Citation - Independent Ledger: 1783.03.10

IL.783.022
10 Mar 1783:33 (5/253)
ON AMERICAN INDEPENDENCY.
When pregnant nature strove relief to gain,
Her nurse was Washington, her midwife Paine.
The infant Independence scarce began
To be, e'er he had ripen'd into man;
France his God father, Britain was his rod,
Congress his guardians, and his father God.