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AG-A.772.011
29 Jun 1772:31 (20)
On Thursday the 4th inst. William Porter, a native of
Ireland, drowned himself in the Mohawk River. . . [17 more
lines] The following is the copy of a letter he wrote to his
Dulcinia the day before he dispatched himself.
To you, good God, I make my last appeal,
My virtues publish or my crimes reveal;
If in the maze of Fate I have backward run,
And fondly strove to avoid these ways I ought to shun,
. . . [2 more lines, followed by letter to his wife, Sophia
]
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