17 Jul 1783:13 (325)
New York Packet-Fishkill             
NYP-F.783.018                                                           
17 Jul 1783:13 (325)                                                    
Poughkeepsie, July 4.  This day being the anniversary of the            
declaration of Independence, . . . [3 lines, dinner and then            
13 toasts]                                                              
THE SONG.                                                               
  Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise,                                   
  The Queen of the world, and the child of the skies.                   
  Thy genius commands thee with raptures behold,                        
  While ages on ages thy splendour unfold.                              
. . . [4 lines and 4 more eight-line verses]