(No.125.)
BY THE HONOURABLE THOMAS
HUTCHINSON, ESQ; Lieu-
tenant-governor and Com-
mander in Chief, in and
over his Majesty's Province
of
Massachusetts-Bay in
New England. [To the left of this paragraph is a printer's
representation of a seal of T. Hutchinson.]
I Do hearby certify that Foster Hutchinson, Esq; is one of
his Ma-
jesty's Justices of the Peace for the
County of Suffolk, in the Pro-
vince of
Massachusetts-Bay abovesaid, and that full Faith and
Cre-
dit is and ought to be given to his Acts and Attestations (as on
the
annexed Paper) both in Court and without.
In Testimony whereof I have caused the Public Seal of the
afore-
said Province to be hereunto affixed this 13th Day of March 1770. --
In the tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign.
By his Honour's Command,
JOHN COTTON, D. Sec'.
Province of the
Massachusetts-Bay,
March 5, 1770.
The lieutenant-governor having summoned a council to consider
what was proper to be done in the state of disorder and confu-
sion the people are at present in, occasioned by the troops firing
upon
the inhabitants the last evening, thereby killing three or four persons
and wounding others: Previous to the debate, moved, That
lieutenant-
colonel Dalrymple and lieutenant-colonel Carr, might
have notice to
attend in council if they saw fit. They attended accordingly, when
the matter was largely discussed in council; and while this was
do-
ing, a committee of the town desired to be admitted, who came in
and delivered a message, declaring it to be the unanimous opinion of
the meeting, that nothing can rationally be expected to restore the
peace of the town, and prevent blood and carnage, but the
imme-
diate removal of the troops. The committee withdrew while the
matter was debated in council; and colonel Dalrymple having
signi-