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#OTD in 1986 – Death of singer, bassist, instrumentalist, and songwriter, Phil Lynott.
Irish rock star, bassist, singer and founder of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott dies. Lynott originally played with Skid Row, (the Irish band featuring Gary Moore, Brush Shiels, Noel Bridgeman). Lynott had significant success with Thin Lizzy. The band’s first major hit was a rock version of Whiskey in the Jar, but are probably best known for The Boys are Back in Town. He subsequently had major UK success…
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#Birmingham#Brian Downey#Brian Robertson#Brush Shiels#Crumlin#Darren Wharton#Dublin#England#Eric Bell#Gary Moore#Grafton Street#Harry Street#Phil Lynott#Scott Gotham#Skid Row#Thin Lizzy
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His Guardian Angels
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Thundertober Day 2: Espionage
Kayo goes on a mission with Lady P to retrieve something that was stolen from International Rescue...
Continuity: TAG
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The hallway crawled with guards as Kayo dodged expertly around boxes and complex machinery, keeping to the shadows as she always did. She hoped she could get there before the sale was made to the highest bidder. Penelope was buying her as much time as she could up there, she just hoped it was enough.
While she ran, she thought vaguely about how they had ended up in the first place. Long story short, it had been a long week, with non-stop and difficult rescues back to back. And a long week meant that even John, who was usually quite quick with security leaks and was sharper than a knife, didn’t see the virus slowly but surely attacking their networks until it was too late. Soon enough, EOS was almost taken out and their communications and trackers went offline.
Brains and John had never resolved a security hazard faster in their lives, even giving EOS more resources to protect herself and IR’s information so that such a savage malware attack could never happen again. When they finally got their systems back online, after several long and agonising hours, Alan wasn’t answering anyone’s calls.
Scott had been beside himself, Virgil and Gordon both wanted to bash in the heads of the responsible parties, and John still couldn’t let go of his guilt, despite the other’s best efforts. That was where Kayo came in. With her brothers still reeling from Alan’s disappearance, she’d taken the initiative and called in Lady Penelope for help. She was probably going to get an earful from Scott later for adding to the worry, but right now, she didn’t care. All she cared about was getting her little brother back…
Soon, she came to the end of the corridor, eyeing the two burly men with guns guarding a large metallic door. Bingo. The guards didn’t even know what hit them before she knocked them flat on their faces. Once she was sure they both out cold for hours to come, she swung the door open, furious expression turning to relief when her suspicions turned out to be correct.
Kayo saw Alan squint against the light that filtered through the doorway, in all likelihood framing her as his saviour. “K-Kayo…?” He croaked out shakily, as if not believing what he was seeing was real.
She raced towards him, scooping him up into her arms and carrying him out the dark, dingy room without a word. Her heart broke into a million pieces when he clung onto her for dear life. “It’s me, Alan… And I’m not letting go for a long time…”
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“And so, Mr Grafton, that is why I believe-” Her long tirade finally ended when her opponent interrupted her, sighing.
“Beg your pardon, Your Ladyship, but I do have another meeting waiting after you.” The crook sighed. “Perhaps we could finish this another time…”
Penelope frowned. “But Mr Grafton, I am simply explaining my concerns about this new monorail project of yours. If I can perhaps get a dear friend of mine to assist with the designs-”
“No! Absolutely not!” Grafton froze like a deer in headlights. Penelope hid her delight behind a well-trained pokerface. Got him. “I mean…” He quickly backtracked. “I have some of the best engineers in the country working on this thing. I assure you, it’s perfectly safe.”
The noblewoman glanced down at her compact, carefully watching as the light on the top flashed twice. Kayo had Alan, and had already left for home in Thunderbird Shadow. It was high time she did the same. She sighed in mock defeat. “Very well then.” She stood up, saving Grafton’s feet from an increasingly irritable Sherbert. “I suppose I had better get going.” She smiled at Grafton, deceptively sweet and cordial. “I do hope you can get the money you require for this project, Mr Grafton.”
“I have several…” he paused, “...assets I can offer my investors, Lady Penelope.”
Penelope smiled. “Oh I’m sure you do, Mr Grafton. I’m sure you do…” She left the room as quickly as she could without raising suspicion, glancing at Parker as she did. That one look between them confirmed all that Parker wanted to know. He didn’t have his so-called ‘assets’ anymore.
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“Where the hell have you been, Kayo?!” The familiar voice practically screamed into her comms the second she came back online, as predicted. What she incorrectly guessed, however, was just who was doing the screaming. “Do you have any idea how worried we’ve all been? First Alan goes missing, and then you leave without telling anyone where you’re going?! You are in so much trouble when you get back.”
Kayo waited patiently for her brother to end his rant, and quickly cut in before he could say anything else. “Sorry Gordon, I had to maintain radio silence for this mission. This guy had already taken out our security. I just couldn’t risk him having some kind of backdoor and hearing all about it…”
Gordon, for perhaps the first time in his life, appeared to be speechless. “You mean…?”
“Yep.” Kayo confirmed. “I’ve got him, all thanks to Penelope. He’s asleep right now in the back seat of Shadow. Better get Virgil to set up an IV. Looks like those monsters didn’t give him any sort of nourishment.”
“I’m on it!” Gordon nodded on the hologram, and went to turn off the comm. Right before he did however, he said something that made her feel so much better. “I’m glad you did what you did. Both of you.” He grinned. “You guys are like his guardian angels.”
Kayo chuckled. “Thanks, Gordon. I’ll see you guys soon.”
#thunderfam#thunderbirds#thunderbirds are go#thunderbirds fanfiction#kayo kyrano#alan tracy#lady penelope creighton ward#aloysius parker#gordon tracy#thundertober#thundertober 2023#sky writes stuff
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Anyone have any wcs not up on the main? Looking for platonic/familial connections in particular!
hi sweetheart ! i'm going to post this for other members to comment , but myself personally , i'm still semi fleshing out muses , but i could see siblings / family coming in for nathaniel ackermann ( jacob elordi , i'd love some cousins ! ) , orla jones ( katie douglas , she does have a need of an older sister ) , tyler grafton ( mason gooding , has a need of a few older brothers ) , bridgette collins ( milly alcock , i am putting a connection in for her mother ) , luis cortez ( oscar isaac , has an older brother but this would require contact and confirmation with another writer ) , abigail mulligan ( renee rapp , half siblings or step siblings would be wanted ) , paloma scott ( sydney sweeney , a twin or older sister could be cool ) if you're interested , because they aren't on the main , please reach out !
