From the Virginia gazette, August 25. A parody on a late proclamation.
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Boston?] :
[publisher not identified],
[1774]
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| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 13287. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Verse of forty lines; first line: Humbly to imitate our Lord the King. Followed by: From the Massachusetts-spy. September 1, 1774. A general sample of gubernatorial eloquence, as lately exhibited to the company of c----s [i.e., councilors]. First line: Your Colonel h--k by neglect. The first poem is a parody of Governor Gage's proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, given at Salem on July 21, 1774 (Evans 13412). The second poem purports to be an attack on John Hancock by Gage. "The sheet may have been printed in Virginia."--Ford. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |