did, it being in the same room. These particulars I could not sup-
press, in justice to Mr. Manwaring and Mr. Monroe.
MICHAEL ANGELO WARWELL.

15 March, 1770.
THE above named Michael Angelo Warwell above-
named made oath to the truth of the above-written
affidavit, taken at the request of the above-named Ed-
ward Manwaring, to perpetuate the remembrance of
the thing.
Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 15th, 1770.
Before RI. DANA, J.P. and of the Quorum.
EDM. QUINCY, -- J. Pacis.

(No.124.)

At a Council held at the Council Chamber in Boston, upon
Tuesday the 6th Day of March, 1770.
P R E S E N T.
His Honour the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Mr. Danforth, Mr. Russell,
Mr. Erving, Mr. Tyler,
Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Pitts,
Mr. Gray, Mr. Dexter.

THE town having been put into great disorder and confusion
the last evening, by means of the king's troops firing upon
the inhabitants, whereby three or four of them have been killed,
and divers others wounded, his honour the lieutenant-governor
ordered a council to be notified: The council being met, his ho-
nour opened to them the occasion, whereupon they advised him to
send notice to colonel Dalrymple, the commanding officer of the
troops, and to lieutenant-colonel Carr of the 29th, that the lieu-
tenant-governor and council were now assembled on this unhappy
occasion, and would be glad they would attend in council, while
the matter was under discussion, and afford them such light as was
in their power, respecting the affair under consideration. The
commanding officers of the two regiments attended accordingly,
when, in their presence, divers gentlemen of the council informed
his honor the lieutenant-governor, That the people of this and
some of the neighbouring towns were so exasperated and in-
censed on account of the inhuman and barbarous destruction of a
number of the inhabitants by the troops, that they apprehended
imminent danger of further bloodshed, unless the troops were
forthwith removed from the body of the town, which in their
opinion was the only method to prevent it.

While these matters were under debate in council, a committee
from the town of Boston then assembled in town-meeting waited