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Beatport Best New Hype Melodic House & Techno: May 2024
- Artists: Beatport
DATE CREATED: 2024-05-03
GENRES: Melodic House & Techno, Indie Dance
Tracklist :
1. Erly Tepshi - Passione(Original Mix)
2. EdOne - Cant Stop(Angelov Remix)
3. ANII - On Fire(Original Mix)
4. Innarius - Hypnosis(Original Mix)
5. Petros Odin, Anastasia Nati - Fade Echoes(Original Mix)
6. Jasmin Blust - Rave in Space(Extended Mix)
7. KlangCharakter - Deep Wine(Original Mix)
8. Alex Grafton, Nedisco - Moonlight(Original Mix)
9. Nery - Mind Control(Original Mix)
10. ACE OF SPADEZ - Blind(Original Mix)
11. Lunet - Dusty River(Original Mix)
12. Cengizhan, Ertan Koculu - High End(Original Mix)
13. Far Distance - Keep on Moving(Original Mix)
14. Scott Pullen - Shujaa(Ed Mortel, Vadim Manko Remix)
15. Sam Luck - Reflections Of Us(Original Mix)
16. Anza, Geeyo Ibra - One By One(Extended Mix)
17. Marc Spieler, Julia Böhme - Focus(Extended Mix)
18. Halishan, LIA (UZ) - Escape(Original Mix)
19. Giorgio Vergani, Chris Khar - Laniakea(Original Mix)
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Beatport Best New Hype Melodic House & Techno: May 2024
- Artists: Beatport
DATE CREATED: 2024-05-03
GENRES: Melodic House & Techno, Indie Dance
Tracklist :
1. Erly Tepshi - Passione(Original Mix)
2. EdOne - Cant Stop(Angelov Remix)
3. ANII - On Fire(Original Mix)
4. Innarius - Hypnosis(Original Mix)
5. Petros Odin, Anastasia Nati - Fade Echoes(Original Mix)
6. Jasmin Blust - Rave in Space(Extended Mix)
7. KlangCharakter - Deep Wine(Original Mix)
8. Alex Grafton, Nedisco - Moonlight(Original Mix)
9. Nery - Mind Control(Original Mix)
10. ACE OF SPADEZ - Blind(Original Mix)
11. Lunet - Dusty River(Original Mix)
12. Cengizhan, Ertan Koculu - High End(Original Mix)
13. Far Distance - Keep on Moving(Original Mix)
14. Scott Pullen - Shujaa(Ed Mortel, Vadim Manko Remix)
15. Sam Luck - Reflections Of Us(Original Mix)
16. Anza, Geeyo Ibra - One By One(Extended Mix)
17. Marc Spieler, Julia Böhme - Focus(Extended Mix)
18. Halishan, LIA (UZ) - Escape(Original Mix)
19. Giorgio Vergani, Chris Khar - Laniakea(Original Mix)
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Holidays 2.27
Holidays
Anosmia Awareness Day
Aspirin Day
Doctors’ Day (Vietnam)
False Flag Day
Flag Day (Antigua and Barbuda)
Goat Willow Day (French Republic)
Godhra Train Burning Remembrance Day (India)
The Hop (Fairy Holiday)
Insipid Day (according to Jonathan Swift)
International Polar Bear Day
Majuba Day (Orania, South Africa)
Marathi Language Day (India)
Mercury Day Day
Mr. Rogers Remembrance Day
National Albert Day
National Anosmia Awareness Day
National Cigar Day
National Khachapuri Day (Georgia)
National Protein Day
National Retro Day
National She’s The B.O.S.S. Day
National Susan Day
National Term Limits Day
No-Brainer Day
Oops Day (Commemorating Tower of Pisa Leaning)
Peace Memorial Holiday (Taiwan)
Perseverance Day (Elder Scrolls)
Pokémon Day
Public Sector Day (Kuwait)
Ralph Nader Day
Read Five Pages in the Dictionary Day
Special Operations Forces Day (Russia)
Threepenny Day (Eton College, England)
World NGO Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
The Big Breakfast Day
National Grape Harvest Festival (Argentina)
National Kahlua Day
National Milk Tart Day (South Africa)
National Strawberry Day
World’s Biggest Tea Party Day (Pakistan)
4th & Last Tuesday in February
Digital Learning Day [4th Tuesday]
World Spay Day [Last Tuesday]
Weekly Holidays beginning February 27 (4th Week)
International Petroleum Week [thru 2.29]
Independence & Related Days
Aurumia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Dominica (from UK; 1967)
Dominican Republic (from Haiti, 1844)
Lebanon (Declared; 1945)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Declared sovereignty over Western Sahara, 1976)
Slavtria (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
St. Kitts Statehood Day (West Indies; 1967)
Festivals Beginning February 27, 2024
BakingTech Conference (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 2.29]
Geneva International Jewish Film Festival (Geneva, Switzerland) [thru 3.4]
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (Houston, Texas) [thru 3.17]
Iowa Hawkeye Farm Show (Cedar Falls, Iowa) [thru 2.29]
Wilmington Beer Week (Wilmington, Delaware) [thru 3.3]
Feast Days
Alnoth (Christian; Saint)
Anaximenes (Positivist; Saint)
Bhumchu (Sikkim, India)
Bir Chilarai Divas (Assam, India)
Carl Sagan Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Day of Selene (Goddess of the Moon; Ancient Greece)
Day of the Elders (Pagan)
Equirria (Ancient Roman Chariot and Horse Race) [1st of 2 / 2nd one 3.14]
Equaria, Mars Gradius (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Feast of Morrighan, the Three-Fold Goddess of War & Death (Badbh, Remain and Macha; Celtic Book of Days)
Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Christian)
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Christian; Saint)
Galmier of Lyon (a.k.a. Baldomerus; Christian; Saint)
George Herbert (Anglicanism)
Guru Ravidas Jayanti / Magha Purnima (India)
The Hop (Shamanism)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Writerism)
Honorina (Christian; Saint)
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (Artology)
John of Gorze (Christian; Saint)
John Steinbeck (Writerism)
Julian, Cronin and Besas (Christian; Martyrs)
Leander of Seville (Christian; Saint)
Silly Hat Day (Pastafarian)
Thalelaeus the Hermit (Christian; Saint)
William F. Lamby (Muppetism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day (Philippines) [12 of 71]
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [13 of 60]
Premieres
The Adventures of Chip ’n’ Dale (Animated TV Series; 1959)
The Arctic Giant (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#4]
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (TV Game Show; 2007)
The Black Prince, by Iris Murdoch (Novel; 1973)
Fast and Moose or Charley’s Antler (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 156; 1962)
The Fella with a Fiddle (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)
The Female Man, by Joanna Russ (Novel; 1975)
Girlfriend, by Avril Lavigne (Song; 2007)
The Gold Bricks, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 45 & 46 1965)
Good Bye Lenin! (Film; 2004)
Hotel California, by The Eagles (Song; 1977)
House Made of Dawn, by N. Scott Momaday (Novel; 1968)
Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)
The Magnet Men, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 43 & 44; 1965)
Not Barking (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)
Orange & Lemons, by XTC (Album; 1989)
O-Solar Meow (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)
Picador Porky (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)
Psyche, by Matthew Locke (Opera; 1675) [oldest known opera in English]
The Shriek (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)
Some Kind of Wonderful (Film; 1987)
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony; 1814)
To Bring You My Love, by PJ Harvey (Album; 1995)
A Whale of a Tale or That She Blows Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 155; 1962)
Wigwam Whoopee (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)
The Wild Chase (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)
Wild Wild World (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)
You Better You Bet, by The Who (Song; 1981)
Today’s Name Days
Baldur, Gabriel, Marko, Markward (Austria)
Donat, Gabrijel (Croatia)
Alexandr (Czech Republic)
Leander (Denmark)
Helbe, Helve, Helvi (Estonia)
Torsti (Finland)
Honorine, Léandre (France)
Baldur, Gabriel, Marko (Germany)
Asklepios, Asklipios, Nisios (Greece)
Edina (Hungary)
Leandro, Onorina (Italy)
Andra, Daiva, Līva, Līvija (Latvia)
