That on Tuesday the twenty-third day of November aforesaid the deponent saw the dwelling House of Simpson Jenny of the said Township of Durham on fire and entirely consumed ; and that a number of Men armed with Guns were at the said House whilst it was burning: And that he the deponent has been credibly informed that the said Mobb has threatened to burn the Houses of Sundry other persons in Durham aforesaid, and to whip the Owners of the said Houses. That he the Deponent

has this day seen some persons measuring improved Lands in

the said Township of Durham, and was credibly informed that they were persons in Connection with the said Mobb, and that they were laying out the said Lands on New Hampshire Rights;

868 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE

That said Lands are held and possessed and the Improvéments thereon made by the possessors under Titles derived from his Majesty by virtue of Letters patent obtained under the Colony of New York and farther the Deponent saith not.

Bensamin Hoveu. Sworn this-sixth day of December 1773. Before me Joun McKesson Not' Pubs.

Charlotte County ss: Anna Burton the wife of Charles Button of Durham in the said County Farmer being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists deposeth and saith, That in the Night of the Twentieth of November last about Eleven of the Clock a party of men armed with Guns came to the House of the Deponents said Husband who was then abroad. That they broke or split down the outward door of the said House and also the door of the Room where the Deponent was in Bed. That the door of the Room they broke open and into Pieces with an Ax. That about Seven of the said armed Mobb came into the Room where the Deponent lay, and with many curses insisted on knowing where her said Husband was, and swore they would find him and have him either Dead or alive if he was on the face of God's Earth.