Citation - New York Evening Post (DeForeest): 1752.11.13

NYEP(D.752.045
13 Nov 1752:31 (291)
[Doubts expressed about the report of promise of reformation
of manners and conduct attributed to Tom Bell, notorious
imposter and criminal, published in the Virginia Gazette,
followed by:]
  As well may Ethiopian slaves,
  Wash out the darkness of their skin;
  As well the dead may leave their graves,
  As old transgressors cease to sin.