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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Winthrop, Fitz-john 1639-1707 (search)

Winthrop, Fitz-john 1639-1707 Military officer; born in Ipswich, Mass., March 19, 1639; son of John Winthrop, 2d; went to England; held a commission under Richard Cromwell; and, returning to Connecticut, became a representative in the Congress of the confederacy in 1671. He served as major in King Philip's War, and in 1686 was one of the council of Governor Andros. In 1690 he was major-general of the army designed to operate against Canada, and conducted the expedition with skill and prudence. He was agent of the colony in England; and so wisely did he conduct affairs that the legislature of Massachusetts gave him $2,000. He was governor of Connecticut from 1698 until his death. Like his father, he was fond of scientific pursuits, and was a fellow of the Royal Society. He died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1707.

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w England in colonial times it was known as Lydia Fisher's Jig. Among other verses of the song was this: Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Lydia Fisher found it; Not a bit of money in it, Only binding round it. A song composed in derision of Cromwell by a loyal poet commenced with Nankey Doodle came in town, Riding on a pony, With a feather in his hat Upon a macaroni. A doodle is defined in the old English dictionaries as a sorry, trifling fellow, and this tune was applied to CromwelCromwell in that sense by the Cavaliers. A macaroni was a knot in which the feather was fastened. In a satirical poem accompanying a caricature of William Pitt in 1766, in which he appears on stilts, the following verse occurs: Stamp Act! le diable! dat is de job, sir: Dat is de Stiltman's nob, sir, To be America's nabob, sir, Doodle, noodle, do. Kossuth, when in the United States, said that when Hungarians heard the tune they recognized it as an old national dance of their own. Did Yan

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