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NHG-P.781.004
16 Apr 1781:21 (25/1276)
Baltimore, Feb.20. To the Printer of the Maryland Journal.
[illegible line] military chief, you will oblige many
friends of freedom, and can offend none of that
denomination, by the insertion of the following lines in
your paper.
Yours, &c. A Soldier. February 11, 1781.
ON GENERAL WASHINGTON
When Alcides, the son of Olympian Jove,
Was call'd from the earth to the regions above,
The fetters grim tyranny burst from his hand,
And with rapine & murder usurp'd the command;
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