made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him
subscribed, before us, William Read, Josiah Johnson, William Stickney,     Justices of the Peace.

Lexington, April 24th, 1775.
I JOHN ROBBINS, being of lawful age to testify and say,
that on the 19th instant, the company under the command of
Captain John Parker, being drawn up sometime before sunrise,
on the green or common, and I being in the front rank, there
suddenly appeared a number of the King's troops, about a thou-
sand, as I thought, at the distance of about sixty or seventy yards
from us, huzzaing, and on a quick pace towards us, with three
officers in their front on horse back, and on full gallop towards
us, the foremost of which cried, throw down your arms, ye vil-
lains, ye rebels, upon which said company dispersing, the fore-
most of the three officers ordered their men saying fire, by God,
fire, at which moment we received a very heavy and close fire
from them, at which instant, being wounded, I fell, and se-
veral of our men were shot dead by me. Capt. Parker's men
I believe, had not then fired a gun, and further the deponent
saith not.     JOHN ROBBINS.

MIDDLESEX, ss. April 24th, 1775.
JOHN ROBBINS, within named, appeared, and being duly
cautioned to testify the truth and nothing but the truth,
made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition, sub-
scribed by his special order, he being so maimed and wounded,
that he thought he could neither write his name, nor make his
mark. Before us,     William Read, Josiah Johnson.     Justices of the Peace.

WE BENJAMIN TIDD, of Lexington, and JOSEPH
ABBOT, of Lincoln, in the county of Middlesex, and
colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, of lawful
age do testify and declare, that on the morning of the nineteenth
of April instant, about five o'clock being on Lexington com-
mon and mounted up on horses, we saw a body of Regular Troops
marching up to the Lexington company which was then dispersing,
soon after the regulars fired, first a few guns, which we took to
be pistols, from some of the regulars who were mounted on horses,
and then the said regulars fired a volley or two before any guns
were fired, by the Lexington company. Our horses immediately
started and we rode off and further say not.
Lexington, April 25th, 1775.     BENJAMIN TIDD, JOSEPH ABBOTT.