Citation - Maryland Gazette-Annapolis (Green): 1751.11.20

MG-A(G.751.024
20 Nov 1751:11,12 (343)
From a late public print.
AN EPISTLE FROM A SOCIETY OF YOUNG LADIES.
Gentlemen, what charms has the dull, stupid, sauntering life
of a batchelor above that of a married man?. . .
  The dry, dull, drowsy batchelor surveys,
  Alternate, joyless nights and lonesome days;
  No tender transports wake his sullen breast;
  No soft endearments lull his cares to rest;
. . . [14 more lines of poetry rhymed in couplets, 45 more
lines prose]