Citation - New York Journal-New York: 1775.08.03

NYJ-N.775.084
3 Aug 1775:41 (1700)
The following lines were written the day before the battle
of Lexington.    
TO THE AMERICANS.
  Ye heirs of freedom! glorious is your cause,
  Your all, your charter'd liberty and laws,
  Are now at stake--then let the noble fires
  Which warm'd the bosoms of your Godlike sires,
. . . [20 more lines. signed] April 16, 1775.   Cato.