ple followed, and in going down the soldiers push'd me and
said, stand out of the way; I followed them (to see where
they were going) as far as the Custom-house, where said Pres-
ton drew them up, and some boys being in the street, huzza'd ;
a few minutes after, as I stood there, I saw one gun go off,
and several more were fired directly after ; the people near me
said there was some persons killed, after which I saw one man
dead.     OBADIAH WHISTON.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, March 21. 1770. Obadiah Whiston, 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. Peace and of the Quorum,
JOHN HILL, Just. Peace.

(No. 75.)
George Robert Twelves Hewes, of lawful age, testifies and
says, that on the last night, about one o'clock, as he was
returning alone from his house to the town-house, he met
Sergeant Chambers of the 29th, with eight or nine soldiers, all
with very large clubs and cutlasses, when Dobson, a soldier, spoke
to him and ask'd him how he far'd, he told him very badly, to
see his townsmen shot in such a manner, and asked him if he
did not think it was a dreadful thing, said Dobson swore by
God it was a fine thing, and said you shall see more of it ; and on
perceiving I had a cane, he informed Sergeant Chambers of it,
who seized and forced it from me, saying I had no right to
carry it ; I told him I had as good a right to carry a cane as
they had to carry clubs, but they hurried off with it into the
main guard.     GEORGE ROBERT TWELVES HEWES.


March 6. 1770. The deponent further adds, that just be-
fore the soldiers came from the main guard to the custom house
there were about 15 or 16 little boys near the centry, who was
standing on the steps of the custom-house; and he saw a young
man of a middling stature, with a grey coat and short curl'd hair,
press by the centinel towards the door of the Custom-House and knock
at said door, upon which some person came and opened the door and
he went in and shut the door immediately after him; and at the
same time the snow was near a foot deep in king-street.
GEORGE ROBERT TWELVES HEWES.

Suffolk, ss. Boston March 17. 1770. George Robert Twelves
Hewes, above-named, after due examination, made oath to