the occasion of drawing the most of those people there. -- And
the deponent further saith, that thro' the whole, he saw not
one brick bat or stone thrown, and believes that it was natu-
rally impossible to come at any, as the snow was considerably deep.
Memorandum. After the party of soldiers were got to their
place, he saw Capt. Preston who commanded them, whom
he knew very well. And further saith not.
    EBENEZER HINCKLEY.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 20, 1770. Ebenezer Hinckley,
above-named, after due examination, made oath to
the Truth of the above Affidavit, taken to perpetuate
the remembrance of the Thing.
Before, JOHN RUDDOCK Just. of Peace & of the Quorum,
And, JOHN HILL, Just. Peace.

(No. 50)
FRANCIS Archbald, jun. of lawful age, testifies and saith,
that on Monday evening the fifth of March instant, at a-
bout ten minutes past nine of the clock of said evening, as he
was going thro' the alley that leads from Cornhill to Brattle-
street (so called) with several others with him, he saw a soldier
with a cutlass flourishing it about in said alley, and a mean
looking fellow with him, with a club in his hand ; then the
deponent heard somebody outside of the alley speak to the said
soldier, and told him to put up his cutlass, for it was not clever
to carry such a weapon in the night without it was in the scab-
board ; whereupon said soldier came up to him the deponent,
with his cutlass pointing towards his breast, and damn'd him,
and asked him what he had to say against it, whereupon the
deponent told him to stand off. The said soldier then went
up to one of the lads that was with him and struck him, (as
the deponent thought) the deponent then went out of said al-
ley and hallowed to some lads who were standing near the
town-house, when they came to deponent's assistance, they
made said soldiers retire thro' said alley to the barracks ; in a-
bout five or six miuutes after, about twelve or fifteen soldiers
came out of said barracks (as I heard the next day they were
encouraged and set on by Ensign Mall belonging to the 29th
regiment), with cutlasses, tongs, and clubs, and came up to them
and damn'd them & said, where is the yankey boogers ? when they
began to strike the people in the street with said weapons. And
as the deponent was standing with Mr. John Hicks, one of the
soldiers came up with a pair of tongs, and just going to make a
stroke at said deponent, said Hicks knock'd him down, where-
upon the deponent when said soldier got up, knock'd him