At the junction of Queen Street and von Cresswell's Alley, Jonas Pruitt and Ephraim Gallagher were observed quarreling over a pinebox of unknown import. The one-tyme associates swore in the public square and vowed their clans should ne'er again make common cause.

Constable Q. A.Kincaid reports two horses were lamed in the incident and one wrist shattered,and speculates the dispositions of many bystanders were surely spoilt.

— Excerpt from Kerryford's Boston Gazetteer, November 4, 1769