Citation - Newport Mercury: 1770.05.14

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Index Entry Drums, in lyric [beg] Tis truth (with deference to the college) 
Location Newport 
Citation
NM.770.013
14 May 1770:33 (610)
THE NEWS-PAPER.
'Tis truth (with deference to the college)
News-papers are the spring of knowledge,
The general source throughout the nation,
Of every modern conversation.
. . . [6 more lines]
Those who roast beef and ale delight in
Are pleas'd with trumpets, drums, and fighting;
. . . [28 more lines]


Generic Title Newport Mercury 
Date 1770.05.14 
Publisher Southwick, Solomon 
City, State Newport, RI 
Year 1770 
Bibliography B0032298
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