Fortūnatas, Gabrielius, Ginvilas, Skirmantė (Lithuania)
Laila, Lill (Norway)
Aleksander, Anastazja, Auksencjusz, Gabriel, Gabriela, Honoryna, Leander, Leonard, Sierosława (Poland)
Procopie, Talaleu (Romania)
Alexander (Slovakia)
Gabriel (Spain)
Lage (Sweden)
Margaret (Ukraine)
Houston, Leander, Leandra, Leandro, Leland (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 58 of 2024; 308 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 9 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 10 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 18 (Xin-You)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)
Hebrew: 18 Adair I 5784
Islamic: 17 Sha’ban 1445
J Cal: 28 Grey; Sevenday [28 of 30]
Julian: 14 February 2024
Moon: 91%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 2 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Anaximenes]
Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 69 of 89)
Week: 4th Week of February
Zodiac: Pisces (Day 9 of 30)
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Holidays 2.27
Holidays
Anosmia Awareness Day
Aspirin Day
Doctors’ Day (Vietnam)
False Flag Day
Flag Day (Antigua and Barbuda)
Goat Willow Day (French Republic)
Godhra Train Burning Remembrance Day (India)
The Hop (Fairy Holiday)
Insipid Day (according to Jonathan Swift)
International Polar Bear Day
Majuba Day (Orania, South Africa)
Marathi Language Day (India)
Mercury Day Day
Mr. Rogers Remembrance Day
National Albert Day
National Anosmia Awareness Day
National Cigar Day
National Khachapuri Day (Georgia)
National Protein Day
National Retro Day
National She’s The B.O.S.S. Day
National Susan Day
National Term Limits Day
No-Brainer Day
Oops Day (Commemorating Tower of Pisa Leaning)
Peace Memorial Holiday (Taiwan)
Perseverance Day (Elder Scrolls)
Pokémon Day
Public Sector Day (Kuwait)
Ralph Nader Day
Read Five Pages in the Dictionary Day
Special Operations Forces Day (Russia)
Threepenny Day (Eton College, England)
World NGO Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
The Big Breakfast Day
National Grape Harvest Festival (Argentina)
National Kahlua Day
National Milk Tart Day (South Africa)
National Strawberry Day
World’s Biggest Tea Party Day (Pakistan)
4th & Last Tuesday in February
Digital Learning Day [4th Tuesday]
World Spay Day [Last Tuesday]
Weekly Holidays beginning February 27 (4th Week)
International Petroleum Week [thru 2.29]
Independence & Related Days
Aurumia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Dominica (from UK; 1967)
Dominican Republic (from Haiti, 1844)
Lebanon (Declared; 1945)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Declared sovereignty over Western Sahara, 1976)
Slavtria (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
St. Kitts Statehood Day (West Indies; 1967)
Festivals Beginning February 27, 2024
BakingTech Conference (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 2.29]
Geneva International Jewish Film Festival (Geneva, Switzerland) [thru 3.4]
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (Houston, Texas) [thru 3.17]
Iowa Hawkeye Farm Show (Cedar Falls, Iowa) [thru 2.29]
Wilmington Beer Week (Wilmington, Delaware) [thru 3.3]
Feast Days
Alnoth (Christian; Saint)
Anaximenes (Positivist; Saint)
Bhumchu (Sikkim, India)
Bir Chilarai Divas (Assam, India)
Carl Sagan Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Day of Selene (Goddess of the Moon; Ancient Greece)
Day of the Elders (Pagan)
Equirria (Ancient Roman Chariot and Horse Race) [1st of 2 / 2nd one 3.14]
Equaria, Mars Gradius (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Feast of Morrighan, the Three-Fold Goddess of War & Death (Badbh, Remain and Macha; Celtic Book of Days)
Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Christian)
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Christian; Saint)
Galmier of Lyon (a.k.a. Baldomerus; Christian; Saint)
George Herbert (Anglicanism)
Guru Ravidas Jayanti / Magha Purnima (India)
The Hop (Shamanism)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Writerism)
Honorina (Christian; Saint)
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (Artology)
John of Gorze (Christian; Saint)
John Steinbeck (Writerism)
Julian, Cronin and Besas (Christian; Martyrs)
Leander of Seville (Christian; Saint)
Silly Hat Day (Pastafarian)
Thalelaeus the Hermit (Christian; Saint)
William F. Lamby (Muppetism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day (Philippines) [12 of 71]
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [13 of 60]
Premieres
The Adventures of Chip ’n’ Dale (Animated TV Series; 1959)
The Arctic Giant (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#4]
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (TV Game Show; 2007)
The Black Prince, by Iris Murdoch (Novel; 1973)
Fast and Moose or Charley’s Antler (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 156; 1962)
The Fella with a Fiddle (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)
The Female Man, by Joanna Russ (Novel; 1975)
Girlfriend, by Avril Lavigne (Song; 2007)
The Gold Bricks, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 45 & 46 1965)
Good Bye Lenin! (Film; 2004)
Hotel California, by The Eagles (Song; 1977)
House Made of Dawn, by N. Scott Momaday (Novel; 1968)
Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)
The Magnet Men, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 43 & 44; 1965)
Not Barking (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)
Orange & Lemons, by XTC (Album; 1989)
O-Solar Meow (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)
Picador Porky (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)
Psyche, by Matthew Locke (Opera; 1675) [oldest known opera in English]
The Shriek (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)
Some Kind of Wonderful (Film; 1987)
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony; 1814)
To Bring You My Love, by PJ Harvey (Album; 1995)
A Whale of a Tale or That She Blows Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 155; 1962)
Wigwam Whoopee (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)
The Wild Chase (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)
Wild Wild World (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)
You Better You Bet, by The Who (Song; 1981)
Today’s Name Days
Baldur, Gabriel, Marko, Markward (Austria)
Donat, Gabrijel (Croatia)
Alexandr (Czech Republic)
Leander (Denmark)
Helbe, Helve, Helvi (Estonia)
Torsti (Finland)
Honorine, Léandre (France)
Baldur, Gabriel, Marko (Germany)
Asklepios, Asklipios, Nisios (Greece)
Edina (Hungary)
Leandro, Onorina (Italy)
Andra, Daiva, Līva, Līvija (Latvia)
Fortūnatas, Gabrielius, Ginvilas, Skirmantė (Lithuania)
Laila, Lill (Norway)
Aleksander, Anastazja, Auksencjusz, Gabriel, Gabriela, Honoryna, Leander, Leonard, Sierosława (Poland)
Procopie, Talaleu (Romania)
Alexander (Slovakia)
Gabriel (Spain)
Lage (Sweden)
Margaret (Ukraine)
Houston, Leander, Leandra, Leandro, Leland (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 58 of 2024; 308 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 2 of week 9 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 10 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 18 (Xin-You)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)
Hebrew: 18 Adair I 5784
Islamic: 17 Sha’ban 1445
J Cal: 28 Grey; Sevenday [28 of 30]
Julian: 14 February 2024
Moon: 91%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 2 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Anaximenes]
Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 69 of 89)
Week: 4th Week of February
Zodiac: Pisces (Day 9 of 30)
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#OTD in 1986 – Death of singer, bassist, instrumentalist, and songwriter, Phil Lynott.
#OTD in 1986 – Death of singer, bassist, instrumentalist, and songwriter, Phil Lynott.
Irish rock star, bassist, singer and founder of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott dies. Lynott originally played with Skid Row, (the Irish band featuring Gary Moore, Brush Shiels, Noel Bridgeman). Lynott had significant success with Thin Lizzy. The band’s first major hit was a rock version of Whiskey in the Jar, but are probably best known for The Boys are Back in Town. He subsequently had major UK success…
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E. Schelling Contractor (Photo taken by Scott Fajack on March 27, 2023 at Valentine St. near Cerro Gordo St. in the Elysian Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA)
In 1909, Schelling was awarded the contract for improving "Manzanita St," including grading and graveling, cement curb, and cement gutter, vitrified block gutter; at the same time he was also awarded the contract for a portion of Cerro Gordo St. so that may be this sighting. In the same year, he submitted a bed for constructing Section 3 of South Los Angeles Main Sewer (Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, Volume 3, Engineers and Architects Association of Southern California, 1909)!
In 1916, Schelling "abandoned the contract before full performance thereof" for the construction of a street improvement in Vancouver (The Pacific Reporter, Volume 154, West Publishing Company, 1916). How scandalous!
In the same year, he was noted as being in Burbank, CA, where he was awarded the contract for improving Glendale avenue in Glendale, between First street and Verdugo road (Contractor, Volume 23, McGraw Publishing Company, 1916).
By the following year, E. Schelling was located at 4316 South Figueroa street in the South Figueroa Corridor neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. Almost all the info I found was in 1917, so get ready for a lot from Southwest Builder and Contractor, Volume 50 (F. W. Dodge Company, 1917).
He submitted bids to the Los Angeles "board of public works for grading and oiling Burns avenue between Virgil and Vermont avenues" including "grading to finished surface," ...cultivating, tamping, and oiling, ... Class A cement curb, ... cement walk, ... (and) concrete gutter;" "for constructing cement curbs and sidewalks on Echo Park avenue between Vestal avenue and Donaldson street;" "for the improvement of Effie street between Micheltorena street and Maltman avenue" including "rough grading, … finish grade and oil, … curb, …side walk, …concrete gutter, … (and) storm drain;" "for improving Myra street from santa Monica boulevard to Hoover street" including bitulithic paving including grading, rough grading to grade, finishing grading, oiling and rolling, cement curb, cement sidewalk, concrete gutter, storm drain, and remodeling sanitary sewer manhole; for "improving Bates avenue from Effie street to Sunset boulevard," including asphalt paving, rough grading, finishing grade and oil, curb, sidewalk, concrete gutter, brick gutter, and storm drain; "for grading and oiling Eagle street between Ezra street and Concord street" including rough grading, finish grade and oil, curb, sidewalk, and concrete gutter; "for rough grading and grading to finish grade at Lemoyne and Baxter streets;" "for grading and oiling and constructing cement curbs, sidewalks and gutters on Grafton street between Lucretia avenue and Lemoyne street;" "for grading an oiling and constructing cement curb, sidewalk and gutter and storm drain in Preston avenue between Husted street and Avalon street;" "for grading and oiling and constructing concrete pavement, cement curb, sidewalk and gutter in Twenty-fifth street between Nevin and Compton avenues." He pretty much seems to have done most of Echo Park!
He submitted a bid "for constructing a concrete retaining wall 1185 ft. long on south side of Brooklyn avenue east of Evergreen avenue."
In 1918, Schelling was still on Figueroa and was awarded the "contract for grading and oiling Preston Ave." and "for the improvement of Myra St. between Santa Monica Blvd. and Hoover St.," which had been submitted in the year prior (Engineering and Contracting: Buildings, General Contracting, Structures and Civil Engineering, Volume 49, Myron C. Clark Publishing Company, 1918).
In October of 1920, Schelling had a $20k "paving and sidewalk contract in a new sub-division in the north part of Los Angeles near Eagle Rock." In November of 1920, Schelling was listed as being located in Venice and being "low bidder of improvements on the South Mountain Road near Santa Paula, Ventura County." Plus, Russel and Whitney noted that "Mr. Schelling has been very busy of late and is very anxious to start his new 30-B Bucyrus shovel which was recently shipped to him" (Russell, I.T. and C. W. Whitney. "Notes from the Pacific Coast," Excavating Contractor, Volumes 13-14, A.B. Morse Company, 1916). [Obviously Google Books is wrong here because the edition is from 1920, so the volume cannot be from 1916.]
The only E. Schelling I found in the Los Angeles area around this time who seems to have something to do with the contractor business is Eugene Schelling. According to the 1940 Census, Eugene was born in 1882 in Switzerland and lived at 920 S Fremont in Los Angeles, California. That is not currently an address. I am guessing it was taken out by the 110 freeway. He died in 1951 and is buried at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in L.A. (Find a Grave). However, knowing all this, I was able to confirm that Eugene is our E. Schelling, as per the 1917 Los Angeles City Directory, Eugene Schilling or Schelling or Shilling was located at 4316 S. Figueroa and was a contractor (Los Angeles Directory Co., accessed via the Los Angeles Public Library's Historic City and Business & Phone Directories Collection).
This led me to find a bigger job that Eugene did with an Oscar Schelling. ("Road Construction with a Diesel Oil Dragline: California Contractor Handles a Fill Along the Pacific Coast with Remarkably Low Fuel Cost." Contractors and Engineers Monthly, Volume 6, pg. 73, Buttenheim-Dix Publishing Corporation, 1923). For a contract that H.H. Peterson had, Eugene and Oscar did the earth-moving work.
