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MG-A(G.747.006
16 Jun 1747:5,6 (112 Postscript)
From the Supplement to the New York Gazette, Number 228.
Mr. Printer, It may entertain the curious and learned part
of your subscribers, if you give them the following speech
and address, which, for the importance of the subject. . . .
[5 lines, signed] Ned Type.
THE SPEECH VERSYFIED.
L--d have mercy on us!--the capitol! the capitol! is burnt
down!
O astonishing fate!--which occasions this meeting in town:
And this fate proves a loss, to be deplored the more,
The said date being th'effect of malice and design to be
sure.
. . . [73 more lines, including] The Council's Answer, and
The Baronet's Reply
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