After reading the support material, I can imagine how the people suffered this day (evening on Monday – March 12, 1770) when eleven guns were discharged. The British soldiers were looking to kill people, but Edward Archbald admonished Mr. Merchant to take care of the sword, one soldier turned round and struck Archbald on the arm, and then pushed at Merchant, cut his and grazed the skin. The noise called more people to fight, John Hicks a young lad, help him and around minute twelve of them came out with drawn cutlasses, clubs, and bayonets and set upon the unarmed boys and young folk who stood them a little while but, finding the inequality of their equipment, dispersed. Samuel Atwood, entered to the dock square to see what happened, he
