Citation - Connecticut Gazette-New London: 1776.09.13

CG-NL.776.044
13 Sep 1776:41 (13/670)
From the London Evening Post.
A BON MOT OF DR. PRICE VERIFIED,
With reference to a late famous speech; and a true state of
the contest between Great Britain and her Colonies.
  Scotch Machiavel, in Tory spleen grown old,
  Thus to his peers his bosom did unfold;
  America's, and England's awful fate,
  Was then the solemn question in debate.
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