| Index Entry | Captain Plume, author of lyric [beg] Ye trifling elves, is this a time |
| Location | Philadelphia |
| Citation | PEP.777.067 19 Jun 1777:3281 (3/367) IMPROMPTU. To Serjeant Kite and Corporal Trim. Ye trifling elves, is this a time To spout such idle angry rhime, As such has been inditing? Your scribbling now bids me suspect You both our country's cause neglect, And all but paper fighting. . . . [6 lines follow warning them to desist] [signed] Captain Plume. |
| Generic Title | Pennsylvania Evening Post |
| Date | 1777.06.19 |
| Publisher | Towne, Benjamin |
| City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
| Year | 1777 |
| Bibliography | B0034088 |