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RNYG.782.441a
28 Dec 1782:23 (653)
New-York, December 28.
On Thursday arrived at an anchor in the East-River, that
superb Frigate, named the South Carolina, prize to his
Majesty's Ships, Diomede, Quebec, and Africa---To the
account given in our last we have to add, that she was to
call at Charlestown, and there receive Commodore Gillon on
board; that being imperfectly copperd by the Rebels at
Philadelphia, it was judged expedient to alter her
destination, and bring her round to New-York, and complete
her sheathing, only thirteen feet of which having been as
yet performed.
From dejected Jonathan, a Prisoner taken in the South
Carolina, to his Brother Ned at Philadelphia.
My dear Brother Ned, we are knock'd o' the head,
No more let America boast;
We may all go to bed, and that's enough said,
For the South Carolina we've lost.
. . . [11 more verses of 4 lines each]
Diomede, off New-York,
25th December, 1782.
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