#apr 1864

[1864-66readingproject]

But then such little things as these make the troubles of people who are spared from the storm and tempest of life. Such sorrows as these are the Scotch mists, the drizzling rains of existence. The weather doesn't appear so very bad to those who behold it from a window; but that sort of scarcely perceptible drizzle chills the hapless pedestrian to the very bone.

- chapter 11, The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

April 7, 2024 (Sunday)

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

APR 08, 2024

In August 1870 a U.S. exploring expedition headed out from Montana toward the Yellowstone River into land the U.S. government had recognized as belonging to different Indigenous tribes.

By October the men had reached the Yellowstone, where they reported they had “found abundance of game and trout, hot springs of five or six different kinds…basaltic columns of enormous size” and a waterfall that must, they wrote, “be in form, color and surroundings one of the most glorious objects on the American Continent.” On the strength of their widely reprinted reports, the secretary of the interior sent out an official surveying team under geologist Ferdinand V. Hayden. With it went photographer William Henry Jackson and fine artist Thomas Moran.

Banker and railroad baron Jay Cooke had arranged for Moran to join the expedition. In 1871 the popular Scribner’s Monthly published the surveyor’s report along with Moran’s drawings and a promise that Cooke’s Northern Pacific Railroad would soon lay tracks to enable tourists to see the great natural wonders of the West.

But by 1871, Americans had begun to turn against the railroads, seeing them as big businesses monopolizing American resources at the expense of ordinary Americans. When Hayden called on Congress to pass a law setting the area around Yellowstone aside as a public park, two Republicans—Senator Samuel Pomeroy of Kansas and Delegate William H. Clagett of Montana—introduced bills to protect Yellowstone in a natural state and provide against “wanton destruction of the fish and game…or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit.”

The House Committee on Public Lands praised Yellowstone Valley’s beauty and warned that “persons are now waiting for the spring…to enter in and take possession of these remarkable curiosities, to make merchandise of these bountiful specimens, to fence in these rare wonders so as to charge visitors a fee, as is now done at Niagara Falls, for the sight of that which ought to be as free as the air or water.” It warned that “the vandals who are now waiting to enter into this wonderland will, in a single season, despoil, beyond recovery, these remarkable curiosities which have required all the cunning skill of nature thousands of years to prepare.”

The New York Times got behind the idea that saving Yellowstone for the people was the responsibility of the federal government, saying that if businesses “should be strictly shut out, it will remain a place which we can proudly show to the benighted European as a proof of what nature—under a republican form of government—can accomplish in the great West.”

On March 1, 1872, President U. S. Grant, a Republican, signed the bill making Yellowstone a national park.

The impulse to protect natural resources from those who would plunder them for profit expanded 18 years later, when the federal government stepped in to protect Yosemite. In June 1864, Congress had passed and President Abraham Lincoln signed a law giving to the state of California the Yosemite Valley and nearby Mariposa Big Tree Grove “upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort and recreation.”

But by 1890 it was clear that under state management the property had been largely turned over to timber companies, sheep-herding enterprises, and tourist businesses with state contracts. Naturalist John Muir warned in the Century magazine: “Ax and plow, hogs and horses, have long been and are still busy in Yosemite’s gardens and groves. All that is accessible and destructible is rapidly being destroyed.” Congress passed a law making the land around the state property in Yosemite a national park area, and the United States military began to manage the area.

The next year, in March 1891, Congress gave the president power to “set apart and reserve…as public reservations” land that bore at least some timber, whether or not that timber was of any commercial value. Under this General Revision Act, also known as the Forest Reserve Act, Republican president Benjamin Harrison set aside timber land adjacent to Yellowstone National Park and south of Yosemite National Park. By September 1893, about 17 million acres of land had been put into forest reserves. Those who objected to this policy, according to Century, were “men [who] wish to get at it and make it earn something for them.” 

Presidents of both parties continued to protect American lands, but in the late nineteenth century it was New York Republican politician Theodore Roosevelt who most dramatically expanded the effort to keep western lands from the hands of those who wanted only their timber and minerals. 

Roosevelt was concerned that moneygrubbing was eroding the character of the nation, and he believed that western land nurtured the independence and community that he worried was disappearing in the East. During his presidency, which stretched from 1901 to 1909, Roosevelt protected 141 million acres of forest and established five new national parks. 

More powerfully, he used the 1906 Antiquities Act, which Congress had passed to stop the looting and sale of Indigenous objects and sites, to protect land. The Antiquities Act allowed presidents to protect areas of historic, cultural, or scientific interest. Before the law was a year old, Roosevelt had created four national monuments: Devils Tower in Wyoming, El Morro in New Mexico, and Montezuma Castle and Petrified Forest in Arizona.

In 1908, Roosevelt used the Antiquities Act to protect the Grand Canyon.

Since then, presidents of both parties have protected American lands. President Jimmy Carter rivaled Roosevelt’s protection of land when he protected more than 100 million acres in Alaska from oil development. Carter’s secretary of the interior, Cecil D. Andrus, saw himself as a practical man trying to balance the needs of business and environmental needs but seemed to think business interests had become too powerful: “The domination of the department by mining, oil, timber, grazing and other interests is over.”

In fact, the fight over the public lands was not ending; it was entering a new phase. Since the 1980s, Republicans have pushed to reopen public lands to resource development, maintaining even today that Democrats have hampered oil production although it is currently, under President Joe Biden, at an all-time high. 

The push to return public lands to private hands got stronger under former president Donald Trump. On April 26, 2017, Trump signed an executive order—Executive Order 13792—directing his secretary of the interior, Ryan Zinke, to review designations of 22 national monuments greater than 100,000 acres, made since 1996. He then ordered the largest national monument reduction in U.S. history, slashing the size of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by 85%—a goal of uranium-mining interests—and that of Utah’s Escalante–Grand Staircase by about half, favoring coal interests.

“No one better values the splendor of Utah more than you do,” Trump told cheering supporters. “And no one knows better how to use it.”

In March 2021, shortly after he took office, President Biden announced a new initiative to protect 30% of U.S. land, fresh water, and oceans areas by 2030, a plan popularly known as 30 by 30. Also in March 2021, Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts urged opponents of land protection to push back against the Antiquities Act, saying the broad protection of lands presidents have established under it is an abuse of power.

In October 2021, President Biden restored Bears Ears and Escalante–Grand Staircase to their original size. “Today’s announcement is not just about national monuments,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, said at the ceremony. “It’s about this administration centering the voices of Indigenous people and affirming the shared stewardship of this landscape with tribal nations.”

In 2022, nearly 312 million people visited the country’s national parks and monuments, supporting 378,400 jobs and spending $23.9 billion in communities within 60 miles of a park. This amounted to a $50.3 billion benefit to the nation’s economy. 

But the struggle over the use of public lands continues, and now the Republicans are standing on the opposite side from their position of a century ago. Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Trump presidency, demands significant increases in drilling for oil and gas. That will require removing land from federal protection and opening it to private development. As Roberts urged, Project 2025 promises to seek a Supreme Court ruling to permit the president to reduce the size of national monuments. But it takes that advice even further. 

It says a second Trump administration “must seek repeal of the Antiquities Act of 1906.”

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[yet-another-fan-girl9]

irl bsd authors

i haven't found a list of irl bsd authors listed from oldest to most recent so i decided to do that. multiple lists for date of birth, death, and publication of the work their ability is based on (if applicable) + fun stuff at the end

birth dates (oldest to most recent)

alexander pushkin - 6 Jun 1799

nathaniel hawthorne - 4 Jul 1804

edgar allan poe - 19 Jan 1809

nikolai gogol - 1 Apr 1809

ivan gonchorav - 18 Jun 1812

herman melville - 1 Aug 1819

fyodor dostoevsky - 11 Nov 1821

jules verne - 8 Feb 1828

saigiku jōno - 24 Sep 1832

louisa may alcott - 29 Nov 1832

yukichi fukuzawa - 10 Jan 1835

mark twain - 30 Nov 1835

ōchi fukuchi - 13 May 1841

paul verlaine - 30 Mar 1844

bram stoker - 8 Nov 1847

tetchō suehiro - 15 Mar 1849

arthur rimbaud - 20 Oct 1854

ryūrō hirotsu - 15 Jul 1861

ōgai mori - 17 Feb 1862

h. g. wells - 21 Sep 1866

natsume sōseki - 9 Feb 1867

kōyō ozaki - 10 Jan 1868

andré gide - 22 Nov 1869

doppo kunikida - 30 Aug 1871

katai tayama - 22 Jan 1872

ichiyō higuchi - 2 May 1872

kyōka izumi - 4 Nov 1873

lucy maud montgomery - 30 Nov 1874

akiko yosano - 7 Dec 1878

santōka taneda - 3 Dec 1882

teruko ōkura - 12 Apr 1886

jun'ichirō tanizaki - 24 Jul 1886

yumeno kyūsaku - 4 Jan 1889

h. p. lovecraft - 20 Aug 1890

agatha christie - 15 Sep 1890

ryūnosuke akutagawa - 1 Mar 1892

ranpo edogawa - 21 Oct 1894

kenji miyazawa - 27 Aug 1896

f. scott fitzgerald - 24 Sep 1896

margaret mitchell - 8 Nov 1900

motojirō kajii - 17 Feb 1901

mushitarō oguri - 14 Mar 1901

john steinbeck - 27 Feb 1902

aya kōda - 1 Sep 1904

ango sakaguchi - 20 Oct 1906

chūya nakahara - 29 Apr 1907

atsushi nakajima - 5 May 1909

osamu dazai - 19 Jun 1909

sakunosuke oda - 26 Oct 1913

michizō tachihara - 30 Jul 1914

tatsuhiko shibusawa - 8 May 1928

(ace) alan bennett - 9 May 1934

yukito ayatsuji - 23 Dec 1960

mizuki tsujimura - 29 Feb 1980

death dates (oldest to most recent)

