Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1771.05.20

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Index Entry Puppets, metaphor of political affairs, in speech by Col Barre 
Location London 
Citation
NYGWPB.771.030
20 May 1771:31 (1481)
[News from London. In a speech by Col. Isaac Barre in the
House of Commons, about sending Alderman Oliver to the
Tower]. . . and the administration gave life and vigour to
the machines that compose the majority. Thus are you played
off, like puppets, for the entertainment of the magicians
that act behind the curtain. . .


Generic Title New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy 
Date 1771.05.20 
Publisher Inslee, Samuel, and Anthony Car 
City, State New York, NY 
Year 1771 
Bibliography B0027205
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