Citation - Rivington's New York Gazette: 1774.12.22

RNYG.774.086
22 Dec 1774:33 (88)
To the memory of Mr. James M. Tharp, who died on Thursday
the 15th of December, instant.
  If modest virtue ever claimed a tear,
  If worth approv'd demands a sigh sincere;
  If gentle manners and a gen'rous mind,
  Warm'd with the love of arts, and human kind,
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