alexander pushkin - 10 Feb 1837

edgar allan poe - 7 Oct 1849

nikolai gogol - 4 Mar 1852

nathaniel hawthorne - 19 May 1864

fyodor dostoevsky - 9 Feb 1881

louisa may alcott - 6 Mar 1888

ivan goncharov - 27 Sep 1891

herman melville - 28 Sep 1891

arthur rimbaud - 10 Nov 1891

paul verlaine - 8 Jan 1896

tetchō suehiro -  5 Feb 1896

ichiyō higuchi - 23 Nov 1896

yukichi fukuzawa - 3 Feb 1901

saigiku jōno - 24 Jan 1904

jules verne - 24 Mar 1905

kōyō ozaki - 30 Oct 1903

ōchi fukuchi - 4 Jan 1906

doppo kunikida - 23 Jun 1908

mark twain - 21 Apr 1910

bram stoker - 20 Apr 1912

natsume sōseki - 9 Dec 1916

ōgai mori - 8 Jul 1922

ryūrō hirotsu - 25 Oct 1928

ryūnosuke akutagawa - 24 Jul 1927

katai tayama - 13 May 1930

motojirō kajii - 24 Mar 1932

kenji miyazawa - 21 Sep 1933

yumeno kyūsaku - 11 Mar 1936

h. p. lovecraft - 15 Mar 1937

chūya nakahara - 22 Oct 1937

michizō tachihara - 29 Mar 1939

kyōka izumi - 7 Sep 1939

santōka taneda - 11 Oct 1940

f. scott fitzgerald - 21 Dec 1940

lucy maud montgomery - 24 Apr 1942

mushitarō oguri - 10 Feb 1946

h. g. wells - 13 Aug 1946

akiko yosano - 29 May 1942

atsushi nakajima - 4 Dec 1942

sakunosuke oda - 10 Jan 1947

osamu dazai - 13 Jun 1948

margaret mitchell - 16 Aug 1949

andré gide - 19 Feb 1951

ango sakaguchi - 17 Feb 1955

teruko ōkura - 18 Jul 1960

ranpo edogawa - 28 Jul 1965

jun'ichirō tanizaki - 30 Jul 1965

john steinbeck - 20 Dec 1968

agatha christie - 12 Jan 1976

tatsuhiko shibusawa - 5 Aug 1987

aya kōda - 31 Oct 1990

(ace) allan bennett - still alive

yukito ayatsuji - still alive

mizuki tsujimura - still alive

work (oldest to most recent)

alexander pushkin - A Feast in Time of Plague, 1830

edgar allan poe - The Murders in Rue Morgue, 1841

nikolai gogol - The Overcoat, 1842

edgar allan poe - The Black Cat, 19 Aug 1843

nathaniel hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter, 1850

herman melville - Moby-Dick, 1851

louisa may alcott - Little Women, 1858

fyodor dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment, 1866

ivan goncharov - The Precipice, 1869

yukichi fukuzawa - An Encouragement of Learning, 1872-76

jules verne - The Mysterious Island, 1875

mark twain - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876

mark twain - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884

tetchō suehiro - Plum Blossoms in the Snow, 1886

arthur rimbaud - Illuminations, 1886

saigiku jōno - Priceless Tears, 1889

ōchi fukuchi - The Mirror Lion, A Spring Diversion, Mar 1893

ryūrō hirotsu - Falling Camellia, 1894

h. g. wells - The Time Machine, 1895

kōyō ozaki - The Golden Demon, 1897

bram stoker - Dracula, 1897 (his ability has not been named, but c’mon, vampires)

akiko yosano - Thou Shall Not Die, 1903

natsume sōseki - I Am a Cat, 1905-06

katai tayama - Futon, 1907

lucy maud montgomery - Anne of Green Gables, 1908

ōgai mori - Vita Sexualis, 1909

andré gide - Strait is the Gate, 1909

kyōka izumi - Demon Pond, 1913

ryūnosuke akutagawa - Rashomon, 1915

motojirō kajii - Lemon, 1924

f. scott fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby, 1925

kenji miyazawa - Be not Defeated by the Rain, 3 Nov 1931

santōka taneda - Self-Derision, 8 Jan 1932

mushitarō oguri - Perfect Crime, 1933

chūya nakahara - This Tainted Sorrow, 1934

yumeno kyūsaku - Dogra Magra, 1935

margaret mitchell - Gone With the Wind, 1936

john steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath, 1939

agatha christie - And Then There Were None, 6 Nov 1939

atsushi nakajima - The Moon Over the Mountain, Feb 1942

jun'ichirō tanizaki - The Makioka Sisters, 1943-48

ango sakaguchi - Discourse on Decadence, 1946

teruko ōkura - Gasp of the Soul, 1947

osamu dazai - No Longer Human, 1948

(ace) alan bennett - The Madness of King George III, 1995

yukito ayatsuji - Another, 2005

mizuki tsujimura - Yesterday’s Shadow Tag, 2015

can’t find dates:

michizō tachihara - Midwinter Memento 

sakunosuke oda - Flawless

n/a: doppo kunikida, ranpo edogawa, ichiyō higuchi, h. p. lovecraft “Great Old Ones” (fictional ancient dieties eg. cthulhu), aya koda, paul verlaine, tatsuhiko shibusawa “Draconia” (umbrella term for shibusawa’s works/style) 

bonus:

elise - The Dancing Girl (1890) by ōgai mori

shōsaku katsura - An Uncommon Common Man by doppo kunikida

Nobuko Sasaki (20 Jul 1878 - 22 Sep 1949) - doppo kunikida’s first wife

gin akutagawa - O-gin (1922) by ryūnosuke akutagawa

naomi tanizaki + kirako haruno - Naomi (1925) by jun'ichirō tanizaki

t. j. eckelburg + tom buchanan - The Great Gatsby (1925) by f. scott fitzgerald

the black lizard - Back Lizard (1895) by ryūrō hirotsu (+ The Black Lizard (1934) by ranpo edogawa)

some fun facts:

the oldest: aya koda 86, andré gide 81, h. g. wells 79, jun'ichirō tanizaki 79, ivan goncharov 79 (alan bennett is 89 but still alive)

the youngest: ichiyō higuchi 24, michizō tachihara 24, chūya nakahara 30

yukito ayatsuji’s Another is also an anime, released in 2012

both edgar allan poe and mark twain’s ability consist of two of the author’s work

[67-romeo]

Photo of Captain Edward Camden: Volusia County, Florida,1917. He put on his Civil War veteran’s uniform and tried to register for the draft on the first day of World War I(he was unsuccessful)

He rode with Stonewall and was one of the "Immortal 600."

Enlisted in Company C, Virginia 9th Infantry Battalion on 13 May 1861. Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 15 Jul 1861. Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 30 Apr 1862.Transferred to Company C, Virginia 25th Infantry Regiment on 01 May 1862. Promoted to Full Captain on 14 Feb 1863. He was captured by Union forces at Spotsylvania VA. on 12 May 1864. Mustered out on 09 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.

[millingroundireland]

Beginning with a boom: Bibliographic essay for last six posts

I excerpted this from the original post on the WordPress version of this blog, where this, and the previous post are in one document.

For this chapter, I used Nathan D. Jensen’s page on frenchempire.net, “French Expeditions to Ireland 1796-1798,” to give a description of the French invasions in Ireland. Other sources which can be helpful in learning more about this are a “Diary of an expedition [of] Humbert’s Army of Ireland, 1798” on http://www.iol.ie/~fagann/1798/conaught.htm, and Edwyn Jones’s An Invasion that Failed: The French Expedition to Ireland, 1796 to name two possible sources. On the French invasion, I also used information noted on page 89 of DK’s World History Atlas. For the description of County Tipperary in 1805 I extrapolated from the map titled “Trade and industry in the 18th century” on page 82 of the Times Concise Atlas of World History to form a description of that area. I also used information from the Wikipedia page of Ballysheehan not because I trust Wikipedia but because I put together the page in late November 2017, so I know it is accurate.

