terim I saw no violence offer'd the soldiers, in a few minutes
after having placed myself as aforesaid, a musket was fir'd
by the soldier who stood next the corner, in a few seconds
after, another was fir'd, and so in succession till the whole was
discharged, to the number of eight or thereabouts ; while the mus-
kets were discharging I walked down the lane, and when the
firing ceas'd I turn'd and went up to the head of the lane
when I saw the people carrying off one dead person, and two
more laying lifeless on the ground about two muskets length
from the said soldiers, inhumanly murder'd by them, the
blood then running from them in abundance ; a person asked
the soldier who fired first, the reason for his so doing, the
soldier answer'd, damn your bloods, you boogers, I would kill a
thousand of you ! the soldiers were then charging their mus-
kets again in order for a second discharge in case any insult
had been offer'd them.     SAMUEL CONDON.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 20, 1770. Samuel Condon
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, Just. Peace and of the Quorum.
And, JOHN HILL, Just. Peace.

(No. 49)
EBENEZER Hinckley, of Boston, of lawful age, declares,
that on Monday evening the 5th of March current, that
being at home in his house, he heard the bells ring, and came
out, and came through Cornhill-street, to the corner of King-
street, near the main-guard house ; immediately as he turn'd
the corner, he saw a party of soldiers come out of the main
guard house, and he the deponent then saw an officer, as he
thought, look out of the chamber window, and call to them,
and said fire upon them, damn them, fire upon them. The de-
ponent then followed them, viz. the said party of soldiers, to the
place where they were posted, being before the centry box in
a half circle, near the custom house ; they reaching forward
pushing their bayonets, and endeavoring to stab people, pro-
vok'd a few boys to throw two or three snow-balls, and chal-
leng'd them to fire: In about a minute after, the deponent
heard the word Fire, and then saw a stick thrown which hit a
soldier's gun, whereupon the corner soldier fired, and the rest
followed in the firing -- when the firing was, the deponent verily
believes there was not more than fifty or sixty persons in that part
of the street -- And it appeared to the deponent, that the soldi-
ers going down to the custom house in so hostile a manner, was