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Deposition Taken by Order of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts
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Lexington, April 25, 1775,
We, Nathaniel Mullekin, Philip Russell, Moses Harrington, Junior, Thomas and Daniel Harrington, William Grimer, William Tidd, Isaac Hastings, Jonas Stone, Jr˙, James Wyman, Thaddeus Harrington, John Chandler, Joshua Reed, Jun˙, Joseph Simonds, Phineas Smith, John Chandler, Jun˙, Reuben Lock, Joel Viles, Nathan Reed, Samuel Tidd, Benjamin Lock, Thomas Winship, Simeon Snow, John Smith, Moses Harrington the third, Joshua Reed, Ebenezer Parker, John Harrington, Enoch Wellington, John Hosmer, Isaac Green, Phineas Stearns, Isaac Durant, and Thomas Headly, Jun˙, all of lawful age, and inhabitants of Lexington, in the County of Middlesex, and Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, do testify and declare, that on the nineteenth of April instant, about one or two o' clock in the morning, being informed that several officers of the Regulars had, the evening before, been riding up and down the road, and had detained and insulted the inhabitants passing the same; and also understanding that a body of Regulars were marching from Boston towards Concord, with intent (as it was supposed) to take the stores belonging to the Colony in that Town, we were alarmed; and having met at the place of our Company' s parade, were dismissed by our Captain, John Parker, for the present, with orders to be ready to attend at the beat of the drum. We further testify and
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declare, that about five o' clock in the morning, hearing our drum beat, we proceeded towards the parade, and soon found that a large body of Troops were marching towards us. Some of our Company were corning up to the parade, and others had reached it; at which time the Company began to disperse. Whilst our backs were turned on the Troops we were fired on by them, and a number of our men were instantly killed and wounded. Not a gun was fired by any person in our Company on the Regulars, to our knowledge, before they fired on us, and they continued firing until we had all made our escape.Nathaniel Mullekin,
Philip Russell,
Mos˙ Harrington, Jr˙,
Thomas Harrington,
Daniel Harrington,
William Grimer,
William Tidd,
Isaac Hastings,
Jonas Stone, Jr˙,
James Wyman,
Thad˙ Harrington,
John Chandler,
Joshua Reed, Jr˙,
Joseph Simonds,
Phineas Smith,
John Chandler, Jr˙,
Reuben Lock,
Joel Viles,
Nathan Reed,
Samuel Tidd,
Benjamin Lock,
Thomas Winship,
Simeon Snow,
John Smith,
Mos˙ Harrington 3d˙,
Joshua Reed,
Ebenezor Parker,
John Harrington,
Enoch Willington,
John Hosmer,
Isaac Green,
Phineas Stearns,
Isaac Durant,
Thos˙ Headley, Jr.