[Footnote 109: Three miles northwest from Boston.]

[Footnote 110: Thirty-one miles southeast from
Boston.]

[Footnote 111: Tories were those who adhered to the
British. It is a name derived from the vocabulary
of English politics in the time of Charles II. A
_tory_, then, was an adherent of the crown; a
_whig_ was an opposer of the government. The word
was first used in America about 1770.]

D 28. This day our regement paraded and went through the manuel
exesise then we grounded our firelocks and every man set down by their
arms and one abial Petty axedentely discharged his peace and shot two
Balls through the Body of one asa cheany through his Left side and
rite rist he Lived about 24 hours and then expired he belonged to
Walpole[112] and he was caried their and Buried on the 30 day of April
on Sunday after meting this young man was but a few days Before fired
at by one main guard in atempting to pass the guard and was not hurt
in the least.

[Footnote 112: Twenty-one miles southwest from
Boston.]

D 29. About nine o clock the said cheney died about fore in the
afternoon We had another alarm but their was nothing done.

30th. Being the Lord's day we went to meeting and heard Mr. Adams[113]
and he preached a very Sutable Sermon for the ocation.

[Footnote 113: Rev. Amos Adams, a minister at
Roxbury. He was a graduate of Harvard college. He
died of dysentery, which prevailed in the camp, at
Dorchester, on the 5th of October, 1775, in the
forty-eighth year of his age.]

MAY.

1d. Nothing very remarkable this day.

2d-11. Nothing of consequence hapened.

12-14. No great for news.

15, 16. No news worth mentioning.

17. At night their was a fire broke out in Boston ocationed by the
kings troops that were a dealing out their Stores when one of the
Soldiers letting a candle fall amongst some powder and set it on fire
which ocationed the Destruction of a great number of Buildings and
killed some Soldiers and destroyed a considerable deal of their
amunition Besides a great quantity of flower.

18, 19. Nothing very remarkable.

20. Nothing strange to day.

21. Being Sunday about eight o clock we were alar