In the 1940 Census, Oscar Schelling, also born in Switzerland around 1877, lived at 427 Orange Grove in Glendale, CA with the Groshong family. He was a graduate of the "scientific course" at Los Angeles High School (Annual Report, Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles, 1897). In 1910, Oscar had a patent for a grapple (?) with A. A. Phillips ("Gas-Appliance Patents," The Natural Gas Journal, Volume 4, Periodicals Publishing Company, 1910). I don't yet know his relationship to Eugene but perhaps they were brothers?
Oscar was also in the construction business. He had a contract for a highway in Seal Beach, California, in which he used a 30-B Bucyrus dragline excavator driving with a Diesel oil engine as pictured here (pg. 122, April 1923, "Pacific Coast News," Excavating Engineer, Volumes 16-17, A.B. Morse Company, 1922). The day shift included Harvey Kramer as engineer and Arthur Schelling (also of unknown relation) as oiler; the night shift had Frank Mayes as engineer and Sam Viluda as oiler (Birkhead P.H., "Pacific Coast News," Excavating Engineer, Volumes 16-17, A.B. Morse Company, 1922).
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Vol. 1), 1918-38, entry for 14th April 1923
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Saturday 14th April
We dined at three tables this evening at the Grafton Galleries, we being the Carlisles, the Prince of Wales,¹ Poppy Baring,² Mrs Coats,³ Alice Astor, Prince Henry⁴ and a little woman he is flirting [with], Prince George,⁵ Lady Alexandra Curzon,⁶ Serge Obolensky and Paul of Serbia. Paul Whiteman,⁷ an American, conducted his fabulous orchestra with intoxicating skill on hearing who was in the room. At about 11.30 the Prince of Wales decided to commandeer the band and we left . . . but where to go? We agreed on the Curzons’ house (which is closed for repairs). The Prince of Wales sent to St James Palace for a great deal of champagne: the band of twenty-eight musicians arrived and we all crept stealthily into the darkened house. But no glasses! Prince Henry and I searched the bedrooms and collected every available toothbrush glass . . . . At dawn we went out on the balcony and at last when the band was ready to collapse and we were exhausted we sadly separated. It was 7.30 Sunday morning. We walked up Pall Mall in our evening dress hunting taxis. The guard at Marlborough House⁸ recognised the young pink princes and presented arms. We have all sworn to secrecy about this hush party but I wonder how long it will be before all of London knows and gossips. I shan’t say a word.
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1. Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (1894-1972), elder son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Prince of Wales 1911; succeeded his father in January 1936 as King Edward VIII, abdicated December 1936; created Duke of Windsor on his abdication; married Wallis Warfield Simpson (1896-1986), of Baltimore, in 1937.
2. Helen Azalea ‘Poppy’ Baring (1901-80), daughter of Sir Godfrey Baring Bt, and Eva Hermione Mackintosh: the Duke of York had proposed to her in 1921 but his mother, Queen Mary, had forbidden the union because of her supposed unsuitability. She was also vetoed as a bride for Prince George, whose mistress she became. She married William Piers Thursby (1904-77) in 1928. She ran a dress shop in Down Street, off Piccadilly in London.
3. Audrey Evelyn James (1902-68), daughter of William Dodge James, married in 1922 Captain Muir Dudley Coats MC (1897-1927) of the Scots Guards. Having been widowed she married in 1930 Marshall James Field (1893-1956), an American department-store heir, investment banker and newspaper proprietor. They divorced in 1934.
4. Prince Henry William Frederick Albert (1900-74), third son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Duke of Gloucester 1928; married in 1935 Lady Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott (1901-2004), daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch.
5. Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund (1902-42), fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, created Duke of Kent 1934; married in 1934 Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906-68). Although known before his marriage to have had a number of mistresses he was also believed to be bisexual, and became one of Channon’s closest friends. He was killed on active service with the RAF when his flying boat crashed into a hillside in Caithness.
6. Lady Alexandra Naldera ‘Baba’ Curzon (1904-95), Lord Curzon’s youngest daughter by his first marriage. In 1925 she married Major Edward Dudley ‘Fruity’ Metcalfe (1887-1957), confidant and equerry of the future King Edward VIII, but conducted a number of affairs with men in high society, notably Lord Halifax, between the wars. Because of her flirtations with various fascists in the 1930s her nickname morphed into ‘Baba Blackshirt’.
7. Paul Samuel Whiteman (1890-1967) was one of America’s most famous band leaders.
8. Residence of Queen Alexandra in her widowhood.
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"I never forgot that I was an American": the story of the Maryland Loyalist Regiment [Part 1]
One of the books that talks about Marylanders who sympathized with the British Crown (people like Robert Alexander), which the governments of MD and DE tried to suppress.
In March 1783, Major Walter Dulany, in the Maryland Loyalist Regiment, wrote to Sir Guy Charlton, saying that while he still saw "miseries" of American independence, and "acted with the great zeal, against my rebellious countrymen," he never "forgot that I was an American." A such, he said that if the war still continued after independence was granted he would resign, as he could not " act either directly or indirectly against America." Some have called this "an excellent declaration of principles and demonstrates just exactly what Loyalists had to put themselves through to serve the British. Not only a material risk, but one which troubled many a conscience." [1] It is this spirit which informs a discussion about the sympathizers of the British Crown (often given the moniker of "loyalist" which obscures their role in this historical context) that joined the "Maryland Loyalist Regiment," people who groups, like the Daughters of the American Revolution (and undoubtedly the Sons of the American Revolution), automatically dismiss as being "patriots," treating them as noting better than "traitors." As such, it is worth telling their story.
Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog.
In come the Marylanders
While the Maryland Loyalist Regiment (also called the Col. Chalmer's Corps, the First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists or the Maryland Loyalist Corps) is one of the 38 "loyalist" regiments which lasted from 1777 to 1783, very little information is available on those that served in their ranks. [2] However, we do know that the regiment was headed by a man named James Chalmers, who became the lieutenant colonel and had drafted a pamphlet called Plain Truth which was opposed to Thomas Paine's Common Sense, the previous year.
Chalmers advocated for the creation of the regiment, which was granted in October 1777, arguing that control of the Delmarva Peninsula was important for success in the war, which turned to be correct in historical terms. [3] One of the other major generals in the regiment was man by the name of Philip Barton Key, who was Francis Scott Key's uncle. According to his account, in December 1777 he met Chalmers in British-occupied Philadelphia where he commissioned him a Lieutenant while William Howe "permitted the enthusiastic Key to raise his own company, which proceeded to make dangerous forays into the countryside to recruit more loyalists." [4] Due to his success as a "natural leader, [who was] brilliant and brave," on March 1, 1778, he was promoted to the rank of captain.
