Citation - Boston Gazette: 1778.08.17

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Index Entry How comes all this! these pickets high [fl] 
Location Rutland 
Citation
BG.778.026
17 Aug 1778:41 (1251)
. . .written extempore, by a soldier, upon seeing the
British prisoners within the stockade in Rutland.
  How comes all this!  these pickets high
  And sentries round with watchful eye:
  What!  Do they enclose Great Britain's sons,
  Fame!, and well skill'd in war and guns; 
. . . [30 more lines]  July 29, 1778.


Generic Title Boston Gazette 
Date 1778.08.17 
Publisher Edes, Benjamin, returned to Boston 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1778 
Bibliography B0006674
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