Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1776.03.27

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Index Entry Alas Poor Cato [t] [beg] To write, or not to write; that is the question 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PG-P.776.009
27 Mar 1776:11 (2466)
To the people of Pennsylvania, Letter IV. 
ALAS POOR CATO!
To write, or not to write; that is the question--
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to bear
Th'unlicens'd wrongs of furious party-zeal, 
Or dip the pen into a nest of hornets, 
. . . [28 lines in parody of Shakespeare's Hamlet]


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1776.03.27 
Publisher Hall and Sellers 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1776 
Bibliography B0037215
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