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BG.770.063a
24 Dec 1770:11-21 (820)
Recounting of the Boston Massacre, 3 Mar 1770. . . [last
para. 12:]
By this time the barber's boy had return'd to the centry
with a number of other boys to resent the blow he had
received: The centry loaded his gun and threatened to fire
upon them, and they threatened to knock him down-- The
bells were ringing as for fire: Occasion'd either by the
soldiers crying fire as is before mention'd, for any one who
is near a church to set the bells a ringing; or it might be,
to alarm the town; from an apprehension of some of the
inhabitants, that the soldiers were putting their former
threats into execution, and that there would be a general
massacre: it is not to be wonder'd at, that some persons
were under such apprehensions: when even an officer at
Murray's barracks, appear'd to encourage the soldiers and
headed them, as it was sworn before the magistrate.--. . .
[1st full para. 13:]
The ringing of the bells alarmed the town, it being
suppos'd by the people in general there was fire: and
occasion'd a concourse in King-street which is a populous
part of it--As the people came into the street, the barber's
boy told them that the centry had knock'd him down---. . .
[rest of col. + 1/3 col. 21; signed:] Vindex.
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