Citation - Newport Mercury: 1768.06.27

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Index Entry Britannia to John Wilkes, Esq [t] [beg] Droop not, my son, thy laurels 
Location London 
Citation
NM.768.038
27 Jun 1768:21 (512)
The following was posted up at the Sun-Fire Office in
Cornhill.
BRITANNIA TO JOHN WILKES, ESQ.
Droop not, my son, thy laurels cannot fade,
Though venal citizens deny thee aid.
On me, on me, their barb'rous rage they turn,
My right they trample, and my altars spurn.
. . . [6 more lines]


Generic Title Newport Mercury 
Date 1768.06.27 
Publisher Southwick, Solomon 
City, State Newport, RI 
Year 1768 
Bibliography B0032211
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