| Index Entry | Fiddler, Nero, while Rome was burning, metaphor of political affairs |
| Location | Hartford |
| Citation | NHG-E.776.004 13 Jul 1776:21 (1/9) From the Connecticut Courant. The whole strength of Britain and her allies is now employed in the destruction of America. . . [35 lines of patriotic exhortation] that he, who at this season, cavils at the charge and wastes the precious time in idle harangues, on trivial matters, betrays a very weak or wicked mind, and like Nero, would have fiddled while Rome was burning. . . [signed] Armatus. |
| Generic Title | New Hampshire Gazette-Exeter |
| Date | 1776.07.13 |
| Publisher | Fowle, Robert |
| City, State | Exeter, NH |
| Year | 1776 |
| Bibliography | B0023191 |