my name and seal this twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.

NATH’L, GORHAM, Notary Publick.

[No. 14.]

Lexington, April 23, 1775,

We, John Hoar, John Whitehead, Abraham Garfield, Benjamin Munroe, Isaac Parks, William Hosmer, John Adams, and Gregory Stone, all of Lincoln, in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts-Bay, all of lawful age, do testify and say, that on Wednesday last we were assembled at Concord in the morning of said day, in consequence of information received that a Brigade of Regular Troops were on their march to the said Town of Concord, who had killed six men at the Town of Lexington. About an hour afterward we saw them approaching to the number, as we apprehended, of about twelve hundred, on which we retreated to a mill about eighty rods back, and the said Troops then took possession of the hill where we were first posted. Presently after this we saw the Troops moving towards the North Bridge, about one mile from the said Concord meeting-house; we then immediately went before them and passed the bridge, just before a party of them, to the number of about two hundred, arrived; they there left about one-half of their two hundred at the bridge, and proceeded with the rest towards Colonel Barrett’s, about two miles from the said bridge. We then seeing several fires in the Town, thought the houses in Concord were in danger, and marched towards the said bridge, and the Troops who were stationed there observing our approach, marched back over the bridge, and then took up some of the plank; we then hastened our march towards the bridge, and when we had got near the bridge they fired on our men, first three guns, (one after the other,) and then a considerable number more; and then, and not before, (having orders from our commanding officer not to fire till we were fired upon,) we fired upon the Regulars, and they retreated. On their retreat through the Town of Lexington, to Charlestown, they ravaged and destroyed private property, and burnt three houses, one barn, and one shop.

MIDDLESEX ss., April 23, 1775:

The within named John Hoar, John Whitehead, Abraham Garfield, Benjamin Munroe, Isaac Parks, William Hosmer, John Adams, and Gregory Stone, appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition.

Before us,

WILLIAM REED,
JOHN CUMMINGS,
JONATHAN HASTINGS,
DUNCAN INGRAHAM,
Justices of the Peace.

I, Nathaniel Gorham, Notary and Tabellion Publick, duly admitted and sworn, do certify, that William Reed, John Cummings, Jonathan Hastings, and Duncan Ingraham, Esquires, are four of His Majesty’s Justices, and that full faith is to be given to their transactions as such. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my name and seal this twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.

NATH’L GORHAM, Notary Publick.

[No. 15.]

Lexington, April 23, 1775.

We, Nathan Barrett, Captain; Jonathan Farrer, Joseph Butler, and Francis Wheeler, Lieutenants; John Barrett, Ensign; John Brown, Silas Walker, Ephraim Melvin, Nathan Buttrick, Stephen Hosmer, Junior, Samuel Barrett, Thomas Jones, Joseph Chandler, Peter Wheeler, Nathan Peirce, and Edward Richardson, all of Concord, in the County of Middlesex, in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, of lawful age, testify and declare, that on Wednesday, the nineteenth instant, about an hour after sunrise, we assembled on a hill near the meeting-house in Concord aforesaid, in consequence of an information, that a number of Regular Troops had killed six of our countrymen at Lexington, and were on their march to said Concord; and about an hour afterwards we saw them approaching to the number, as we imagine, of about twelve hundred; on which we retreated to a hill about eighty rods back, and the aforesaid Troops then took possession of the hill where we were first posted. Presently after this we saw them moving towards the North Bridge, about one mile from said meeting-house; we then immediately went before them, and passed the bridge just before a party of them, to the number of about two hundred, arrived. They there left about one-half of these two hundred at the bridge, and proceeded with the rest towards Colonel Barrett’s, about two miles from the said bridge. We then seeing several fires in the Town, thought our houses were in danger, and immediately marched back towards said bridge, and the Troops who were stationed there observing our approach, marched back over the bridge, and then took up some of the planks. We then hastened our steps towards the bridge, and when we had got near the bridge, they fired on our men, first three guns, (one after the other,) and then a considerable number more; upon which, and not before, (having orders from our commanding officer not to fire till we were fired upon,) we fired upon the Regulars, and they retreated. At Concord, and on their retreat through Lexington, they plundered many houses, burnt three at Lexington, together with a shop and a barn, and committed damage, more or less, to almost every house from Concord to Charlestown.

Lexington, April 23, 1775.

We, Joseph Butler and Ephraim Melvin, do testify and declare, that when the Regular Troops fired upon our people at the North Bridge in Concord, as related in the foregoing deposition, they shot one, and we believe two, of our people, before we fired a single gun at them.

JOSEPH BUTLER,
EPHRAIM MELVIN.

MIDDLESEX, ss., April 23, 1775:

The within named Nathan Barrett, Jonathan Farrer, Joseph Butler, Francis Wheeler, John Barrett, John Brown, Silas Walker, Ephraim Melvin, Nathan Buttrick, Stephen Hosmer, Junior, Samuel Barrett, Thomas Jones, Joseph Chandler, Peter Wheeler, Nathan Peirce, and Edward Richardson, appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed.

Before us,

JONATHAN HASTINGS,
JOHN CUMMINGS,
DUNCAN INGRAHAM,
Justices of the Peace.

I, Nathaniel Gorham, Notary and Tabellion Publick, duly admitted and sworn, do hereby certify all whom it may or doth concern, that Jonathan Hastings, John Cummings, and Duncan Ingraham, Esquires, are three of His Majesty’s Justices for the County of Middlesex, and that full faith and credit is to be given to their transactions as such. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my name and seal this twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.

NATHANIEL GORHAM, Notary Publick.

[No. 16.]

Concord, April 23, 1775.

I, Timothy Minot, Junior, of Concord, on the nineteenth day of this instant, April, after that I had heard of the Regular Troops firing upon Lexington men, and fearing that hostilities might be committed at Concord, thought it my incumbent duty to secure my family. After I had secured my family, some time after that returning towards my own dwelling and finding that the bridge on the northern