Tuesday, May the 30th, 1775
As a doubt of the authenticity of the account from Salem, touching an engagement between the King's Troops and the Provincials in the Massachusetts Bay, may arise from a paragraph in the [London] Gazette of this evening, I desire to inform all those who wish to see the original affidavits which confirm that account, that they are deposited at the Mansion House with the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor for their inspection.
Arthur Lee, Agent for the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts Bay.2
1. London Chronicle, May 30 to June 1, 1775.
2. Under "Advices from America," the newspaper reproduced all the affidavits concerning the battle. It also published the account as printed in the Salem Gazette, April 25, 1775.