The story of Barnet Turner, who I wrote about while working at the Maryland State Archives, gives a good general context of the regiment:
...The unit was created by British general William Howe after the British capture of Philadelphia in the autumn of 1777. Recruiting started around the captured American capital and later expanded to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The unit was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Chalmers, a Kent County planter. After training from November 1777 until spring 1778, the soldiers marched up to Long Island. The unit stayed there until the end of 1778. It later saw action in West Florida until its surrender after the Spanish siege of Pensacola in 1781. They were later sent back to New York.
Other officers would be Philadelphia native Walter Dulany, the commissary general for Maryland, whose son Grafton served with the regiment in Florida, "where he died in 1778" and William Augustus Bowles (1763-1805), a Frederick County, MD "adventurer who had first lived among the Creeks after he was cashiered from the Maryland Loyalist Corps that had been sent to Pensacola in December 1778." Bowles, also known as Estajoca, organized "Native American attempts to create their own state outside of Euro-American control" and convinced the Creeks to "support the British garrison of Pensacola against the Spaniards, but the garrison fell when its ship was hit by artillery fire from the Spanish ships" while Bowles, after the battle in Pensacola "was reinstated in the British Army, and went to the Bahamas." Beyond that, he would establish "a trading post along the Chattahoochee River," have two wives which he used "as the basis for his claim to exert political influence among the Creeks," and later received and seen as a powerful leader "for Creek and Cherokee Nations." I've written before about him, and his connections with the British.
Another officer was a man named Daniel Dulany Addison, a captain for the regiment in 1782, and a major in the corps in 1783. Beyond that, John Stewart and William Stirling were ensigns, John Stirling and Levin Townsend were lieutenants. [5] Also among them was a paymaster named Anthony Stewart who held that position in January and March 1783 at least. Other commissioned officers included Captains Patrick Kennedy, Grafton Dulany, Alexander Middleton (for a short time), Walter Dulany, Caleb Jones (former sheriff of Somerset County), Isaac Costin, James Frisby, and Major John McDonald. Eventually, captains of the regiment were eventually divided between the Eastern and Western shores of the Chesapeake Bay (I'm taking some of this text from my biography on Barnet Turner which I'll talk about later).
In following years, the regiment would fight in Pensacola for the British (in 1778 and 1779), joined by other British "loyalist" regiments, all part of the British army as a whole. [6] The regiment was, when it marched "out of Philadelphia along with the rest of the British Army in June 1778," consisted of "370 officers and men," making it second in size "only to the Queen’s Rangers amongst the Loyalist units leaving the city." In December 1778, in Pensacola, the Marylanders were joined by their "brothers" to the north: "183 Pennsylvania Loyalists commanded by Lt. Colonel William Allen." [7] Unfortunately for the Marylanders, the British never fully trusted them, with Chalmers' soldiers shipped to the war's periphery, fighting "gallantly" in Pensacola, with captured survivors paroled, waiting out the rest of their lives in New York City. This included men such as John Noble, a corporal, who "was held as a prisoner of war in Havana and eventually repatriated to New York City." By the end of 1779, the Maryland and Pennsylvania "loyalist" groups merged temporarily, later breaking apart due to the battle at Pensacola. [8] Their "motley" group, fought for years to come in this part of West Florida for the British Crown. By February 1781 the united MD and PA soldiers "contained only 300 rank-and-file members" likely because Marylanders were some of those who took the offensive against the Spanish in previous months but were repulsed. [9] By May the number had shrunk even more: the "combined strength of both the Maryland and Pennsylvania Loyalists" was only 160 men.
By 1782, Chalmers, the gentleman in "his neighborhood,"did not have a full roster of recruits since the regiment was "very deficient in numbers." [10] While officers paid for rations, by April there were only 137 in the Maryland unit, and 68 in the corresponding one from Pennsylvania. Even so, abstracts of pay show that depending on the number of officers 591-623 pounds were paid out, the equivalent to approximately $86,800 to $91,400 today. [11] That is a sizable amount to say the least. This proves what one historian writes about the regiment: that it was one of the only pro-Crown regiments that was "regularly organized, officered, and paid." [12] Even so, over the years, the soldiers in the regiment, dressed in "tatters and rags instead of uniforms" (in the summer of 1779), with many killed by smallpox in Pensacola, and the unit suffered a huge problem with desertion.
What the Library and Archives Canada can tell us
While there are varying resources, such as this page by the Loyalist Institute or the Orderly Book of the regiment from June to October 1778, the original records, specifically muster rolls, tell more of the story. [13] Unfortunately they basically begin in mid-1782 as attested on a spreadsheet I put together using microfilm from here and here, within this collection, on enlisted men and their officers in the Maryland "Loyalist" regiment. I can't thank enough the Josée Belisle of the Registration and Reprography Unit at the Library and Archive Canada, telling me, after I requested copies that
The material you have requested above is already digitized and available online. There is no charge for material available on our website. Please note that you have to do your own research within the microfilm link to find the appropriate document. To make sure your reference matches the document, you have to rely on the page number on the document itself, not on the pagination provided from the microfilm link. Please note that any material provided online by LAC is restricted to research purposes or private study only. Users wishing to use the copies for any other purpose should inform themselves of Copyright regulations.
I would say this article falls under the "research purposes" and "private study" restrictions without a doubt.
By April 1782, Patrick Kennedy's company, of which James Chalmers and Walter Dulany were part of, consisted of a small number of individuals, seemingly only numbering 29 individuals, three of which were prisoners of the Spanish. These three people were: Frederick Beehan, James Cummins, and John Ratcliff, while other documents listed William Wells, Thomas Clay, and Patrick Hervey as prisoners (who were in different companies). Otherwise, the rest of the company was intact.
Fast forward to June 1782. The names of 19 or 20 officers within the regiment was recorded as was the subsistence (money) due to the officers (non-commissioned and commissioned) and the regular soldiers. Also there was, likely that month, a listing of the men with the companies of Kennedy, Jones, Key, Frisby, and Addison, along with the Abstract of Subsistence due one Corporal and Six Private Men to the 24th of June 1782 Inclusive. These documents showed that there were six companies within the regiment, composed of the following officers:
Captain Patrick Kennedy -- 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, 17 soldiers (privates)
Caleb Jones -- 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, 18 soldiers (privates)
Philip Barton (B.) Key -- 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, 16 soldiers (privates)
James Frisby -- 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, 24 soldiers (privates)
Daniel D. Addison -- 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, 6 soldiers (privates)
The Vacant Company -- 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, 14 soldiers (privates)
Additionally, apart from Chalmers as the Lieutenant Colonel, Walter Dulany was the major, Levin Townsend and John Sterling as Lieutenants, William Sterling, John Henley, William Bowles, and John Stewart as Ensigns while John Patomon was chaplain, James Henby was adjutant, Thomas Welch was quartermaster, and William Stafford was Surgeons Mate.
