Citation - Massachusetts Spy-Worcester: 1782.09.19

MS-W.782.032
19 Sep 1782:41 (594)
THE REFUGEES PETITION TO SIR GUY CARLETON
Humbly sheweth, 
That your honour's petitioners, tories by trade,
From the first of the war have lent Britain their aid,
And done all they could both in country and town
In support of the King and the rights of his crown;
But now to their grief and confusion they find
"The De'el may take them who are farthest behind."
. . . [4 more stanzas follow, followed by "Sir Guy's
Answer," 4 more stanzas]