Citation - New York Evening Post (DeForeest): 1744.12.24

NYEP(D.744.001
24 Dec 1744:21,22 (5)
From the Poor Prisoners of the City Marshalsea, on Alderman
Aldrich's being chosen Lord Mayor for the Remainder of the
Year.  Wrote by a Gentleman now in Confinement.
  To the, O Aldrich!  we the poor distress'd,
  Whose boundless joy is scarce to be express'd;
  In humble verse our far-short praises bring,
  And tho' unskill'd, our muse attempts to sing,
  . . . [14 more lines]