fifth day of March current, he was going by Murray's barracks,
hearing a noise, stopt at Mr. Rhoads's door, opposite to said
barracks, where said Rhoads was standing, and stood some
time and saw the soldiers coming out of the yard from the
barracks, armed with cutlasses and bayonets, and rushing thro'
Boylston's alley into cornhill. Two officers, viz. Lieuts. Min-
chin and Dickson came out of the mess-house and said to the
soldiers, my lads come into the barrack and don't hurt the
inhabitants, and then retir'd into the mess-house. Soon after
they came to the door again, and found the soldiers in the
yard ; and directly upon it, Ensign Mall, came to the gate of
the barrack yard, and said to the soldiers, turn out, and I will
stand by you ! this he repeated frequently, adding, kill them !
stick them ! knock them down, run your bayonets thro' them, with
a great deal of language of like import. Upon which a great
number of soldiers came out of the barracks, with naked cut-
lasses, headed by said Mall, and went thro' the aforesaid alley,
some officers came and got the soldiers into their barracks ;
and that Mall with his sword or cutlass drawn in his hand,
as often had them out again ; but they were at last drove into
their barracks by the aforesaid Minchin and Dickson.
    JAMES KIRKWOOD.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 21, 1770. James Kirkwood above
named, after due examination, made oath to the truth
of the aforesaid affidavit. Taken to perpetuate the
remembrance of the thing.
Before, JOHN RUDDOCK, Jus. Peace and of the Quorum.
And, JOHN HILL, Jus. Peace.

(No. 37.)
MATTHIAS King, of Halifax in Nova-Scotia, of lawful
age, testifies and says, that in the evening of the fifth
day of March instant, about nine of the clock, he was at his
lodgings at Mrs. Torrey's near the town pump, and heard the
bells ring and the cry of fire ; upon which he went to the door,
and saw several soldiers coming round the south side of the
town-house armed with bayonets, and something which he
took to be broad-swords; that one of those people came up
almost to him and Mr. Bartholomew Kneeland ; and they had
but just time to shut the door upon him, otherwise he is well
assured they must have fell victims to their boundless cruelty :
He afterwards went into the upper chamber of the said house
and was looking out of the window when the drum and the
guard went to the barrack; and he saw one of the guards
kneel and present his piece with a bayonet fixed, and heard