October 1782
By October 1782 the muster rolls for all the companies, all of which were clearly not at full capacity, likely from fighting the Spanish and because they were at the "edge" of the British empire meaning that it was hard to get new recruits. They could keep getting pay for the Officers and Private Men but that wouldn't change much about the loss within their ranks.
Starting with Patrick Kennedy's company, none deserted that month, but those who had been prisoners with the Spanish rejoined the company. One man, John Patterson (same as John Patomon listed earlier), the Chaplain, was in Newton, while soldier James Orchard was in the hospital and soldier John Urguhart was sent to serve in James Frisby's company. A reprint of that muster roll showed no differences among the enlisted men from the original.
Then we move onto Caleb Jones's company. The original muster roll, and the reprint later on, showed just about everyone staying in the regiment, with one individual considered to be promoted (corporal Robert Harris) but it never happened. More significant were the five individuals who deserted in October: James Start, Darby Riggan, Thomas Pittut, Nathaniel Luign, and Joshua Townsend. Interestingly, two of them deserted on October 9 (Start and Riggan) and three on October 15 (Pittut, Luign, and Townsend), making it seem that there was a plan to desert, not just a singular instance. Perhaps they were deserting and giving information to the enemy (the Spanish) or were tired of fighting on the "edge" of the British empire. We will never know their true reasons. It is clear however that this desertion likely would not qualify them to be "patriots" under the existing DAR standards since they would have to either assist the cause of independence in some other way possibly by enlisting in the Continental line.
From there, we move onto Dulany Addison's company. Again, the original muster roll and the reprint, don't show much out of the ordinary. In the month of October one man, Ephraim Tilghman, likely a member of the Tilghman family of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, deserted, while James Coland died on August 11, 1782, ensign John Stewart was on leave in New York, and Lieutenant John Sterling moved to Frisby's company.
The same month, those in James Frisby's company were also recorded. The original muster roll and reprint tells an interesting story. Apart from the five soldiers who deserted during the month (James Lowe, Daniel Jones, James Murray, James Tindell, and Barnard Foster), and the two "on guard" (John Cauh and John Cayton), the captain, Frisby, seemed to be in some trouble. He was under arrest! It is clear that Frisby had testified to a court-martial before, but now he was taken away in hand cuffs. Already, according to M. Christopher News's Maryland Loyalists in the American Revolution, other captains such as Sterling would be vying for his company, so he may have been under some pressure. He had been a captain of his company since 1777 and was a native to Kent County, Maryland. While varied sources mention him, most often only as one of the many "loyalists," nothing more about his case is known.
Philip B. Key's company had a different story even with its dwindling number of soldiers as attested by the original muster roll and reprint. During the month of October perhaps the soldiers were more disciplined as there no desertions. However, Captain Philip B. Key was sick, George Fettiplace was reduced in rank from serjeant, private Matthew Bennett was sick in camp, John Ink and John Henderson were on guard with Colonel James Chalmers, John Stephens was working with Captain Key, and Christian Smith was on guard. If you subtract the five privates who had other duties, there were only 11 privates in the company, undoubtedly short of their full capacity.
Finally there is the "vacant company" which was given that name due to the death or absence of a captain. The original muster roll and reprint, recorded in either October or November, showed the company without a captain or ensign but effectively commanded by lieutenant Levin Townsend. Like Key's regiment, there were no desertions but two soldiers (George Wilkerson and Joseph Tallant) were on guard while James McGuire and John Synder were prisoners "with the Spaniards." That left only 14 soldiers within the company, which again is a number lower than the full capacity of a company.
To end this section it is worth looking at the pay rolls for October 1782. These documents listed Ephraim Cunningham as injured, and listed all of the deserters:
Ephraim Tillman, Darby Riggan, James Start, James Lowe -- October 9, 1782
Barnard Foster -- October 10, 1782
Nathaniel Ledger, Thomas Pettit, Joshua Townsend, James Murray, James Tindell, and Daniel Jones -- October 15, 1782
That's a total of 11 deserters in October! The pay accounts also delineated the six companies and amount that was paid to those in each rank.
That brings us to the ranks from August to October 1782 document showing that the Lieutenant Colonel is paid the best and so on, with 591 pounds distributed among the men and their officers. Other documents made it clear that there was only 85 soldiers in the regiment, well short of the number to make a full and complete regiment.
December 1782
In December, the muster rolls of two companies were recorded: the "vacant company" and the other led by Caleb Jones. While the dates on both say "25 December 1783" it is clear these muster rolls really mean to say December 1782, with an error by the person writing it. For the "vacant company" little is said other than that Levin Townsend is going to England and that Daniel Fisher is in the hospital. The same goes for Caleb Jones's company noting the enlistment of a new person as a soldier: Thomas Steeples on November 1, 1782 (further proving this muster roll is really in December 1782).
Interestingly neither muster roll shows desertion from the ranks of the respective companies. Perhaps this is due to some level of discipline within the ranks of the companies or that people had more dedication to the British crown in these companies than elsewhere.
February 1783
Lets start with Caleb Jones's company. By February 24, 1783, nothing had changed among his ranks. But with other companies the story was different. For the "vacant company," Daniel Fukes, a soldier, was in the general hospital while Levin Townsend, the captain, was in England.
For Dulany D. Addison, his company was very small. It only had eight individuals in all, half of which were soldiers. One man, Lewis Barrens? deserted on November 24, 1782. This likely hurt the morale in the existing company. Then there's James Frisby's company. Within his company, Ephraim Cunningham was promoted from serjeant to corporal, a step up in rank and pay. While no one deserted, John Coah died on February 13, 1783.
Then we get to Patrick Kennedy's company, which had all sorts of problems. For one, Jacob Rogers and William Kelley were in the general hospital while James Orchard and James Cummins died on November 15, 1782. Additionally, Thomas Gray and Mark McNair deserted on November 24, 1782. So, his company was facing some hard times to be frank.
Finally there is Philip B. Key's company, showing that Philip Key was still in England while George Fettiplace, then a soldier, was sick in New York. Also John Ink was apparently not working with Col. James Chalmers anymore and two individuals deserted:
James Henderson -- November 3, 1782
Christian Smith -- November 24, 1782
April 1783
In April there was a broad collection of muster rolls for varying companies in this regiment. Let's start with Caleb Jones's company. While Robert Laws and Joseph Newbourne were "on duty," Robert Harris was promoted to serjeant, likely from his rank of private. Nothing else seems to have changed about Jones's company by April.
As always, there is the "vacant company." Again there were no desertions. However, Levin Townsend was in England while Ambrose Miles and Lawrence Messit were in the "general hospital." Then there is Patrick Kennedy's company. Apart from showing Nicholas Branch from the New Jersey volunteers (as was shown in February), Jacob Rodgers and William Kelley were in the "general hospital" while there was at least one desertion, the name(s) of which aren't known because the paper is cut off at that point.
From here we move to muster rolls which both end in April. One covers a series of months and ends on April 24.
