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# The Works of Thomas Carlyle/Volume 6/Letter 37

To Sir T. Fairfax: London, 31 July 1646
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FOR HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX, GENERAL OF THE PARLIAMENT’S FORCES: THESE
“London,” 31st July 1646.
Sir,—I was desired to write a Letter to you by Adjutant Fleming. The end of it is, To desire your Letter in his recommendation. He will acquaint you with the sum thereof, more particularly what the business is. I most humbly submit to your better judgment, when you hear it from him. Craving pardon for my boldness in putting you to this trouble, I rest, your most humble servant,
OLIVER CROMWELL.
Adjutant Fleming is in Sprigge’s Army-List. I suppose him to be the Fleming who, as Colonel Fleming, in Spring 1648, had rough service in South Wales two years afterwards; and was finally defeated, attempting to ‘sieze a Pass’ near TPembroke Castle, then in revolt under Poyer; was driven into a Church, and there slain,—some say, slew himself.
​Of Fleming’s present ‘business’ with Fairfax, whether it were to solicit promotion here, or continued employment in Ireland, nothing can be known. The War, which proved to be but the ‘First War, is now, as we said, to all real intents, ended: Ragland Castle, the last that held-out for Charles, has been under siege for some weeks; and Fairfax, who had been at ‘the Bath for his health, was now come or coming into those parts for the peremptory reduction of it. There have begun now to be discussions and speculations about sending men to Ireland, about sending Massey (famed Governor of Gloucester) to Ireland with men, and then also about disbanding Massey’s men.
Exactly a week before, 24th July 1646, the united Scots and Parliamentary Commissioners have presented their ‘Propositions’ to his Majesty at Newcastle: Yes or No, is all the answer they can take. They are most zealous that he should say Yes. Chancellor Loudon implores and prophesies in a very remarkable manner: ‘All England will rise against you; they,’ these Sectarian Parties, ‘will process and depose you, and set-up another Government,’ unless you close with the Propositions. His Majesty, on the 1st of August (writing at Newcastle, in the same hours whilst Cromwell writes this in London), answers in a haughty way, No.
* ↑ At Ragland, or about leaving Bath for the purpose of concluding Ragland Siege (Rushworth, vi. 293).
* ↑ Sloane Mss. 1519. fol. 70.
* ↑ Rushworth, vii. 1097, 38:—a little ‘before’ 27th March 1648.
* ↑ Rushworth, vi. 293;—Fairfax’s first Letter from Ragland is of 7th August; 14th August he dates from Usk; and Ragland is surrendered on the 17th.
* ↑ Cromwelliana, April 1646, p. 31.
* ↑ Rushworth, vi. 319-21.
# The Works of Thomas Carlyle/Volume 6/Letter 39

To J. Rushworth, Esq.: London, 26 Aug. 1646
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August 10th. The Parliamentary Commissioners have returned, and three of the leading Scots with them,—to see what is now to be done. ‘The ‘Chancellor’ who comes with Argyle is Loudon, the Scotch Chancellor, a busy man in those years. Fairfax is at Bath; and ‘the Solicitor,’ St. John the Shipmoney Lawyer, is there with him.
​I desire you answer my expectation herein so far as you may. You shall very much oblige, Sir, your real friend and servant,
OLIVER CROMWELL.
This is not ‘Freeborn John,’ the Sectarian Lieutenant-Colonel once in my Lord of Manchester’s Army; the Lilburn whom Cromwell spoke for, when Sir Philip Warwick took note of him; the John Lilburn ‘who could not live without a quarrel; who if he were left alone in the world would have to divide himself in two, and set the John to fight with Lilburn, and the Lilburn with John’! Freeborn John is already a Lieutenant-Colonel by title; was not in the New Model at all; is already deep in quarrels,—lying in limbo since August last, for abuse of his old master Prynne. He has quarrelled, or is quarrelling, with Cromwell too; calls the Assembly of Divines an Assembly of Dry-vines;—will have little else but quarreling henceforth.—This is the Brother of Freeborn John; one of his two Brothers. Not Robert, who already is or soon becomes a Colonel in the New Model, and does not ‘want employment.’ This is Henry Lilburn; appointed, probably in consequence of this application, Governor of Tynemouth Castle: revolting to the Royalists, his own Soldiers slew him there, in 1648. These Lilburns were from Durham County.
* ↑ Sloane mss. 1519, fol. 71:—Signature alone is Oliver’s.
* ↑ Wood, iii. 353.
# The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From Jonathan Swift to Charles Mordaunt - 5

