1Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
The riot of 5 March 1770, to which Samuel Adams and history have affixed the inaccurate title of “the Boston Massacre,” climaxed a season of partisanship, violence, and general testing of the legal process, many incidents of which found their way into John Adams’ legal practice and papers. It is not necessary to attempt to unravel the cloak of legend which covered the occurrence in King Street...