wife, with one of the fifers of said regiment.
When he had got what he went for, and was
coming away, the corporal called him back, and
desired him with great earnestness to go home to
his master's house as soon as business was over,
and not to be abroad on any account that night
in particular, for the soldiers were determined to
be revenged on the ropewalk people ; and that
much mischief would be done. Upon which the
fifer (about 18 or 19 years of age) said, he hoped
in God they would burn the town down. On
this he left the house, and the said corporal called
after him again, and begged he would mind
what he said to him.
Caleb Swan declares, that on monday night
the
5th of March instant, at the time of the
bells ringing for fire, he heard a woman's voice
whom he knew to be the supposed wife of one
Montgomery, a grenadier of the 29th regiment,
standing at her door, and heard her say, it was
not fire ; the town was too haughty and too proud ;
and that many of their arses would be laid low
before the morning.
Margaret Swansborough declares, that a free
woman named Black Peg, who has kept much
with the soldiers, on hearing the disturbance on
monday evening
the 5th instant said, the soldiers
were not to be trod upon by the inhabitants, but
would know before morning, whether they or the
inhabitants were to be masters.
Joseph Hooton, junr. declares,
that coming
from the
South-end of Boston on Monday even-