of the Council of Safety, 1776. 375

this Deponent had with the said Gibbs as he believes was
about three weeks ago, he heard the said Gibbs then express
himself very inimical to the cause, altho' not with that degree
of violence or rancour as he had first heard him express him-
self respecting the Congress.
Sworn before Joseph Dashiell. William Handy

N^o 12

November 17^th 1775.
The deposition of Barclay Townsand of lawfull age being
called upon by the Committee of Worcester County deposeth
and saith, that some little time since the rising of the last
Convention of this province, this Deponant was inform'd,
that some of the company that Benjamin Shockley had
enrolled had desired him to attend at the house of the said
Shockly for the purpose of exercising and instructing a num-
ber of people in the military exercise, that this Deponent
accordingly attended and when he came after he came after
he had exercised some of the people who were there ;
Shockley proposed to this Deponent that he would be their Cap-
tain, but upon this Deponent's refusal, also ask'd if he would be
their Lieutenant which he also refused upon which said
Shockly then told this Deponent he had come as a spy, he
also asked this Depon' if he had seen their articles he said he
had, he then asked him how he liked them, why he said he
did not know, he found they were something like the Asso-
ciation or Articles of his company they were for the king and
country, yes said Shockly but we are against Boston, that
Shockly afterwards insisted upon this Deponents hearing the
Articles read, and when they were read they all huzza'd for
for the King and pulled of their Hatts, this Deponent also
cried Amen and said he cried huzza for their King, but as he
did not pull of his hatt said Shockly seemed to be displeased
and that this Deponent was under apprehensions he was
unsafe in their company and immediately came off.
Sworn before Jos^h Dashiell. Bartley Townsend

N^o 13
November the 18^th 1775.
The deposition of Isaac Hammond of lawfull age being
called upon by the Committee of Worcester County deposeth
and saith that about four weeks ago he went to a certain
Henry Parker' s where he understood that a number of people
were to assemble for the purpose of entering into an associ-
ation contrary to the General Association of this Province and
that he believes there might be thirty or forty people and that
a certain article of agreement or association was handed about

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