| Index Entry | Black Joke, in witty retort to theft of lady's cake |
| Location | London |
| Citation | MG-A(G.774.003 3 Feb 1774:11 (1482) London. . . Nov. 13 . . . Yesterday, as a lady at the Bank was receiving her dividend, she laid a small cake down in a paper upon the desk; while she signed her name, one of the brokers immediately stole it, and placed a cinder in the room; the lady took it up, and was greatly surprised at the metamorphosis; but a gentleman telling her he imagined it was done out of a joke, she wittily replied, "Then you must allow, Sir, it was a black joke." |
| Generic Title | Maryland Gazette-Annapolis (Green) |
| Date | 1774.02.03 |
| Publisher | Green, Anne Catharine and Son [Frederick Green] |
| City, State | Annapolis, MD |
| Year | 1774 |
| Bibliography | B0019966 |