Citation - New York Journal-New York: 1775.01.12

NYJ-N.775.005
12 Jan 1775:41 (1671)
The following verses were spoken by a boy at opening the
Academy at Newark, in New-Jersey, upon the fourth instant,
addressed to the gentlemen concerned in building that
elegant structure.
  Amidst the ranks who try by diff'rent ways,
  To purchase honours or to merit praise,
  The God like man how rare! how few like you
  Disinterested paths to fame pursue?
. . . [10 more lines, signed] Newark, 6th January, 1774.