I used a number of original sources for this chapter derived from records requested from the Warren County Record Center including photocopies of: the 1865 and 1875 state censuses, specifically for Chester, Warren County, NY; page 540 of Smith’s 1885 History of Warren County, pages 181-183 of Bridging the Years – Glens Falls with photos of the Methodist Episcopal Church; cover page for case to NY Supreme Court of Samuel T. Guilford v. Joseph B. Mills, Feb 5, 1892; Warren County Court of Minutes of Common Pleas, pp 389 relating to Thomas and John Mills; Warren County Court of Minutes of Common Pleas, p 562; John Mills application for naturalization, Apr 17, 1838; John Mills affidavit for naturalization, Sept 18, 1841; John Mills application for naturalization, Apr 17, 1838; Edward Mills affidavit for naturalization, Oct 16 1841; Margaret E Mills naturalization agreement, Apr 21, 1864; Benjamin Bibby affidavit for naturalization, Oct 2 1844; Edward Mills affidavit for naturalization, Sept 2 1842; George Bibby affidavit for naturalization, Oct 17, 1844; Robert Bibby application for naturalization, Aug 9, 1840; and Robert Bibby affidavit for naturalization, Oct 16 1844.

I also rely on records digitized by Family Search within their Ireland Tithe Applotment Books, 1814-1855 collection. Specifically see: microfilm no #256672 for Owen Bibby in Newcastle, Newcastle, Tipperary, Ireland; microfilm no #256669 for Samuel Bibby in Moyaliff, Drumbawn, Tipperary, Ireland and for Thomas Biby in Mowney, Gortanacy, Tipperary, Ireland; microfilm no #256,661 for Thomas Biby in Mowney, Gortanacy, Tipperary, Ireland; and microfilm no #256494 for Nicholas Bibby in Crohane, Terma & Garrysalla, Tipperary, Ireland. All of these are within their “Applotment books, abt. 1824-1840” on the Family History Catalog.

For the paragraph on family names, I used the online database of the “Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland” on Oxford Reference and webpages on the British Surnames’s website for “Bibby” and “Mills.” For other information on the Bibby family I used information provided by certain resarchers on the Find A Grave entries for Thomas Lyndop Bibby (memorial #13693709), Margaret Johanna Shaw (memorial #13694080), Elias Bibby (memorial #67270336), Thomas Bibby (memorial #13694111), his wife Anne (memorial #20505398), entries for Thomas and Ann’s son, Samuel B. (#74875511), Eliza (#67203817) (her husband John Oliver Richards #148230281, son Nicholas Dennis #123356488 and his wife Margaret #123356191), Benjamin (#100856163), and Robert Jacob (#74522529). The same goes for his wife Rachel (#74523420), their daughter Ann (#67270337), Joseph Byron (#67070994), and William John (#74492369). I also used the memorials of Mary Elmina “Mae” Gaffield (#67071006), Sarah Anna Bibby (#111047408) who married Alvin Snell (#111028709), Martha Jane “Mattie” Bibby (#67070988) who married Edgar Wells (#67071008), Leona Fern Wells (#86703244), Gordon H. Wells, Sr. (#86703231), Arlo A. Wells (#86703214), Jean Tiffany (#86703237), and Edward Mills Bibby (#67070998). For the Bibby family also helpful was genealogy.com’s forum entries for the Bibby family.

For the information on the Mills family, I used Find A Grave memorials of the following people: Margaret A. Bibby (#67244813), John Rand Mills (#67244534), Thomas M. Mills (#67056977), Margaret Gray (#89274750), and Isaac Mills II (#67245035). I also used Family Research Group webpage titled “Emigration, Immigration & Naturalization Records,” and well-sourced Ancestry family trees were also used, but not too often!

For original records, I also used the “County Tipperary Records,” specifically the index of the 1766 religious census & transcript of the Tithe Applotments for Ballysheehan Civil Parish in 1827, The Irish National Archives’s PDF titled “Sources in the National Archives for researching the Great Famine,” within this narrative, and the “surname index by Surname” provided by connorsgenealogy, among other sources. I also used a page on the Warren County Historical Society’s website titled “History of Warren County” for some background and for information about the Common Pleas Court I used information on the Warren County Records Center’s website on pages titled “Common Pleas Actions” and “Minutes of Common Pleas.”

For the paragraph on Cashel, I used information from a webpage titled “Cashel” on Ask About Ireland’s website, which derives its information from George Henry Bassett’s County Tipperary 100 years ago: a guide and directory, 1889; Ireland Genealogy Project’s webpage “Tipperary Genealogy”; Connemara Tourism’s “Cashel” webpage; enjoy-irish-culture’s “Ireland History-Crucial Moments In The 1,000 Year History Of The Rock Of Cashel”; Tipperary Tourism Company’s “Rock of Cashel” webpage; Heritage Towns of Ireland webpage titled “Cashel, Co. Tipperary”; Encyclopaedia Brittanica’s “Cashel, Ireland” entry; pages about Cashel on the Dublin City University website; and Heritage Ireland’s “Cashel Heritage Town Cashel, Co. Tipperary.”

It is also worth noting that I used the National Library of Ireland’s Catholic Parish Registers, specifically those for the Diocese of Cashel and Emly in County Tipperary. I looked through Microfilm 02501 / 03 for marriages in Cashel and Emly Cashel from Jan 6, 1793 to May 16, 1831, finding no mention of any Millses by 1821. I also looked through Microfilm 02501 / 02 for births in Cashel and Emly Cashel from 11 Nov 1793 to 19 July 1831. I again found no mention of the Millses, even specifically looking for the years 1802-1806 for the birth of John Mills or any other Mills individual. I also searched the years 1824-1825 for Margaret Bibby and came up dry. I did not examine the other microfilms, ranging from 27 July 1831 to 12 Jan 1881 because they do not cover the appropriate time period for this family history.

For the graphics in this chapter, they are from: pages 86, 200, and 202 of DK’s World History Atlas; pages 375, 392 of the 21st Century World Atlas, and page 90 of the Times Concise Atlas of World History. I also created my own graphics from varying sources.

I, of course, also examined the page on from-ireland.net titled “Tipperary Genealogy,” used the “Inventory of Warren County Historian’s Office” for information on family files held by the Warren County Historian’s Office, looked at the page maintained by the Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly titled “Genealogical Research in Cashel and Emly,” and looked at links for ireland.com’s page on genealogy and ancestry relating to Cashel. Additionally, I read through the Ireland Genealogy Projects’s webpage(s) relating to genealogy in Tipperary, including a surname index showing that there is no one currently in that county that is a researcher for the Mills or Bibby family names, looked at the resources provided by GENUKI’s webpage titled “County Tipperary,” webpages of the Tipperary Studies website titled “Genealogy,” “Gravestone Inscriptions,” and “About.” Also helpful was the Irish Genealogy Rootkit website titled “Roman Catholic baptism, marriage and burial records,” a page on failteromhat.com titled “Land Owners in Ireland 1876” showing individuals with the Mills and Bibby surname living in Ireland at the time, the Government of Ireland’s webpage on “Irish Genealogy,” irishroots.org’s webpage titled “Finding Your Roots in Ireland,” the Association of Church Archives in Ireland’s webpage titled “Cashel and Emly Diocesan Archives.” Beyond this, Paul McCotter’s article on IrishAbroad titled “The Anglo-Norman Surnames of Ireland (Part II),” wikitravel.org’s webpage titled “Cashel,” searching a book titled A Genealogy history of Irish families: with their crests and armorial bearings, a page by the Irish Genealogical Society International titled “requesting research help,” and the UCD Digital Library for which I found no results on the Mills family.

I also looked at maps of the Hudson River, especially one titled “Hudson River Watershed,” showing how Glens Falls is at the edge of the watershed in the north, which covers a significant part of Warren County.

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[tijanadmitrovifan]

Friedrich Nietzsche Die Geburt Der Traegodie

Insel Verlag Frankfurt Am Main Und Leipzig 1994

Tragedy Brougt To Its Rebirth Apr 12, 2023

Last Borrowed Oct 15, 2015

Stellen Kommentar Zu Seite 11-12

Seite 435

Die Neu Humanistisch Orientierte Philologie In Der Sprache Vor Allem Ein Produkt: Max Mueller, Lectures Of The Science Of Language, Oxford 1861 Und 1864 (Leipzig 1863 Und 1866)

Homer Und Die Klassische Philologie

Seite 436

Medusa In Der Griechischen Kunst Seit Dem 4. Jahrhunderts V. Christ Orientiert. (...) In Der Alteren Kuenst Das Gesicht Der Gorgone Medusa Mit Schlangen In Den Haaren (...) Das Gesicht Der Medusa Erhielt Etwas Kaltes Und Schoenes Zugleich (...)

