(No. 16.)
RIchard Ward, of lawful age, does testify and say, that on
the Lord's-day evening preceeding the fifth day of March
instant, about dusk, he went to see one Mr. Dines (who
is a soldier in the twenty-ninth regiment, and who worked,
when he was not upon duty, in Mr. John Piemont Peruke-
maker's shop with the deponent a journeyman to said Piemont)
the said Dines lives near the barracks at New-Boston ; when
your deponent was there, he heard one of the officers of the said
29th regiment say to the Serjeants, Don't let any of your people go out
unless there be eight or ten together.     RICHARD WARD.


Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 16. 1770. Richard Ward above-
named, after due examination, made oath to the truth of
the above-written affidavit, taken to perpetuate the re-
membrance of the thing.
Before RI. DANA, Just. of Peace and of the Quorum.
JOHN HILL, Just. Peace.

(No. 17.)
JAne Usher of lawful age testifies and says, that about nine
of the clock in the morning of Monday the fifth day of
March current, she being in the front chamber of the house of
John Scollay, Esq; on Dock-square; from the window saw
two persons in the habit of soldiers, one of whom being on
horse back appeared to be an officer's servant : The person on
horse first spoke to the other, but what he said she is not
able to say, tho' the window was open, and she not more than
twenty feet distant; the other replied, he hoped he should see
blood enough spilt before morning.     JANE USHER.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 16. 1770. Jane Usher above-
named, after due examination, made oath to the truth of
the above written affidavit, taken to perpetuate the re-
membrance of the thing.
Before RI. DANA, Just. of Peace and of the Quorum.
JOHN HILL, Just. Peace.

(No. 18.)
MAtthew Adams (living with Mr. John Arnold) being of
lawful age, testifies and says, that on Monday evening
the fifth day of March instant, between the hours of seven and
eight of the clock, he went to the house of corporal Pershel,
of the twenty ninth regiment, near Quaker-lane, where he saw
the corporal and his wife, with one of the fifers of said regi-
ment; when he had got what he went for, and was coming
away, the corporal called him back, and desired him with great