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PM.765.018
28 Oct 1765:12,13 (1/41)
From the Boston-Gazette, Octo. 14. To the Printers.
I han't rit nothing to be printed a great while : but I
can't sleep a nights, one wink hardly, of late.--I hear so
much talk about the stamp act and the Governor's speech,
that it seems as if it would make me crazy.--The Governor
has painted a dreadful picture of the times after the first
of November.--I hate the thoughts of the first of November.
I hope twill be a great storm, and black and gloomy weather,
as our faces and hearts will all be.--Tis worse than all the
fifth of Novembers that ever was--The Pope never did half so
much mischief, as that stamp act will do, if the world
stands as long as the Pope has done.----. . . [35 lines
suggesting that an embargo of fine goods from England would
be a good thing and encourage local goods.] I don't
believe our young folks would love to dance together at
husking frolicks, and to kiss one another a bit the less, if
they wore woollen shirts and shifts of their own making,
than they do now in their fine ones.-- . . . [39 more
lines,signed] Humphry PloughIogger.
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