TO THE EARL OF PETERBOROW.
MY LORD,
I NEVER knew or heard of any person so volatile and so fixed as your lordship: you, while your imagination is carrying you through every corner of the world, where you have or have not been, can at the same time remember to do offices of favour and kindness to the meanest of your friends; and, in all the scenes you have passed, have not been able to attain that one quality peculiar to a great man of forgetting every thing but injuries. Of this I am a living witness against you; for, being the most insignificant of all your old humble servants, you were so cruel as never to give me time to ask a favour; but prevented me in doing whatever you thought I desired, or could be for my credit or advantage.
I have often admired at the capriciousness of ​tune in regard to your lordship. She has forced courts to act against their oldest and most constant maxims; to make you a general because you had courage and conduct; an ambassador because you had wisdom and knowledge in the interests of Europe; and an admiral on account of your skill in maritime affairs: whereas, according to the usual method of court proceedings, I should have been at the head of the army, and you of the church, or rather a curate under the dean of St. Patrick's.
The archbishop of Dublin laments that he did not see your lordship till he was just upon the point of leaving the Bath: I pray God you may have found success in that journey; else I shall continue to think there is a fatality in all your lordship's undertakings, which only terminate in your own honour, and the good of the publick, without the least advantage to your health or fortune.
I remember lord Oxford's ministry used to tell me, "That, not knowing where to write to you, they were forced to write at you." It is so with me; for you are in one thing an evangelical man, that "you know not where to lay your head;" and I think you have no house. Pray, my lord, write to me, that I may have the pleasure, in this scoundrel country, of going about, and showing my depending parsons a letter from the earl of Peterborow.
I am, &c.
# The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From John Gay to Jonathan Swift - 24

FROM MR. GAY.
I AM at last come to London before the family, to follow my own inventions. In a week or fortnight I expect the family will follow me. You may now draw upon me for your money, as soon as you please. I have some of my own too that lies dead; and I protest I do not know which way at present to dispose of ir, every thing is so precarious. I paid Mrs. Launcelot 12l. and pay myself the five guineas you had of me, and have deducted your loss by paying off one of the South Sea bonds: and I find I have remaining of yours 211l. 15s. 6d. And I believe over and above that sum, there will be more owing to you upon account of interest on the bonds, about four or five pounds. Mr. Hoare has done this for me, but I have not had time to call upon him yet, so that I cannot be more particular. As the money now lies in Mr. Hoare's hands, you see it is ready on demand. I believe you had best give notice when you draw on me for it, that I may not be out of the way. I have not as yet seen Mr. Pope, but design in a day or two to go to him, though I am in hopes of seeing him here to day or to morrow. If my present project succeeds, you may expect a better account of my own fortune a little while after the holidays; but I promise myself nothing, for I am determined, that neither any body else, or myself, shall disappoint me. I wish the arguments made use of ​to draw you here, were every way of more consequence. I would not have you change one comfort of life for another. I wish you to keep every one of those you have already, with as many additional ones as you like. When I sit down to consider on the choice of any subject, to amuse myself by writing, I find I have a natural propensity to write against vice, so that I do not expect much encouragement; though I really think in justice, I ought to be paid for stifling my own inclination; but the great are ungrateful. Mr. Pulteney's young son has had the smallpox, and is perfectly recovered. He is not in town, but is expected in about a week from the Bath. I must answer the letter you writ to the duchess and me, when her grace comes to town; for I know she intended to have a part in it. Why cannot you come among us in the beginning of the new year? The company will be then all in town, and the spring advancing upon us every day. What I mean by the company is, those who call themselves your friends, and I believe are so. It is certain the parliament will not meet till the middle of January. I have not been idle while I was in the country; and I know your wishes in general, and in particular, that industry may always find its account. Believe me, as I am, unchangeable in the regard, love, and esteem I have for you.
# The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From Jonathan Swift to Alexander Pope - 2

