row down your arms, ye villains, ye rebels!' upon which
said company dispersing, the foremost of the three officers
ordered their men, saying, 'Fire, by God! fire!' at which moment
we received a very heavy and close fire from them; at which
instant, being wounded, I fell, and several of our men were shot
dead by me. Captain Parker's men, I believe, had not then fired
a gun. And further the deponent saith not.

"JOHN ROBINS."

"LEXINGTON, _April 25, 1775_.

"We, Benjamin Tidd, of Lexington, and Joseph Abbot, of Lincoln,
in the county of Middlesex, and colony of Massachusetts Bay, in
New England, of lawful age, do testify and declare that, on the
morning of the 19th of April instant, about five o'clock, being
on Lexington common, and mounted on horses, we saw a body of
regular troops marching up to the Lexington company, which was
then dispersing. Soon after, the regulars fired, first, a few
guns, which we took to be pistols from some of the regulars who
were mounted on horses, and then the said regulars fired a volley
or two before any guns were fired by the Lexington company; our
horses immediately started, and we rode off. And further say not.

"BENJAMIN TIDD, JOSEPH ABBOT."

"LEXINGTON, _April 25, 1775_.

"We, Nathaniel Mullokin, Philip Russell, Moses Harrington, jun.,
Thomas and Daniel Harrington, William Grimes, William Tidd, Isaac
Hastings, Jonas Stone, jun., James Wyman, Thaddeus Harrington,
John Chandler, Joshua Reed, jun., Joseph Simonds, Phineas Smith,
John Chandler, jun., Reuben Cock, Joel Viles, Nathan Reed, Samuel
Tidd, Benjamin Lock, Thomas Winship, Simeon Snow, John Smith,
Moses Harrington the 3d, Joshua Reed, Ebenezer Parker, John
Harrington, Enoch Willington, John Hornier, Isaac Green, Phineas
Stearns, Isaac Durant, and Thomas Headley, 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 19th 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 in