Citation - Essex Journal: 1776.08.09

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Index Entry Shakespeare, quote [beg] He that steals my purse steals trash... 
Location Newburyport 
Citation
EJMP.776.048
9 Aug 1776:12 (3/136)
"He that steals my purse (says Shakespear) steals trash, but
he that robs me of my good name, robs me of that, which not
enriches him, and makes me poor indeed."  A theft of this
kind has been attempted on some respectable characters in
the parish of Rye. . . [signed] An Husbandman.


Generic Title Essex Journal 
Date 1776.08.09 
Publisher Mycall, John 
City, State Newburyport, MA 
Year 1776 
Bibliography B0016439
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