| Citation |
NYGWPB.765.158
14 Nov 1765:22 (1193)
[A tale of events on Nov.1, 1765, day the Stamp Act went
into effect. A portrait with two human figures appeared:]
On the Right, G. Gr-----le.
Your servant Sirs! do you like my figure,
You've seen one rogue, but here's a bigger;
Father of mischief---how I soar,
Where many a rogue has gone before;
. . . [2 lines]
Dear Cousin Peter! no excuse
Come dance with me without your shoes;
. . . [4 lines]
On the left, J---n H---k.
Q. What Brother H---k? why this is bad!
A. Indeed I am a wicked lad.
My mother always thought me wild,
The gallows is thy portion child!
. . . [13 lines]
About break of day, the melancholy blast of conq shells,
with a funeral tolling of bells, ushered in the important
epoch . . . [54 more lines]
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