there, they gave three cheers, and asked where the soldiers
where, (I imagine they meant them that had insulted them)
some of the people assembled being near the centry at the
Custom house door, damn'd him, and I saw snow balls
or other things throw'd that way, whereupon the centry
stepped on the steps at the custom-house door and loaded his
piece, and when loaded struck the butt of his firelock against
the steps three or four times, in the interim the people assem-
bled, continuing crying fire, fire, and be damn'd, and some of
them drawing near to him he knocked at the custom-house
door very hard, whereupon the door was opened about half
way, and I saw a person come out, which I imagined to be a
servant without a hat, his hair ty'd and hung down loose.
In the space of about five minutes, to the best of my re-
membrance, I perceived a party of soldiers come from
the main guard directly through the concourse of people that
was then in Kingstreet, with their muskets and fixed bayonets,
pushing to and fro, saying, make way ; when they had got
a-breast of the custom-house they drew up in a line from the
corner of royal-exchange lane to the centry box at the Custom-
house door, and being in that position for the space of five or
six minutes, with their muskets level'd breast high and pointed
at the people that was still in the street, huzzaing, &c. and
crying fire, as before, and some more snow balls or other things
being hove, I heard and saw the flash of a gun that went off
near the corner of the aforementioned lane, and in the space
of two seconds I heard the word fire given, but by whom I
cannot ascertain, but the soldiers fired regularly one after ano-
ther, and when discharged, loaded again ; I then stood behind
the centry box, between the soldier next it and the Custom-
house.     THOMAS CAIN.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 20, 1770. Thomas Cain after
due examination, made oath to the Truth of the afore-
said Affidavit, taken to perpetuate the remembrance
of the thing.
Before, JOHN RUDDOCK, JUS. Peace and of the Quorum.
BELCHER NOYES, Jus. o' Peace.

(No. 47)
I Peter Cunningham, of lawful age, testify, that on Monday
evening, the 5th current, on the cry of fire, a few minutes
after 9 o'clock, coming into King-street, I saw Capt. Preston ,
standing before the door where the main guard was kept, and
heard him say, Turn out the guard! Then I passed down
Kingstreet,, and saw the centry at the custom-house with his