| McFingal | |
|---|---|
| A Modern Epic Poem. Or, The Town-Meeting | |
| by John Trumbull | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Mock-heroic, satire |
| Publisher | William and Thomas Bradford |
| Publication date | 1775 |
| Media type | |
| OCLC | 690377493 |
McFingal: a modern epic poem. Or, The town-meeting is a mock epic poem written by American poet John Trumbull.
This canto, about 1500 lines, contains some verses from Thomas Gage's Proclamation and was published in the Connecticut Courant on 7 and 14 August 1775; it portrays a Scottish Loyalist, McFingal, and his Whig opponent, Honorius, evidently a portrait of John Adams. This first canto was divided into two, and with a third and a fourth canto published in 1782.