I am Shocked, Shocked, that my First Performance Has Been by Some Applied to his Excellency Gov. Bernard

Date: March 7, 1768 “Messieurs Edes & Gill, Please to insert the following. My first performance, has by a strange kind of compliment, been by some applied to his Excellency Gov. Bernard.  It is not for me to account for the construction put upon it.  Every man has a right to make his own remarks, [...]