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CG-NH.766.015
22 Mar 1766:21 (508)
New-York, March 13. Upon a supposition that the cannon upon
the battery in this city were spiked by order of lieutenant
governor Colden, his effigy last week was exhibited last
Thursday, sitting upon a piece of ordinance, (properly
mounted with a drill constructed in such a manner as to be
continually working; at his back hung a drum as a badge of
his former profession: On his breast was fixed a paper, on
which were the following lines,
I'm deceived by the devil and left in the lurch;
And am forced to do penance, tho' not in the church.
. . . [10 lines reporting public display and burning of the
effigy]
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