FROM DR. SWIFT TO MR. POPE.
THE gentleman who will have the honour to deliver you this, although he be one related to me, which is by no means any sort of recommendation; for I am utterly void of what the world calls natural affection, and with good reason, because they are a numerous race degenerating from their ancestors, who were of good esteem for their loyalty and sufferings in the rebellion against king Charles the first. This cousin of mine, who is so desirous to wait on you, is named Deane Swift, because his great grandfather by the grandmother's side was admiral Deane, who having been one of the regicides, had the good fortune to save his neck by dying a year or two before the Restoration.
I have a great esteem for Mr. Deane Swift, who is much the most valuable of any in his family: he was first a student in this university, and finished his studies in Oxford, where Dr. King, principal of St. Mary Hall, assured me, that Mr. Swift behaved himself with good reputation and credit: he hath ​a very good taste for wit, writes agreeable and entertaining verses, and is a perfect master equally skilled in the best Greek and Roman authors. He has a true spirit for liberty, and with all these advantages is extremely decent and modest. Mr. Swift is heir to the little paternal estate of our family, at Goodrich in Herefordshire. My grandfather was so persecuted and plundered two and fifty times by the barbarity of Cromwell's hellish crew, of which I find an account in a book called Mercurius Rusticus, that the poor old gentleman was forced to sell the better half of his estate to support his family. However, three of his sons had better fortune; for, coming over to this kingdom, and taking to the law, they all purchased good estates, of which Mr. Deane Swift has a good share, but with some incumbrance.
I had a mind that this young gentleman should have the honour of being known to you; which is all the favour I ask for him: and that if he stays any time longer in London than he now intends, you will permit him to wait on you sometimes. I am, my dearest friend,
Your most obedient
and most humble servant,
J. SWIFT.
# The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From Jonathan Swift to Alexander Pope - 3

TO THE SAME.
MAY 10, 1739, AT A CONJECTURE.
YOU are to suppose, for the little time I shall live, that my memory is entirely gone, and especially of any thing that was told me last night, or this morning. I have one favour to entreat from you. I know the high esteem and friendship you bear to your friend Mr. Lyttelton, whom you call "the rising genius of this age." His fame, his virtue, honour, and courage, have been early spread even among us. I find he is secretary to the prince of Wales; and his royal highness has been for several years chancellor of the university in Dublin. All this is a prelude to a request I am going to make to you. There is in this city one Alexander M$^c$Aulay, a lawyer of great distinction for skill and honesty, zealous for the liberty of the subject, and loyal to the house of Hanover; and particularly to the prince of Wales, for his highness's love to both kingdoms.
Mr. M$^c$Aulay is now soliciting for a seat in parliament here, vacant by the death of Dr. Coghill, a civilian, who was one of the persons chosen for this university: and, as his royal highness continues still chancellor of it, there is no person so proper to nominate the representative as himself. If this favour can be procured, by your good will and Mr. Lyttelton's interest, it will be a particular obligation to me, and grateful to the people of ​Ireland, in giving them one of their own nation to represent this university.
There is a man in my choir, one Mr. Lamb; he has at present but half a vicarship: the value of it is not quite fifty pounds per annum. You writ to me in his favour some months ago; and, if I outlive any one vicar choral, Mr. Lamb shall certainly have a full place, because he very well deserves it: and I am obliged to you very much for recommending him.
# The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From Jonathan Swift to Edward Harley - 2