Medusa Rondanini (Glyptothek Muenchen) - Oder Etwas Leidenschaftlich Wildes

[silverygoldery]

Friedrich Nietzsche Die Geburt Der Traegodie

Insel Verlag Frankfurt Am Main Und Leipzig 1994

Tragedy Brougt To Its Rebirth Apr 12, 2023

Last Borrowed Oct 15, 2015

Stellen Kommentar Zu Seite 11-12

Seite 435

Die Neu Humanistisch Orientierte Philologie In Der Sprache Vor Allem Ein Produkt: Max Mueller, Lectures Of The Science Of Language, Oxford 1861 Und 1864 (Leipzig 1863 Und 1866)

Homer Und Die Klassische Philologie

Seite 436

Medusa In Der Griechischen Kunst Seit Dem 4. Jahrhunderts V. Christ Orientiert. (...) In Der Alteren Kuenst Das Gesicht Der Gorgone Medusa Mit Schlangen In Den Haaren (...) Das Gesicht Der Medusa Erhielt Etwas Kaltes Und Schoenes Zugleich (...)

Medusa Rondanini (Glyptothek Muenchen) - Oder Etwas Leidenschaftlich Wildes

[dmitrovicz]

Friedrich Nietzsche Die Geburt Der Traegodie

Insel Verlag Frankfurt Am Main Und Leipzig 1994

Tragedy Brougt To Its Rebirth Apr 12, 2023

Last Borrowed Oct 15, 2015

Stellen Kommentar Zu Seite 11-12

Seite 435

Die Neu Humanistisch Orientierte Philologie In Der Sprache Vor Allem Ein Produkt: Max Mueller, Lectures Of The Science Of Language, Oxford 1861 Und 1864 (Leipzig 1863 Und 1866)

Homer Und Die Klassische Philologie

Seite 436

Medusa In Der Griechischen Kunst Seit Dem 4. Jahrhunderts V. Christ Orientiert. (...) In Der Alteren Kuenst Das Gesicht Der Gorgone Medusa Mit Schlangen In Den Haaren (...) Das Gesicht Der Medusa Erhielt Etwas Kaltes Und Schoenes Zugleich (...)

Medusa Rondanini (Glyptothek Muenchen) - Oder Etwas Leidenschaftlich Wildes

[lamilanomagazine]

Milano: al Teatro alla Scala una nuova versione del balletto "Le fille mal gardée"

Milano: al Teatro alla Scala una nuova versione del balletto "Le fille mal gardée". Venerdì 14 e domenica 16 aprile 2023 il Teatro alla Scala accoglie i giovani talenti della sua Accademia, Scuola di Ballo e Orchestra, quest’ultima al suo debutto al Piermarini, per una nuova versione de La fille mal gardée, coreografia firmata da Frédéric Olivieri sulla partitura di Peter Ludwig Hertel con scene e costumi di Luisa Spinatelli, rielaborati da Angelo Sala e Maria Chiara Donato. Sul podio, David Coleman. Il balletto è stato realizzato grazie al contributo della Fondazione Milano per la Scala balletto e della signora Hélène de Prittwitz Zaleski. La fille mal gardée si annovera fra i balletti più antichi ad essere rimasti nel repertorio, essendo nato all’epoca della Rivoluzione francese. È Jean Bercher Dauberval a curare la prima coreografia del balletto, dal titolo Le ballet de la paille, ou il n’est qu’un pas du mal au bien, che va in scena al Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux nel 1789 su uno zibaldone di temi e canzoni popolari francesi. Il balletto conosce nel tempo numerose edizioni e molteplici modifiche nel titolo, nei nomi dei personaggi, nella coreografia e nella partitura musicale.   Il Direttore della Scuola scaligera ha scelto la partitura di Hertel, composta nel 1864 per la versione coreografica di Paolo Taglioni per l’Hofoper di Berlino, rappresentata al Teatro alla Scala nel 1880. Nella locandina dell’epoca comparivano anche le allieve della Scuola di Ballo. Fra le numerose edizioni del balletto nel corso del Novecento (fra cui si ricorda in particolare quella fortunatissima di Frederick Ashton per il Royal Ballet nel 1960 su musiche di Ferdinand Hérold arrangiate da John Lanchbery con inserti rossiniani e donizettiani), si cita la versione che Heinz Spoerli ideò per l’Opéra di Parigi nel 1981, ripresa dal Teatro alla Scala nel 1987 in cui brillavano Carla Fracci, Gheorghe Jancu, Bruno Vescovo e Biagio Tambone, con scene e costumi di Luisa Spinatelli, gli stessi oggi rielaborati da Angelo Sala e Maria Chiara Donato per questa nuova edizione di Olivieri. Il balletto, che appartiene al genere comique e pantomimico, uno dei generi in voga alla fine del Settecento in cui prevale l’ambientazione contemporanea immersa in un contesto agreste e in una realtà contadina, mette alla prova gli allievi della Scuola di Ballo scaligera non solo sul piano tecnico, dal momento che la coreografia è pensata per esaltare le loro abilità classico-accademiche, ma anche sul piano interpretativo, poiché richiede notevoli doti ironiche e gestuali soprattutto per alcuni dei personaggi, come M.me Simone qui incarnata da un’allieva e non da un tradizionale danzatore en travesti. Due parole sulla trama: la vicenda, che ha luogo in un tranquillo villaggio di campagna, narra dell’idillio fra Lise e Colas, osteggiati dalla madre di lei, la vedova Simone, che preferirebbe per la figlia il giovane Alain, sempliciotto rampollo del ricco proprietario terriero Thomas. Simone decide di chiudere a chiave la figlia nella sua stanza per avere l’agio di organizzare rapidamente le nozze, non sapendo che lì la stessa Lise aveva precedentemente nascosto l’amato Colas. Al momento di stipulare l’atto, alla presenza del notaio, Simone apre la stanza e Lise e Colas vengono scoperti. Non potendo più opporsi all’unione fra i due ragazzi, il balletto si chiude con il festeggiamento per l’amore che trionfa. In scena una sessantina di allievi fra il 2° e l’8° corso. Fra i momenti più significativi del balletto, che presenta diversi numeri pantomimici come richiede la tradizione del genere settecentesco e che metteranno alla prova i giovani danzatori, si citano il Ballo dell’Albero di Maggio, scena in cui si festeggia il raccolto, con i ballerini che danzano fra una serie di nastri colorati legati a un palo decorato; la “danza degli zoccoli”, che M.me Simone compie con quattro contadine, così chiamata per le calzature che generano un ritmo simile a quello del tip-tap; la danza di Lise quando sogna la vita coniugale con Colas circondata da tanti figli e il Pas de deux finale per festeggiare il matrimonio. Per i giovani musicisti dell’Orchestra, reduci dal recente successo in Oman dove alla Royal Opera House di Muscat hanno eseguito Le nozze di Figaro sotto la direzione di Sesto Quatrini nello storico allestimento di Giorgio Strehler, si tratta del debutto nella sala del Piermarini. Un debutto tanto atteso quanto impegnativo. E, come ormai consuetudine in occasione degli spettacoli che hanno per protagonisti i complessi artistici dell’Accademia, vengono coinvolti anche studenti di altri corsi, come i sarti, che dopo essersi occupati della messa a misura dei costumi, saranno dietro le quinte impegnati nelle attività di sartoria di palcoscenico, i truccatori e parrucchieri che predisporranno il trucco e le acconciature degli artisti prima dell’entrata in scena e gli allievi del corso foto, video e new media, chiamati a documentare le diverse fasi dello spettacolo.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

[thewondermentofillustration]

Rupert Bunny - On the balcony (Champ de Mars), 1913, oil on canvas; Apres le bain, 1904, oil on canvas

Rupert Charles Bunny (1864–1947) was a masterful Australian painter who was recognised internationally. Bunny was born at St Kilda, Melbourne. He spent two years of his childhood in Europe where he became fluent in French and German. In 1881, he enrolled at the University of Melbourne to study civil engineering. He quit his studies and briefly tried acting before joining the National Gallery schools. In 1884, Bunny traveled to London with his father and studied under Phillip Calderon at St Johns Wood Art School. He travelled to Paris, where he lived for almost fifty years. He made regular visits to London to see his family and to exhibit. Bunny was the first Australian to be chosen to exhibit at the Paris Solon. His early works were often large compositions that explored Biblical themes and classical mythology. He also painted symbolist landscapes.  At the turn of the century, Bunny painted work for the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He focused on painting modern life in landscapes and portraits, often musicians and explored abstracted forms. During the First World War, Bunny worked in the American Hospital in Paris. In 1932, Bunny finally returned to Melbourne, spending time with local contemporary artists.

[1864-66readingproject]

Nearly into May, which is exciting! I'm really looking forward to reading the installments for May...

I think this is the first month where both Luttrell of Arran and The Doctor's Wife have been running simultaneously where I am actually more excited to read the next chapters of LoA than TDW... I assume there's going to be some friction between Georgina and Katherine... Though I am also interested to see how the relationship between Isabel and Roland in The Doctor's Wife develops...

Also I get to read the first part of Our Mutual Friend in May! Very exciting. OMF is going to be a little weird for me to read serially, partly because I have read it before, and partly because I will also be reading it in full in July or August...

And another thing about May is I'm going to read Braddon's Henry Dunbar in its 'serial moment' as it was published in volume form in May 1864 (following serialisation the previous year I think). I'm going away with family for a week in mid-May so will probably have this one as my holiday read. 🙂

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Dave Granlund

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

April 10, 2024 (Wednesday)

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

APR 11, 2024

Prime minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and his wife, Yuko Kishida, are in Washington, D.C., tonight at a state dinner hosted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. The dinner is part of a state visit, the fifth for this administration.

Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have worked to strengthen ties to countries in the Indo-Pacific to weaken the dominance of China in the region, and Japan is the key nation in that partnership. “We celebrate the flourishing friendship between the United States and Japan,” Dr. Biden said Tuesday. “Our nations are partners in building a world where we choose creation over destruction, peace over bloodshed, and democracy over autocracy.”

During talks today, Biden and Kishida committed to strengthening the defense and security frameworks of the two countries so they can work together effectively, especially in a crisis. The new frameworks include intelligence sharing, defense production, satellite cooperation, pilot training, cybersecurity, humanitarian assistance, and technological cooperation. Affirming the ties of science and education between the countries, the leaders announced that two Japanese astronauts would join future American missions and, Biden said, “one will become the first non-American ever to land on the moon.” 

That cooperation both takes advantage of and builds on economic ties between the two countries. In a press conference with Kishida on Wednesday, Biden noted that Japan is the top foreign investor in the U.S., and the U.S. is the top foreign investor in Japan. Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have announced investments of $2.9 billion, $1 billion, and $15 billion respectively in Japan over the next several years, largely in computer and digital advances. Japanese corporations Daiichi Sankyo, Toyota, Honda Aircraft, Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Mitsui E&S, and Fujifilm announced investments in the U.S., primarily in manufacturing.

In a press conference, Kishida told reporters that “[t]he international community stands at a historical turning point. In order for Japan, the U.S., the Indo-Pacific region, and, for that matter, the whole world to enjoy peace, stability, and prosperity lasting into the future, we must resolutely defend and further solidify a free and open international order based on the rule of law.”

“This is the most significant upgrade in our alliance…since it was first established,” Biden said. While he noted that lines of communication with China remain open—he spoke with Chinese president Xi Jinping last week—the strengthening of ties to Japan comes in part from concern about the Chinese threat  to Taiwan, a self-ruled island that the Chinese government considers its own. Leaders are increasingly concerned that the Republicans’ refusal to fund Ukraine has emboldened not only Russia but also China. 

Tomorrow, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., of the Philippines will join Biden in a bilateral meeting before Marcos, Biden, and Kishida join in the first trilateral meeting of the three. Kishida will also address a joint session of Congress.

Kenneth Weinstein of the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, suggested today that Japan “has quietly become America’s most important ally,” “playing a central role in meeting our nation’s principal strategic challenge: the threat posed by the People’s Republic of China, especially the defense of Taiwan.” Weinstein also notes that Japan’s longstanding engagement in Southeast Asia means it has “forged relations of deep trust” there among countries that often eye the U.S. with deep distrust. 

Outside of news about the Japanese prime minister’s visit, U.S. news today was consumed by reactions to yesterday’s decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to permit the enforcement of an 1864 law that is currently interpreted as a ban on all abortions except to save the mother’s life. 

President Biden issued a statement condemning the “extreme and dangerous abortion ban,” calling it “a result of the extreme agenda of Republican elected officials who are committed to ripping away women’s freedom.”

“Vice President Harris and I stand with the vast majority of Americans who support a woman’s right to choose,” he continued. “We will continue to fight to protect reproductive rights and call on Congress to pass a law restoring the protections of Roe v. Wade for women in every state.”

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Tucson, Arizona, on Friday to respond to the ruling. According to Hans Nichols of Axios, she had been planning to travel to Arizona anyway but quickly shifted her visit to make it a campaign trip, allowing her to comment more freely on Trump and the Republicans who were responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the imposition of abortion bans since. 

Harris has been out front on the issue of reproductive rights, meeting more than 50 times with groups in at least 16 states since the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022, overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized the right to abortion. This year, on the January 22 anniversary of the Roe decision, she announced a “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour. 

“Extremists across our country continue to wage a full-on attack against hard-won, hard-fought freedoms as they push their radical policies,” she said. “I will continue to fight for our fundamental freedoms while bringing together those throughout America who agree that every woman should have the right to make decisions about her own body—not the government.”

Yesterday illustrated what the overturning of Roe v. Wade has wrought. The Republicans who were celebrating that overturning two years ago are now facing an extraordinary backlash, and they are well aware that Arizona is a key state in the 2024 presidential election. Former president Trump has boasted repeatedly that he was responsible for nominating the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe, supported a national abortion ban, and even called for women who get an abortion to be punished. 

But today he swung around again, telling reporters that he would not sign a national abortion ban if it came to his desk. To be sure, as Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo notes, there’s no reason to think he wouldn’t sign such a bill, but the fact he is denying that he would and is running away from the issue shows just how much it hurts the Republicans with voters. 

Harris’s trip, along with Biden’s constant travel, shows a willingness to crisscross the country to meet voters that dovetails with new statistics out about the Biden-Harris campaign. While Trump has largely stayed at Mar-a-Lago, has fewer than five staffers in each of the battlefield states, and has closed all the offices that made up the Republican National Committee’s minority outreach program, the Biden-Harris campaign has 300 paid staffers in 9 states, and 100 offices in regions crucial to the 2024 election. 

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[tma-traduzioni]

MAG098 - Caso #8640514 - “Luci spente”

[Episodio precedente]

[PDF con testo inglese a fronte / PDF with English text to the side]

[CLICK]

[Fogli che vengono spostati mentre Martin si prepara a leggere una dichiarazione]

[Lungo sospiro]

[Porta che si apre]

TIM

Oh.

MARTIN

Oh, er...

TIM

Scusa, non sapevo che eri qui.

MARTIN

No, va - va- va bene. Ne sono abbastanza felice, onestamente.

Ho bisogno di una distrazione.

Ho un’altra dichiarazione da registrare.

TIM

Le fai ancora?

MARTIN

Sì. Sì.

Ho chiesto a Elias se potevo smettere.

TIM

E ha detto di no per un qualche motivo misterioso?

MARTIN

Non saprei. Voglio dire, più o meno lo ha spiegato. Credo? Jon è “troppo incoerente” al momento. Deve rimediare ai ritardi. Il che, credo voglia dire con me.

A meno che…

TIM

No.

MARTIN

Mi ha suggerito di provare a coinvolgerti e -

TIM

E io gli ho suggerito di non essere uno spaventoso psicopatico magico. Ops! Troppo tardi.

MARTIN

Già.

[Tim sospira]

TIM

Scusa.

MARTIN

No, io - capisco. Heh. Non è che siano proprio molto divertenti.

TIM

Guarda, non è quello. Io… [Sospira]

Questo posto è malvagio, Martin. E credo che fare ciò che Questo vuole, probabilmente rende noi malvagi. E vuole che queste cose vengano lette. Voglio dire, non ti fermerò, ma al tempo stesso…

MARTIN

Io - capisco.

TIM

[Sospira] Guarda, ne hai parlato con Jon?

MARTIN

[Nervoso] Erm... no.... Non so, diventa sempre così strano con le dichiarazioni, e… credo che… non volevo farlo ingelosire?

TIM

Ingelosire.

MARTIN

Non so! Tipo? Voglio dire… guarda, non è venuto fuori, va bene?

Lo hai più visto da quando…?

TIM

[Brontolii] Più o meno. Abbiamo provato a parlare, ma lui, ha preso quel - Ah, voleva, voleva accendere il suo registratore. Io ho dato un po’ di matto, e ho detto delle cose: se voleva parlare, niente cassette, è solo che, è solo che odio quei cosi.

Tu?

MARTIN

Sì, abbiamo parlato. Non per molto, lui - Sai, credo che pensi che la distanza ci tenga al sicuro, sai? Come, come, se si assicura che noi non siamo coinvolti, in qualche modo saremo al sicuro.

TIM

È un idiota. Guarda, non sapevamo cosa fosse quella porta, e ci ha intrappolati comunque. L’ignoranza non salverà nessuno.

MARTIN

No, voglio dire, hai ragione, credo. Lui era… sai, sappiamo di Sasha ora, e… lui ha detto che non vuole perdere nessun altro.

Come, sai, se fosse colpa sua.

TIM

Non lo è?

MARTIN

No! No, non lo è! Voglio dire, hai sentito Elias… Non abbiamo mai neanche avuto una possibilità.

TIM

Già.

Forse. Ma non è Elias quello che mi ha offerto il lavoro qua sotto.

MARTIN

No, io -

Certo.

...

TIM

A-ascolta, devo, devo andare. Ho delle… cose da fare.

MARTIN

Certo.

[Porta che si chiude]

[Martin sospira, prende i fogli]

[Pausa pesante quando lui si accorge del registratore acceso]

Huh.

Sì, sai, sai cosa? Un po’ di privacy sarebbe bella a volte, okay? Non tutto è per te! Non puoi ascoltare tutto quello che noi -

Va bene, sai cosa? Sai cosa… Se sei così impaziente, okay. Martin Blackwood, Assistente Archivista all’Istituto Magnus, registra la dichiarazione numero 8640514. Dichiarazione del Dottor Algernon Moss, rilasciata il 14 Maggio 1864.

