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VGW(PU.778.001
1 May 1778:21 (161 Supplement)
We hear it is now in contemplation to erect a pedestrian
statue of General Burgoyne, in the most publick part of the
city; that he is to be represented as supported by two
savages on the right with scalping knives, on the left by
two savages with tomahawks; and on the base of the statue is
to be engraven the following inscription:
I, John Burgoyne, essay'd to alarm,
And vauntingly boasted, with outstretch'd arm,
To let loose the savage with tomahawk and knife,
That these blood-hounds should kill each man, maid, and
wife.
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