Thaton the next Monday the deponent saw Ebenezer Allen, George Patterson & three or four other persons who had been with them in the Saturday night before at breaking into the said House. That the said Ebenezer Allen acknowledged to her that it was himself who

NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS. 869:

had on the Saturday night preceeding threatned to burn her husbands House and that it was George patterson who broke

down the Doors with an Ax. Anna Burton, Sworn the Eighth Day of December 1773 Before me Joun McKesson Not Pubs (Endorsed) Read in Council Jan 11 1774,

REPORT TO THE N. Y. ASSEMBLY ON THE OUTRAGES OF THE BENNINGTON MOB--4th Feb. 1774.

Mr' Brush (in behalf of Mt Clinton, Chairman) from the Grand: Committee of Grievances reported, that he was directed by the said Committee to make the following Report to the House, to wit

That the said Committee taking into consideration the Petition of Benjamin Hough, in behalf of himself and many of his. _ Majesty's Subjects inhabiting the County of Charlotte, and the' North Eastern District of the County of Albany, complaining of* many Acts of Outrage Cruelty and Oppression, committed against: their Persons and properties by the Bennington Mob, \and the' Dangers and Injuries to which they are daily exposed; and imploring 'that this House will take them under their protection,. and secure them against future Violence. And the said Committee having also duly considered the several Proofs and Depositions presented in support of the Truth of the said Petition, do' thereupon Resolve.