| Index Entry | Banks, Thomas, fiddler, epitaph [beg] Here lies a wight, whose heart |
| Location | Williamsburg |
| Citation | VGW(HU.767.005 1 Jan 1767:12 (815) Epitaph on Thomas Banks, alias Williams, the ostler, the singing boy, the pirate, the fiddler, the schoolmaster, the clerk of Jefferson's church, in Chesterfield, and finally an honest man. . . . [2 lines in Latin from Ovid] Here lies a wight, whose heart was great, Whose soul ambitious wish'd to fly Beyond the bounds prescrib'd by fate-- In him 'twas prudence, sure, to die. . . . [5 more lines] |
| Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) |
| Date | 1767.01.01 |
| Publisher | Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon |
| City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
| Year | 1767 |
| Bibliography | B0048315 |