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NG.778.017
30 Apr 1778:11,12 (2/67)
To the Printer of a London Paper. The subscriptions that
are opened in many parts of the Kingdom to raise troops for
his Majesty, drums, fifes, &c. beating up for recruits, in
our greatest towns, will make people alive, and animated
with a zeal for their King and country. . . [59 lines] But,
Sir, to return to the fife and drum, music that I flatter
myself is most grateful to a British ear, and particularly
so on this occasion; I wish them success with all my heart,
in the cause they engage in. There are many very gallant
old soldiers in Lancashire; perhaps more near the town of
Manchester than any other town in England, who have bled for
their King and country in the two last wars; they, I hope
will animate the youth to glory, and fire them with the
ardour they shewed themselves in front of the enemy.
I am yours, An Englishman.
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