Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1778.12.01

NHG-P.778.014
1 Dec 1778:32 (1/41)
TO GOVERNOR JOHNSTONE, one of the British Commissioners, on
his late letters and offers to bribe certain eminent
characters in America, and threatening afterwards to appeal
to the public.
  When Satan first from Heaven's bright region fell
  And fix'd the gloomy monarchy of hell,
  Sin then was honest; pride led on the tribe;
  No devil receiv'd-- as devil propos'd a bribe:
. . . [40 more lines, signed] Common Sense. [T Payne in ms]