TO THE EARL OF OXFORD.
THE bearer, Mr. Faulkner, the prince of Dublin printers, will have the honour to deliver you this. ​He tells me, your lordship was so gracious as to admit him into your presence, and receive him with great condescension, which encouraged him to hope for the same favour again, by my mediation, which I could not refuse. Although, for his own profit, he is engaged in a work that very much discontents me, yet I would rather have it fall into his hands, than any other's on this side.
I am just recovered, in some degree, of two cruel indispositions, of giddiness and deafness, after seven months. I have got my hearing; but the other evil hangs still about me, and I doubt will never quite leave me, until I leave it.
I hope your lordship, and lady Oxford and lady Margaret, continue in perfect health. I pray God preserve you all, for the good of your friends, and your country.
I am, with entire respect and esteem,
Your lordship's most obedient,
and most obliged servant,
J. SWIFT.
* ↑ Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles, only daughter and heir of his grace John Holles, duke of Newcastle, was married to his lordship the 31st of October, 1713.
* ↑ This lady was married to William Bentinck, duke of Portland, July 11, 1734.
# The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From John Sterne to Jonathan Swift - 1

FROM THE BISHOP OF CLOGHER.
I HAVE a letter of yours of a very long date, and should, it may be, out of good manners have answered it long since; but I thought it would be better to delay the answer I was then able to make, to our first private meeting, which I thought might be soon; and for the same reason that delayed me then, I shall put off my defence till I have the pleasure of half an hour's private conversation with you, when I think I shall be able to clear myself from the heavy charges you bring against me; and therefore, not to take any farther notice of that letter, I shall, in answer to your last, which I received by last post, return you my thanks for your having taken the same care about the sixty pounds, which at your request I lent Joe Beaumont, whose circumstances at that time I was pretty much a stranger to, as you have taken about the money you lent him on the same occasion, and as this shall serve for a full discharge of all demands I have on Joe's execution, so I shall take it as a favour, if you will take on you the trouble of disposing of that sum of fifty pounds, as an augmentation to your own charitable fund, or to any other charitable use you shall judge proper, and that I desire may be without any mention of my name.
​If you desire an acquittance in any other form, be pleased to draw one, and I will sign it. I shall be proud of a visit in this mountainous country, being, notwithstanding any coolness or misunderstanding that has happened between us, as much as ever your affectionate friend and servant,
JOHN CLOGHER.
* ↑ Dr. Sterne.
* ↑ This execution was against the heirs or representatives of Mr. Beaumont, who had died several years before the date of this letter.
* ↑ A few lines before it is sixty pounds.
# The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 13/From Jonathan Swift to City of Cork - 1

TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, SHERIFFS, AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORK.
DEANERY HOUSE, DUBLIN,
I RECEIVED from you, some weeks ago, the honour of my freedom in a silver box, by the hands of Mr. Stannard; but it was not delivered to me in as many weeks more; because, I suppose, he was too full of more important business. Since that time I have been wholly confined by sickness, so that I was not able to return you my acknowledgment; and, it is with much difficulty I do it now, my head continuing in great disorder. Mr. Faulkner will be the bearer of my letter, who sets out this morning for Cork.
I could have wished, as I am a private man, that, in the instrument of my freedom, you had pleased to assign your reasons for making choice of me. I ​know it is a usual compliment to bestow the freedom of the city on an archbishop, or lord chancellor, and other persons of great titles, merely upon account of their stations or power: but a private man, and a perfect stranger, without power or grandeur, may justly expect to find the motives assigned in the instrument of his freedom, on what account he is thus distinguished. And yet I cannot discover in the whole parchment scrip any one reason offered. Next, as to the silver box, there is not so much as my name upon it, nor any one syllable to show it was as a present from your city. Therefore I have, by the advice of friends, agreeable with my opinion, sent back the box and instrument of freedom by Mr. Faulkner, to be returned to you; leaving to your choice, whether to insert the reasons for which you were pleased to give me my freedom, or bestow the box upon some more worthy person whom you may have an intention to honour, because it will equally fit every body.
I am, with true esteem
and gratitude, gentlemen,
Your most obedient, and
obliged servant,
J. SWIFT.
* ↑ Eaton Stannard, esq., then recorder of Dublin, and afterward made his majesty's prime serjeant at law in the room of Anthony Malone, esq., who was promoted to the chancellorship of the exchequer.
* ↑ In consequence of this letter, there was an inscription, and the city arms of Cork, engraved on the box, and reasons on the parchment instrument for presenting him with the freedom of that city.
# The Y2K Millenium Bug