[Si schiarisce la gola]

MARTIN (DICHIARAZIONE)

La mia storia, perché questo è, non dovrebbe essere lunga da raccontare, anche se c’è molto che potreste capire dalle circostanze che la circondano. Vengo da voi non per lamentarmi della mia condizione, o per mettere a nudo la mia anima come un papista nel confessionale, ma per richiedere la vostra assistenza. Ritengo che Maxwell Rayner abbia a sua disposizione dei poteri diabolici che ha usato per maledirmi e per causare la mia cecità. O, più precisamente, per far sì che mi accecassi, perché non negherò di averlo fatto di mia volontà. Per ovvi motivi le mie accuse sono state fonte di derisione al punto tale da allontanarmi dalla maggior parte della buona società. Non poi così buona quando accusi qualcuno di stregoneria, sembrerebbe. Chiedo ora l’assistenza del vostro Istituto nella speranza che possiate fornirmi delle prove o precedenti legali che possano aiutarmi a muovermi contro il mio aggressore, anche se ammetto che le mie aspettative su quest’ultimi sono limitate.

Maxwell Rayner è bizzarro. Afferma di essere un venditore di antiquariato dall’Africa, ed è, di recente, diventato molto apprezzato in certi circoli di Cambridge, anche se non l’ho mai sentito parlare di antiquariato o della sua presunta madrepatria nel dettaglio. La sua passione sembrerebbero essere le spedizioni ai poli, ed è raro partecipare a un ritrovo sociale con lui in cui l’argomento non venga fuori a un certo punto. In particolare sembra condividere quell’ossessione stranamente specifica sul fato di John Franklin e la sua spedizione scomparsa. Supporrei che abbia intenzione di prendere parte anche lui a una spedizione simile, se non fosse per il fatto della sua cecità. Infatti, lo spettacolo dei suoi occhi lattiginosi e bianchi che fissano da dietro la pelle nera e avvizzita del suo volto è un’immagine così suggestiva che, se non fossi caritatevole, potrei suggerire che abbia qualcosa a che fare con la prontezza con cui riceve inviti e biglietti da visita. Viene guidato in giro da un giovanotto arabo di dieci o undici anni, anche se la facilità con cui si sposta mi fa sospettare che questo aiutante sia un affetto piuttosto che una necessità. Entrambi parlano un inglese perfetto, senza accenti che riesco a riconoscere, anche se il ragazzo raramente apre la bocca se non per avvertire Rayner delle cose che succedono nelle vicinanze.

Le circostanze della nostra disputa sono, nettamente, la parte meno interessante della mia storia. Ho superato la sua offerta a un’asta. Non era niente degno di nota, pensai, anche se forse avrei dovuto prendere in considerazione la sua peculiare ossessione. Era un pacco d’incerata di documenti, presumibilmente dai diari di bordo della nave scomparsa di Franklin, la HMS Terror. Riconosco una piccola dose di curiosità sulla questione da parte mia, e la mia inclinazione si trasformò in determinazione quando vidi con quanta insistenza Rayner stesse facendo offerte, e prevalsi. Mi si avvicinò dopo per discutere della questione e, forse se il suo tono fosse stato meno tagliente, avrei potuto concedergli di osservare i documenti lui stesso, ma per come era ebbi dei problemi con i suoi modi di fare e glielo negai seccamente. Tremava quasi dalla rabbia a questo punto, e mi preoccupai per un momento che la situazione potesse degenerare nella violenza quando, invece, s’inclinò in avanti e mi sussurrò con un’intensità che mai prima di allora avevo sentito in una voce umana: “Prega che Sandman ti porti solo il sonno.”

Ora, il fatto che queste parole mi riempirono con un puro terrore che praticamente bloccò il mio giudizio probabilmente ha bisogno di un po’ di spiegazioni. Mio padre non era un uomo gentile, sapete. Veniva da una rigida tradizione cristiana che gelerebbe i sorrisi dei patetici vicari che s’incontrano al giorno d’oggi. Da bambino, imparai presto che la chiave per evitare la sua ira era evitare del tutto la sua attenzione, e più che mai dopo che ero stato messo a letto. La cameretta dei bambini, vedete, aveva la porta nel mezzo del corridoio tra il salotto e lo studio di mio padre e, per tanto, lui ci passava davanti più volte a notte. Quando sentivo quei passi pesanti fuori e l’ombra che passava davanti alla soglia, rimanevo sdraiato lì e pregavo di essere abbastanza silenzioso da non disturbare il suo passaggio. Se ero mai talmente sciocco da lasciare accesa la mia candela per poter leggere qualche minuto in più, sentivo la porta aprirsi e la voce di mio padre intonare “Luci spente.” Era stato un militare da giovane, mio padre, ed era fiero di passarmi quella disciplina.

A un certo punto venni mandato in collegio alla Repton School, vicino a Manchester. Il preside, un certo John Heyrick Macaulay, era a quanto pare un vecchio amico di mio padre. Era un luogo tristissimo: aveva più di due secoli e si vedeva bene. Quando lo frequentavo ci dovevano essere a malapena cinquanta ragazzi, e nessun campo da cricket, da racquet, o nessuna della strutture che uno si sarebbe aspettato, neanche una cappella. I pochi maestri insegnavano abbastanza bene il greco e il latino, ma niente francese o musica o scienze naturali. Se non fosse stato per la relativa libertà di girare per i terreni e le città vicine, vi avrei trascorso degli anni molto infelici. Anche quando riuscivamo a giocare a calcio, era tra archi diroccati, sovrastati dalle ombre frastagliate di colonne spezzate. Nonostante tutta la vita e la vitalità dei ragazzi che c’erano, il luogo in sé e per sé era decrepito, e a volte avevo l’impressione che detestasse la nostra presenza.

Durante il mio periodo alla Repton avevo un migliore amico, un ragazzo di nome George Denman. Sono abbastanza sicuro che riconoscerete il nome, dati i recenti discorsi che ha tenuto sulla pena capitale. Beh, scommetto che non viene mai fuori durante le sue vicende parlamentari che ha la parola “Mosca 1835” tatuata sul braccio sinistro con l’inchiostro di china. Mosca era il soprannome che il preside della Repton gli aveva dato, vedete, considerando la sua propensione al correre, e lui ha insistito a trovare un ago e a tatuarselo. Questo potrebbe dare un’idea dell’animo impetuoso che Denman aveva da giovane. Superava sempre i limiti e correva via dopo il coprifuoco, e se i maestri lo beccavano veniva sempre trascinato a letto. Dormiva nella camera accanto alla mia, e ogni volta che sentivo l’avvicinarsi dei passi del maestro che lo aveva beccato, d’istinto spegnevo la mia candela, la vecchia paura di mio padre tornava tutta d’un colpo.

Un giorno, Denman mi prese da parte, gli occhi che brillavano di malizia, e mi disse che era ritornato dalle sue vacanze in possesso di un libro ‘decisamente macabro’. Era un volume tedesco intitolato Die Nachtstüke, e conteneva diverse storie raccapriccianti di un uomo chiamato Hoffman. Parlavo poco il tedesco, ma Denman lo capiva abbastanza da permetterci di mettere insieme i pezzi della storie. Le candele si consumavano mentre, frase dopo frase provavamo a decifrare la divertente inquietudine che può essere suscitata da una storia molto sinistra.

La prima della collezione era intitolata Der Sandmann, ed era quella che al giorno d’oggi verrebbe chiamata un thriller psicologico, che tratta la follia, i traumi e le allucinazioni del protagonista, incluso l’eponimo Sandman. Quello che mi colpì, comunque, fu una descrizione data di un’interpretazione particolarmente terrificante di Sandman. Lungi da quell’amico confortante dei bambini che viene spesso dipinto, era rappresentato come un vero mostro.

Mi ricordo abbastanza vivamente come la vecchia domestica della storia lo descrive, proprio come mi ricordo del mio terrore al passo che Denman tradusse:

“Viene dai bambini che non vanno a letto, e gli tira la sua sabbia negli occhi, e loro iniziano a sanguinare. Infila quegli occhi caduti nella sua borsa, e li porta su nella luna crescente, nel suo nido, dove i suoi bambini si nutrono di loro. Hanno i becchi ricurvi come quelli dei gufi, per meglio prendere gli occhi dei disobbedienti bambini umani.”

Buon Dio, solo a ricordarmelo, anche adesso, cieco come sono, mi fa ancora tremare. Potete immaginare l’effetto che ebbe su di me da ragazzo. Denman ci lesse il resto delle storie, ma riuscii a malapena a prestare attenzione, la mia mente fissata su quella figura con la sua sabbia affilata come un rasoio e un lungo becco ricurvo. Ora, quando sentivo i miei maestri camminare davanti alla mia stanza di notte, non avevo dubbi su quale forma terribile avevano preso. Avevo degli incubi terribili del Sandman, stava sulla mia porta, immobile, intonando nella voce di mio padre: “Luci spente”.

