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Deposition Taken by Order of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts

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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.

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Title: Deposition taken by order of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, in proof of the attack of the Troops under General Gage, on the People of the Province, on the 19th instant
Creator: Butler, Joseph
Melvin, Ephraim
Editor: Butler, Joseph
Melvin, Ephraim
Resource Type: text
Genre/Form: documents (object genre)
Date Created: 1775-04-23
Recipient: Massachusetts, Provincial Congress
Presentation Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, North America
Before Whom: Continental Congress
Subject: Military action: Battles of Lexington and Concord
Mobilizing the populace: military depravation, fear of attack
Document ID: S4-V2-P01-sp15-D0068
Series: S4
Volume: S4-V2
Part: S4-V2-P01
Sub-Part: S4-V2-P01-sp15
Usage Conditions: This work is in the Public Domain, and as such is not subject to copyright restrictions. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute it in whole or in part without permission.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Public Domain

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