Citation - Massachusetts Spy-Worcester: 1783.07.31

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Index Entry Lyric, narrative [beg] Upon a time there was a cat 
Location Salem 
Citation
MS-W.783.025
31 Jul 1783:22 (640) 
From the Salem Gazette. . . [17 lines of introduction]
A TRUE MASSACHUSETTENSIAN
Upon a time there was a cat
By chance fell into a brewer's vat -
Poor puss was forc'd for life to swim
In hopes to gain the distant brim, 
. . . [24 lines follow in which rats rescue the cat upon
promise of future immunity, after which the cat attacks the
rats.]


Generic Title Massachusetts Spy-Worcester 
Date 1783.07.31 
Publisher Thomas, Isaiah 
City, State Worcester, MA 
Year 1783 
Bibliography B0022082
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