The Y2K Millenium Bug. Congressional Record: January 7, 1999 (Extensions of Remarks) Page E30. DOCID:cr07ja99-38.
THE Y2K MILLENNIUM BUG
HON. JOHN LINDER
OF GEORGIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, January 6, 1999
Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, there are approximately 359 Days, 11 Hours, 32 Minutes, and 26 Seconds until the Year 2000 computer problem affects computers and computer chips worldwide on the morning of January 1, 2000.
As we know, many computers will be unable to process dates beyond December 31, 1999, making the year 2000 indistinguishable from the year 1900. The potential technological turmoil could cause computers to generate incorrect data or stop running. Credit cards, ATM cards, security systems, hospital equipment, telephone service, electricity, and paycheck systems could be affected. I don't think anyone is sure what will happen.
Fortunately, in the year 2000, we have a few days to recover after the Y2K problem hits because January 1st falls on Saturday. However, we lose one potential additional day because the New Year's Day holiday—by law—must be observed on the previous Friday, December 31, 1999.
I have re-introduced legislation that will provide the public and technology professionals with an additional day, prior to the start of the first workweek in January 2000, to work on repairs on failed computer systems caused by the Year 2000 computer problem. My proposal will move the New Year's Day holiday in the year 2000 to Monday, January 3, 2000.
Mr. Speaker, congressional committees have been successfully working to prepare the nation for Y2K, and this is just another proposal that may help ease the difficulties we face. It is not a silver bullet to solve the problem. It is vital that all businesses and government agencies continue to mobilize and work to repair computers in the remaining 359 days before the Y2K problem strikes. This proposal simply ensures that businesses, the public and computer experts have an additional 24 hours to respond to problems that may arise.
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# THE YANKEE AND THE TEUTON IN WISCONSIN

BY JOSEPH SCHAFER
Reprinted from the Wisconsin Magazine of History Volume VI, No. 2, December, 1922
* 1. Characteristic Attitudes Toward the Land
* 2. Distinctive Traits as Farmers
* 3. Some Social Traits of Yankees
* 4. Some Social Traits of Teutons
* 5.. Social Harmonies and Discords
* Muscoda, 1763-1856
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# The Yankee Doodle Boy

Verse I'm the kid that's all the candy, I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, I'm glad I am, (So's Uncle Sam.) I'm a real live Yankee Doodle, Made my name and fame and boodle, Just like Mister Doodle did, by riding on a pony. I love to listen to the Dixie strain, "I long to see the girl I left behind me;" And that ain't a josh, She's a Yankee, by gosh. (Oh, say can you see, Anything about a Yankee that's a phony?)
Chorus I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, A Yankee Doodle, do or die; A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, Born on the Fourth of July. I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart, She's my Yankee Doodle joy. Yankee Doodle came to London, Just to ride the ponies; I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.
Verse Father's name was Hezikiah, Mother's name was Ann Maria, Yanks through and through. (Red, White and Blue.) Father was so Yankee-hearted, When the Spanish war was started, He slipped on his uniform and hopped upon a pony. My mother's mother was a Yankee true, My father's father was a Yankee too: And that's going some, For the Yankees, by gum. (Oh, say can you see Anything about my pedigree that's phony?)
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