Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 21, 1770. Edward Payne, 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.
JOHN HILL, Just. Peace.

(No. 57)
JOhn Gammell of lawful age testifies and says, that soon af-
ter the bells rang on Monday evening the 5th instant, he
stood by the Town-House, and saw a party consisting of about
fifteen or sixteen soldiers, come out of the main guard, and a
serjeant or corporal ordered them to prime and load, which
they did ; and a detachment of about six men with a corporal
filed off to William's court, as was said to call Captain Preston,
and the rest to the Custom-House: A few minutes after, they
took their post by the custom-house, the deponent went down
and saw them pushing at the people with their bayonets and
telling them to stand off or they would fire upon them ; the
people laughed at them; and told them they dared not to fire.
Not long after the deponent heard the word FIRE, and quickly
the man on the right wing fired, and successively several more.
-- On this the deponent walked off through Quaker lane:
And further saith not.     JOHN GAMMELL.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 17, 1770. John Gammell, above-
named, after due examination, made oath to the truth of the
above affidavit, taken to perpetuate the remembrance of the thing.
Before RI. DANA, Just. of Peace and of the Quorum.
JOHN HILL, Just. of Peace.

(No. 58)
I Charlotte Bourgate, of lawful age, an indented servant
to Edward Manwaring, Esq ; being at my master's lodgings
at Mr. Hudson's at the north end, on the night of the horrid
massacre in Kingstreet, of the 5th instant, heard the bells ring,
which I took to be for fire (about half an hour before the bells
rung, my master, with one Mr. Munro, said they would go to the
custom-house and drink a glass of wine) then I went out, there
being nobody in the house that I knew of, but Mr. Hudson & wife ;
then I went up to the custom-house door and knocked, when a
young man, which I have since heard was named Hammond
Green, let me in and locked the door ; when I saw my master and