Non avevo mai detto a nessuno di questi incubi della mia infanzia, neanche a mia moglie. Allora, potete immaginare la sorpresa e la confusione quando sentii le parole pronunciate da Maxwell Rayner. Sembrò quasi davvero sorpreso dalla mia espressione quando mi allontanai da lui, sentendo chiaramente di aver toccato un nervo scoperto. Forse non lo sapeva, e io ero semplicemente una vittima di una coincidenza molto inquietante. Qualsiasi fosse la situazione, borbottai una scusa e me ne andai. Giuro che potevo ancora sentire quegli occhi ciechi seguirmi mentre lasciavo la stanza, un sorriso vittorioso che faceva capolino sulle sue labbra.

Forse potete immaginare che cosa sia successo dopo. Non so quanto possano essere vivide o da incubo le altre dichiarazioni che raccogliete qui. Di sicuro nessun altro mi crede quando ne parlo. Ma… il Sandman è venuto da me proprio quella notte.

Non era per nulla come nella storia. Era alto, sì, ed esile, ma i suoi contorni erano impossibili da vedere contro l'oscurità di cui faceva parte. Non aveva un becco, ma della sabbia nera e ruvida scorreva dalla sua bocca aperta e cadeva sul pavimento con un sibilo continuo. Le sue gambe erano lunghe, ma lui attraversò la stanza lentamente, ognuna delle sue articolazioni si muoveva e si torceva mente faceva un passo straziante dopo l’altro. Non c’era alcun suono. Guardai mia moglie, ma lei era imprigionata in un sonno tranquillo.

Un sottile raggio di chiaro di luna illuminava nitidamente un punto sul pavimento, dove un’apertura delle tende lo lasciava passare all'interno. Quando il lungo piede oscuro lo toccò, vidi la luce della luna rapprendersi come latte rancido. Qualsiasi cosa Sandman toccasse, il mondo si dissolveva in oscurità opprimente. Prima la mia porta. Poi chiudendo la distanza verso il nostro letto. Poi il letto stesso. Poi la mia Agatha. Fino a che tutto quello che rimaneva eravamo io, l’oscurità, e la cosa terribile che l’aveva portata.

Non so come feci a giungere alla convinzione che fossi nella borsa di Sandman. L’idea semplicemente arrivò nella mia mente completamente formata. Ero stato preso, e ci sarei rimasto, intrappolato per sempre in questo luogo senza luce, senza neanche la traccia più leggera a provocarmi. L’oscurità si stringeva contro di me, e sembrava riempirmi la bocca, il naso. Ma non toccò i miei occhi. E allora feci una scelta. Sapevo ancora dove il Sandman si trovasse, anche se non saprei dirvi come, e decisi che la cecità fosse preferibile all’oscurità. Se me lo aveste chiesto prima, vi avrei detto che non c’era differenza, ma ora lo sapevo. L’oscurità è molto più che non essere semplicemente capaci di vedere.

Allungai la mano verso dove sapevo che la borsa di quella cosa sarebbe stata, e afferrai una manciata di sabbia. Era già viscida per il mio sangue quando l’alzai e me la tirai in faccia. Non credo di dover indugiare sul dolore, ma per favore, sappiate che preferirei morire piuttosto che sopportarlo di nuovo.

Ha funzionato però. Nel senso che sono rimasto solidamente in questo mondo. In un certo senso ho lasciato la mia vista in quel posto orrendo, ma ho fatto bene a liberarmene, se ha fatto sì che il resto di me potesse rimanere qui . Vorrei solo che l’ultima cosa che ho visto, la visione finale che è rimasta impressa nella mia mente, fosse stata qualsiasi altra cosa se non quella terribile faccia mutevole.

Quindi, ecco qui la mia storia. Sono sicuro che converrete con me che Maxwell Rayner è chiaramente l’artefice della mia sventura. Ora, come pensate che mi possa vendicare contro di lui?

MARTIN

[Ansimando] Fine della dichiarazione.

[Respiro profondo] Io, um, penso di dovermi mettere seduto. Oh. Già, lo sono già. Giusto. Io non, uh, non sono proprio sicuro se queste stiano diventando più facili o più difficili. Voglio dire non sento -

S-Sai cosa, non è importante. [Sospira] Vorrei solo che Jon tenesse appunti organizzati meglio perché so che ha già nominato qualcuno di nome Maxwell Rayner, ma non riesco a trovare molto nel campo di informazioni -

[Porta che si apre]

MELANIE

Uh, Martin, hai visto Elias?

MARTIN

Oh, uh... No, ma il martedì all’ora di pranzo di solito incontra il personale della biblioteca, credo. Lui… Lui probabilmente sarà di nuovo nel suo ufficio circa nel giro di un’ora?

MELANIE

Ah, Grazie.

Er… Stai bene?

MARTIN

Hm? Oh, io, sì, ho... ah. Sì, sto bene.

MELANIE

È solo che sembri molto pallido.

MARTIN

Io... [Sospira] Stavo solo registrando una delle dichiarazioni, e sono…

MELANIE

Ah, già! Sì.

Sono, um... sono tanta roba, no?

MARTIN

Prego?

MELANIE

Voglio dire… ti stancano davvero. Devo aver dormito, er, per venti ore dopo averne fatta una.

MARTIN

Aspetta. Tu hai registrato una dichiarazione?

MELANIE

Sì. Era su un letto, ironicamente.

MARTIN

I… immagino che non ti vada di farne altre?

Elias vuole rimediare ai ritardi mentre Jon è via e con la questione di Tim…

MELANIE

Certo, nessun problema. An-Anche se volevo già parlare con Elias, quindi, uh, forse posso convincerlo a darti un po’ di tregua.

MARTIN

Non ci conterei troppo.

MELANIE

Giusto. Va bene. Ascolta, sembra davvero che ti serva un drink. Um, io e Basira stavamo giusto per uscire. Quindi… vuoi unirti a noi?

MARTIN

È tipo l’una di pomeriggio.

MELANIE

Hai paura di essere licenziato?

MARTIN

...

Huh. Prendo il cappotto.

MELANIE

Fantastico.

Solo, um, dammi, dammi circa un’ora. Io, ho solo un paio di cose di cui occuparmi… prima.

[Porta che si apre]

MARTIN

Huh.

[Sospiro profondo]

Oh, um, er, fine della registrazione.

[CLICK]

[CLICK]

MELANIE

Toc, toc.

ELIAS

Ah, Melanie. Posso aiutarti?

MELANIE

Oh, non proprio. Io, sono solo uscita a prendere dei caffè, e, ho pensato di prendertene uno.

ELIAS

Quanta premura.

MELANIE

Non so come lo prendi, ma a Jon piace nero, quindi… io, ho pensato che fosse una supposizione valida.

ELIAS

Lo è. Comunque, credo di preferire che lo beva tu.

MELANIE

Oh... er, cosa?

ELIAS

Il caffè che mi hai portato.

[Caffè spostato sulla scrivania]

Bevilo.

MELANIE

N... N... No. V-Va bene. Io, io ho il mio a dire il vero. È un… un decaffeinato… [Risata nervosa]

ELIAS

Penso che tu non mi creda, dunque? Che uccidere me ucciderebbe anche te?

MELANIE

I-I-Io non so di che cosa tu…

ELIAS

Il caffè non nasconde bene i sapori quanto potresti pensare. Ed è ancora peggio per nascondere la consistenza. Le pillole sciolte lasciano sempre un, um, residuo gessoso.

MELANIE

Guarda, Elias, io non farei mai -

ELIAS

Suppongo che questa sia la prima volta che provi ad avvelenare qualcuno? Sai veramente quanti antidolorifici servono per uccidere qualcuno, o speravi solamente che ne prendessi abbastanza da sentirmi male, e che tu potessi portare a termine il lavoro… manualmente?

[Un orologio ticchetta]

MELANIE

[Respiro profondo] Perché...? Perché scomodarti a chiedere allora? Perché scomodarti se sai tutto?

ELIAS

[Ridacchia leggermente] Non so tutto, Melanie. Sai quanto sarebbe stancante?

Ti dirò una cosa che non so, ed è come convincere te che sto cercando di aiutare. Onestamente, tu sei una di quelli fortunati. Ma non se siamo tutti morti grazie a un… tentativo d’indipendenza troppo zelante.

MELANIE

Non ho bisogno che tu --

ELIAS

Facciamo in modo di non avere altri tentativi d’omicidio impacciati, va bene? E non ne parleremo più. Consideralo il tuo primo avvertimento. La prossima volta dovrò portare le cose a un altro livello, e quello non sarebbe un processo gradevole per nessuno.

…

Capito?

...

Melanie?

MELANIE

...

Sì.

ELIAS

Bene.

MELANIE

...

Lo...? Lo hai acceso tu quello?

ELIAS

Hmm? Oh. Ti ci abitui.

