Citation - Salem Gazette (Russell): 1774.07.01

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Index Entry Fall of Boston [t] [beg] What! in this piping time of peace 
Location London 
Citation
SG(R.774.002
1 Jul 1774:41 (1/1)
London, April 9. An ingenious writer in the dramatic way,
having began a tragedy on the present debates with the
Americans, which he intends to name "The Fall of Boston,"
has given us permission to lay the following speech before
the public, as a specimen of the work.
Act I. Scene the last.  Lord North solus.
What! in this piping time of peace, when ev'ry
Wind conspir'd to swell my sails to glory,
And guide my P--ce to arbitrary rule;
Where haughty Spain's revengeful ire I sooth'd,
. . . [16 lines and paragraph follow.]


Generic Title Salem Gazette (Russell) 
Date 1774.07.01 
Publisher Russell, E. 
City, State Salem, MA 
Year 1774 
Bibliography B0044251
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