ended, and died in his native town, no doubt his
grave is in the old churchyard at Wrentham. His
family was among the earliest settlers there, for
Daniel Haws was a resident of the village when it
was burnt, in the time of King Philip's war, almost
two hundred years ago; and on a plain slab in that
old burial-place is the name of Ebenezer Haws, who
died in 1812, at the age of ninety-one years.]

SUPPLEMENT,
CONTAINING
OFFICIAL PAPERS ON THE SKIRMISHES AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD,
AND A LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY ARTICLES IN THE POUGHKEEPSIE MUSEUM.

SUPPLEMENT.

OFFICIAL PAPERS CONCERNING THE SKIRMISHES AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD.

In the preceding Journal of a Soldier, in 1775, his narrative
commences on the day of the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, the
opening conflicts of the Revolution. Some official matters relating to
those events, which are inaccessible to the general reading-public,
will doubtless be acceptable, as they certainly are appropriate, in
this connection.

The skirmishes occurred on the 19th of April, 1775. On the 22d, the
Provincial Congress of Massachusetts assembled, and, deeming it
important to have the whole truth known, appointed a committee to take
depositions in relation to the transactions of the British troops in
their route to and from Concord. Another committee was appointed the
following day, consisting of Dr. Church, Elbridge Gerry, and Thomas
Cushing, to draw up a narrative of the massacre. The committee to
take depositions held their sessions at Concord and Lexington, on the
23d and 25th of April. Feeling it to be expedient to send an account
immediately to England, a committee, consisting of Dr. Warren, Mr.
Freeman, Mr. Gardiner, and Colonel Stone, was chosen to prepare a
letter to Dr. Franklin, the colonial agent in London. They reported a
letter, and also an "Address to the Inhabitants of Great Britain," on
the same day. Captain Richard Derby, of Salem, was employed to proceed
immediately with the despatches. He placed them in the hands of Doctor
Franklin on the 29th of May, and on the following day the address was
printed and circulated. It gave the first intelligence of the
skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, to the British public.

The following, copied from the Journals of the Continental Congress,
are the sev