Citation - Independent Ledger: 1781.11.05

IL.781.066
5 Nov 1781:12 (4/180)
From the Political Magazine for May, 1781.
Copy of a Pasquinade stuck up in the city of New-York,
August 12, 1780.
  You know there goes a tale,
  How Jonas went on board a whale,
  Once for a frolic;
  And how the whale
  Set sail
  And got the cholic:
  And, after a great splutter,
  Spewed him up upon the coast,
  Just like a woodcock on a toast,
  With trail and butter.
  . . . [3 more verses concerning Springfield action, plus
footnotes]