| Show old oll petition the followill following curious document was lately r other records preserved from the ra of the american revolution ithe the petition of divers old women of the of philadelphia humbly showe sho tb that davv you titio ners as well spinsters spin as married een long accustomed to the drinking brinki of tea te fear it will be utter utterly I 1 impossible fg for r ahem them to exhibit so much patriotism patriotism as wholly b abuse disuse it Y your sar sir petitioners petition ers beg leave to observe that having already done all possible injury to theirs nerves and health with this delec delectable lable labie berb herb they shall think it extremely hard not ao io enjoy it for the remainder of their lives your petitioners petition p 1 ers would further represent thit coffee and chocolate or any other tute hitherto proposed they humbly numbly apprehend fend from their heaviness must destroy that brilliancy rill iancy lancy of fancy and fluency of espre expression assion usually found at tea tables when they are handling the conduct or character of their absent acquaintances your petitioners petition ers are also informed there are several old women of the other sex laboring under the like difficulties who apprehend t the he above restriction will be wholly insupportable and that it is a sacrifice infinitely too g great r ea t to be made to save the lives liberties and privileges of any country whatever your petitioners petition ers therefore humbly pray the premises may be taken into serious consideration and that they may be excepted from the resolution adopted by the late congress wherein your petitioners petition ers conceive they were not represented more especially as your petitioners petition ers only pray for an indulgence to th those ose spinsters spin whom age orP ungodliness or have rendered desperate in the expectation of husbands those of the married whose infirmities and ill behavior have made their husbands ion lon long iong 11 since tired of them and those old women of th the male ernale gender who will most naturally be found in suii suri such company and your petitioners petition ers as in duty bound shall ever pray etc |
