With growing friction between the colonies and Great Britain , Church supported the Whig cause vigorously with his pen . There is evidence that during this period he was variously considered as an ardent Patriot and as a secret Tory sympathizer . He examined the body of Crispus Attucks and treated some of the wounded in the Boston Massacre on March 5 , 1770 . In 1773 , he delivered the annual Massacre Day oration , '' To Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March 1770 '' , which marked him as an orator of high order
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Benjamin Church (physician)