Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1779.09.21

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Index Entry Lyric, topical [beg] To fight-- or not to fight? that is the question! 
Location New York 
Citation
NHG-P.779.022
21 Sep 1779:41 (2/83)
From the New York Packet.
SIR HENRY CLINTON'S SOLILOQUY.
Upon his recovery from the phrenzy into which he was thrown
by the storming of Stony Point.
  To fight-- or not to fight? that is the question!
  Whether 'tis best within Manhattan's isle,
  Snug to encamp, secure from war's alarms!
  Or, mounting Hudson's oft attempted wave,
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Generic Title New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth 
Date 1779.09.21 
Publisher Fowle, Daniel 
City, State Portsmouth, NH 
Year 1779 
Bibliography B0024408
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