[CLICK]

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sources (nearly all cross-column misconstruals)

1 ex Willard Phillips. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance (1823) : 195 (Chapter 12, “Deviation and Change of the Risk”) unconnected errata (at p538, same volume) — Page 392, line 21 from botton, after ‘does’; read ‘not.’ 2 ex The History of Clarissa Harlowe, Letter 53 (To Miss Howe, containing a draft (from which this passage) to Mr James Harlowe), in The Novels of Samuel Richardson... in three volumes. (Ballantyne’s Novelist’s Library; London, 1824) : 634 3 ex “Reminiscences of a Tempest-tost Life” in Putnam’s Magazine 6 (October 1855) : 416-424 (419) 4 ex “Ground Game and Game Laws,” in The Farmer’s Magazine (London; December 1869) : 522-524 (523) 5 ex “On Gardening,” by “An Optimist,” The Living Age 115 (November 2, 1872) : 303-313 (310) (from The Cornhill Magazine (October 1872) : 424) 6 ex J. V. P., “Who wrote ‘Shakspere’?” in Fraser’s Magazine (August 1874) : 164-178 (167) 7 ex (via chaotic cross-column misreads), W. J. Patten (Bangor, Maine; June 10th, 1878). “A National Church Music.” In [John Sullivan] Dwight’s Journal of Music 38:6 (Boston; June 22, 1878) : 251 8 three-column OCR chaos involving a description of the upcoming The Cleveland Convention, and a report of a quick passage of an English troop-ship through the Suez Canal (fourteen hours, between the hours mentioned above), ex Engineering News (June 7, 1879) : 177 9 ex Mister Harrington’s address to the House (May 28, 1883) on the matter of Prevention of Crime (Ireland) Act, 1882—Seizure of the “Kerry Sentinel,” involving Messrs Parnell, Trevelyan, and (Edward) Harrington owner of “The Kerry Sentinel,” in The Parliamentary Debates (Authorized Edition; Great Britain, 1883) : 969-70 on Edward Harrington (c1852-1902), consult wikipedia; DIB (Dictionary of Irish Biography); and, for (fascinating) context, wikipedia on the Land War 10 ex Charles E. Clay, “History of the State Island Athletic Club,” in Outing (An illustrated monthly magazine of recreation) 11:4 (January 1888) : 340-351 (343) followed by C. Bowyer Vaux. “Aerial Messengers” (on use of pigeons in yacht races) 11 ex index (bottom of page), in The Federal Cases / comprising cases argued and determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. Book 21 . Runaways—Shore, Case No. 12,137—Case No. 12,805 (St. Paul; 1896) : 1351 OCR misread of “upgoing”, “cheer” for printed “sheer” (which is likely a typographic error for “steer”) + OCR cross-column misread 12 ex Julie M. Lippmann (1864-1952), “Mrs. Chisholm’s Companion,” in The Smart Set : A Magazine of Cleverness 8:1 (September 1902) : 135-139 (137) author at wikipedia 13 ex South Australia. Parliament. Debates in the House of Assembly (First session of the Eithteeenth Parliament of South Australia) Booleroo Centre Railway Bill. (October 19, 1905) : 438 14 from preview snippet only (nothing on landing page), The Parliamentary Debates (official Report).: House of Commons, Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the 1st session of the 48th Parliament. Great Britain. 15 ex Raymond S. Spears. “Opportunities for Trappers Incomes, No. 1,” in Hunter-trader-trapper 22:5 (August 1911) : 27-30 (28) 16 ex Ed. A. Goewey. “An Old Fan Says:” (illustrated by “Zim”), in Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper 118 (April 30, 1914) : 418 which led (on following page 419) to Chief Red Eagle (1885-1972) his “Chased by a Moose, A Vacation Story.” on Chief Red Eagle (Henry Perley) consult wikipedia 17 from preview snippet only (nothing on landing page), The Sunday at Home (Religious Tract Society, 1914) 18 snippet (nothing on landing page), Collier’s 56 (1916) : 23 the whole — “Will I ?” she retorted with mocking awkward reluctance at last , “are you manner were both pleading and per- curtness . And then ensued an ungoing — ’m , if you've decided to jump emptory Again she thrilled him . Yet socially silent hour or ...” 19 ex “Memphis St. Ry. Co. v. Rapid Transit Co.,” Supreme Court of Tennessee. Oct. 23, 1915 (appeal, finding reversed); in The Southwestern Reporter 179 / November 3 — December 15, 1915. (St. Paul, 1916) : 639 20 ex (preview snippet only, but found in different scan linked here) “Discovering the Union Label,” by P. J. Doyle (from The Carpenter), in The Shoe Workers’ Journal 18:8 (August 1917) : 8 21 ex Gertrude Henderson (with illustrations by O. F. Howard), “Scheherazade of the Factory,” The Century 99:3 (January 1920): 427-31 (428) 22 ex preview snippet, nothing on landing page (and title suspect), Heart’s International (1920) note — this magazine seems to have been a predecessor to Cosmpolitan 1911: Hearst’s International: “World To-Day”, a middling monthly magazine, was acquired to attack politicians against whom Hearst waged war, namely Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and William Jennings Bryan. He renamed it “Hearst’s magazine” in Apr.1912, shortened it to “Hearst’s” in Jun.1914, and finally entitled it as “Hearst’s International” in May.1922. from wikicorporates timelines for Hearst Communications. scans of several numbers (as well as books published by a related entity) available via archive.org 23 ex “The Battle of Booby’s Bluffs,” By Major Single List, in Infantry Journal 19:4 (October 1921) : 427-433 the whole — “In this case , I hoped to mainexplain anything that did not seem pertain this reputation of getting results , fectly clear to me . and I felt that I stood an excellent I promptly saw that my battalion was chance , because Colonel R was an ungoing to [have the hardest nut to crack]” 24 ex Charles F. Howell, “Marine Insurance / Cuban Conditions Bad,” in The Weekly Underwriter 104:11 (March 12, 1921) : 428 aside — first page of each number features a spectacular photograph of a disaster (e.g., grain elevator explosion; train wreck; fire), together with monitory details. 25 misprint in this edition (corrected in later), John Dewey, Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology (1922) : 74 26 ex discussion following John J. Moren (Louisville), “Diagnosis and Treatment of Encephalitis,” and cross-column misread involving G. A. Hendon (Louisville), “Cancer of the Large Intestine,” in Kentucky Medical Journal (March 1922) : 204 27 ex High Egg Production by Individual Hens, Pens and Flocks (Reliable Poultry Journal, 1922) : 91 specifically, ex Part II, Chapter III, “A high-producing strain of barred rocks and how it was bred / Methods of breeding that have enabled J. W. Parks of Altoona, Pa., to develop a remarkably productive strain and to win financial independence — interesting examples of pen and flock production — Methods of line breeding and “Tracing Back” by pedigrees.” By Grant M. Curtiss, Editor of Reliable Poultry Journal 28 ex confused snippet preview (nothing at landing), Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica: Supplementum (most definltely not 1922, though so dated) in full : “of these facversial therapy and there is an ungoing debate tors .”

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Little Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery ELDER AARON B. FRANCIS Had Been In Service of Old School Baptist Church Many Years Special to The Morning News DELMAR, Del., April 18 --Elder Aaron B. Francis, aged 77 years, pastor or the Old School Baptist Church, died suddenly at his home here yesterday from heart failure. He had been serving: the churches in this locality for thirty-two years. He was pastor also of the church at London Tract, Pa. His churches included Little Creek. Broad Creek. Rewastico. Forest Grove and Salisbury, the last named as supply since the death of Elder Durand. He was a Confederate veteran, having been a member of the army of northern Virginia during  the Civil War. He was twice married, and is survived by Mrs. Francis, who was Miss Fannie Cole, of Baltimore county, Md. His remains will be interred at Little Creek cemetery on Wednesday. Above from The Morning News Wilmington Delaware 19 Apr 1920

Aaron Brice Francis, Color Corporal/Color Sergeant Born in New Baltimore, Fauquier Co., 5/14/42, son of Robert H. and Susannah E. Francis; removed to farm 3 1/2 miles north of Warrenton; enlisted 4/22/61, at Warrenton; Pvt., Co. K. Captured at Frazier's Farm, 6/30/62; sent to Ft. Columbus, N. Y. Harbor; and Ft. Warren, Mass.; exchanged. Detailed to Division Provost Guard. Appointed Color Corporal, 1863. Promoted to Color Sergeant, 1864. Wounded 3/31/65, at Dinwiddie C. H. Made his way to the Southside Railroad the next day and went by rail to Lynchburg, where he was hospitalized. Paroled at Lynchburg, 4/15/65. Removed to a farm in eastern Loudoun Co., in 1881, near Willard in Fairfax Co. Preached for nearly 31 yrs., serving as a pastor and evangelist in Va., Md., Del., N. J., and Pa. Member Clinton-Hatcher Camp C. V., Loudoun Co.

the man came along ways to died in Sussex County, Delaware. His father was Robert H. Francis, his mother was Susannah Bise. His first wife (Laura Pagf, born 1850,died 1897) is buried back in Loudoun County, Virginia. His second wife Mary F. was 21 years younger then him. He lived in Delmar. He is first picked up in the 1900 census as being a minister (don't know which church) with a number of daughters; Susanna, Anna, and Margaret (from the first wife). His sons were Roger and Lewis.