, Josiah Quincy, and Thomas Young.