Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1770.11.23

NHG-P.770.065
23 Nov 1770:41 (736)
FORTY FIVE.  A BALLAD.
To the worthies of Britain my song I address.
My boon is a husband, I freely confess;
In that hope how my spirits begin to revive,
When I think I'm a maiden just forty and five.
Me, a number so charming, will surely befriend,
What a train of admirers my smiles shall attend!
Since you'll scarce find a woman, as I am alive,
If single she is, will own forty and five.
. . . [36 more lines, signed] Buckram.