By my letter of 29t» of January Last pass't, I informed your Excellency of a Great Riot that hapened here, composed intirely of People from the side of New Hampshire--Likewise Informed I was inquiring thereof, taking Depositions therefor (Being apprehensive Inquiry by a Jury was not practicable at that time) but since that time finding Inquiry by a Jury would not be unsafe I therefore undertook it with the assistance of Mt Thomas Chandler junt & Mt William Willard two of his Majs Justices of the Peace for this County. To be short. Five of the principal Rioters came & submitted themselves to the Law (before any

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warrants Issued against them) Their sensability of their fault the apparent signes of Repentance with their submission would hardly fail of Exciting compassion. Furthermore I am to inform your Excellency That the Rioters have ben & paid & satisfied the judgement on which the Fieri Facias issued and made ample satisfaction to all persons injured by them. And good order is now restored in this County as formerly--And I apprehend on a more Solid Basis, People now seeming to be sensible that disturbers of the Peace must pay Dear for their Folley. © And Inasmuch as in a foregoing Riot, it has been Represented That, they receive encouragement in their Rebellion from New Hampshire side of the River &. I tho't it Proper to subjoin the Following, vizt That I cannot find, in this Riot, any Gentlemen, Majestrate or officers were encouragers, abbettors or assistants; so far from that, they upon their first hearing of it, Gave a Laudable Testimony of their abhorrence of it. And when inquiry was making by us upon the very West Bank of the River (so nigh them) Gentlemen Spectators expressed their abhorrence of their doings, neither had we the least opposition or Disturbance given us.