| Index Entry | Lyric, narrative [beg] Upon a time there was a cat |
| Location | Salem |
| Citation | MS-W.783.025 31 Jul 1783:22 (640) From the Salem Gazette. . . [17 lines of introduction] A TRUE MASSACHUSETTENSIAN Upon a time there was a cat By chance fell into a brewer's vat - Poor puss was forc'd for life to swim In hopes to gain the distant brim, . . . [24 lines follow in which rats rescue the cat upon promise of future immunity, after which the cat attacks the rats.] |
| Generic Title | Massachusetts Spy-Worcester |
| Date | 1783.07.31 |
| Publisher | Thomas, Isaiah |
| City, State | Worcester, MA |
| Year | 1783 |
| Bibliography | B0022082 |