The first of these worth examining is for Dulany D. Addison's company. It again shows Lewis Barrens's desertion and is a bit similar to the one from February, with little change. However, the second muster roll shows Jacob Ramson on duty, with no other changes.
The second of these is the muster roll of James Frisby's company. While James Frisby was sick and Ephraim Cunningham was promoted, John Coah is noted as dying on February 13, 1783. No other changes from the previous muster roll is noted here. However, the second muster roll issued later that month notes that James Frisby resigned in March as a captain. As the previous search for Frisby turned up almost nothing, so it unlikely there are any writings, available online, about his resignation.
Finally there is Philip B. Key's company. Again, little has changed from the previous muster roll as Philip B. Key is still in England and George Fettiplace is sick in New York. However, John Ink is again working with Col. James Chalmers but "present on parade." The muster roll later that month is slightly different. It shows William Wells and Samuel Woodward "on guard" while John Ink is still with Col. James Chalmers, and George Fettiplace is restored to being a serjeant (by order of Col. Chalmers) even as he is still sick in New York. Nothing else seems to be changed as Philip B. Key is still in England.
June 1783
There is only one muster roll that falls into this category is for Patrick Kennedy's company. It shows Lt. Col James Chalmers and Chaplain John Patterson in New York while William Kelley is in the "general hospital." No other changes from the previous muster roll can be found.
Those pesky Continentals
From my research, mainly relying on articles by other scholars, there are (at least) five individuals (all soldiers) who seems to have deserted from their regiments in the Continental Army and joined the Maryland "Loyalist" Regiment.
On November 6, 1777, two men from the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment joined the MD regiment (Jacob Ringler and John Kelley), along with another man likely on that date from the same PA regiment: John Sullivan. Interestingly John Ringler deserted on February 27, 1778 from the MD Regiment and rejoined his old regiment the following month, from which he deserted in May 1778. A wild story if you tell me.
Then there's Daniel Gill who deserted from his original regiment, and sailed with the MD regiment for Pensacola, West Florida. However, once in Jamaica, he deserted on December 16, 1778. While he did not rejoin his original regiment, he joined battalion of New Jersey Volunteers attached to provincial light infantry and proceeded to desert again on January 27, 1781.
Last but not least is Barnet Turner, whose bio I quoted earlier, talking about his possible service in the regiment:
Barnet Turner was born in 1749, in Ireland. In early 1776, at age 27, Turner enlisted as a private in Edward Veazey's Seventh Independent Company. He was five feet, five and half inches tall...Turner served with his company at the Battle of Brooklyn in late August 1776...Turner's fate at the Battle of Brooklyn is not known. On December 25, 1777, a man with the same name as Turner joined the Maryland Loyalists Regiment...If Turner had served in this regiment, he was there for only a short time, deserting on August 6, 1778, when it was en route to the eastern part of Long Island. Ultimately, further facts about Turner's life cannot be ascertained.
After the war
With the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the Maryland "Loyalist" Regiment was disbanded. Many of the members of the regiment embarked for Nova Scotia (specifically New Brunswick) from New York on a ship called the HMS Martha. However, the ship wrecked in the Bay of Fundy after the captain refused to lower lifeboats until he could row away on his own, with over a hundred killed, with only 72 of the 137 Marylanders surviving. [14] As the survivors came to Nova Scotia with nothing left but promises of land and the clothes they were wearing, "cold, wet, hungry, and exhausted" while some historian declared years later: that this is "the price that came with being on the wrong side of history." Todd W. Braisted wrote about this shipwreck specifically in the Journal of the American Revolution, telling more of the story:
...Five years later [in 1783], after campaigns primarily against the Spanish forces invading West Florida, the corps mustered less then ninety enlisted men. With preliminary articles of peace in the spring of 1783, their days as soldiers were coming to an end. And if they desired to remain living under His Majesty’s government, then they would need new homes...Those not wishing to leave received their discharges the first week of September, including sixteen of the Maryland Loyalists...Among them were 122 men, women and children from the Maryland Loyalists on the transport Martha, John Willis master...Besides the Maryland Loyalists, the Martha carried part of another Provincial regiment, DeLancey’s Brigade..,It would appear that the officers and men of the Maryland Loyalists and DeLancey’s were not the first survivors of the Martha to make it ashore...The troops from DeLancey’s would settle amongst the parishes of Northampton and Southampton, while the Maryland Loyalists drew lots on both sides of the mouth of the River Nashwaak, a tributary of the Saint John.
With this, the survivors settled in New Brunswick, specifically on the "east side of St John" and another grand near "the present town of Marysville." [14] These who survived included Captain Caleb Jones, Philip Barton Key, "whose nephew was Francis Scott Key," Captain Jonathan (John) Stirling who lived until age 76, dying in "St. Mary's, York County, New Brunswick" just like his wife.
At the same time, Walter Dulany "returned to Maryland from England with his new wife, Elizabeth Brice Dulany," in 1785, a woman who was the "widow of his uncle, Lloyd Dulany." His wife even visited George Washington's Mount Vernon that year, with Washington describing one of his guests as "Mrs. Dulany wife to Waltr. Dulany, lately from England came to Dinner, & stayed all Night." I guess the fact they were on different sides during the war didn't matter to Washington in 1785. As for James Chalmers, he was no longer welcome in the US, so he fled into exile, returning to England just like Dulaney Addison, a captain in the regiment. [16] There he rejoined the military, served as inspector general in the West Indies, did some writing and died in London in 1806, with Addison dying in the same place in 1808.
James Frisby likely went to Nova Scotia too. But he may have returned to Kent County by 1808 as a Richard Frisby, in Kent County, bought "seven negro men from James Frisby for five shillings" in 1802. In a note worth mentioning, Philip Barton Key returned to the United States and his seat in the Tenth Congress was contested since he was an "officer in the Maryland Loyalist Regiment" but he defended himself in a manner which might show a "changed viewpoint" [17]:
He said that his constituents knew the very circumstances of the follies of his early life, and his enemies had represented to them that, having been over twenty years ago in the British army, he was not a proper person to represent them. The people scouted the idea; they knew me from my infancy; but I had returned to my country, like the prodigal son to his father; had felt as an American should feel; was received, forgiven, of which the most convincing proof is my election to this house.
A conclusion
There are many other sources I could have used in this article including page 149 of Washington's Immortals, page 49 of "Loyalists and Redcoats: A Study in British Revolutionary Policy," and page 57 of Cliff Sloan and David McKean's The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court (New York: PublicAffairs, 2010), among many others. [18] Clearly the Wikipedia pages for the "Maryland Loyalists Battalion" and James Chalmers are utterly worthless. The Maryland Historical Society has a number of records relating to Maryland sympathizers of the British Crown, as noted here, to name some of the important ones:
Fisher Transcripts – Maryland Loyalist Papers, 1771-90: transcriptions of Loyalist claims (MS360)
American Loyalist Claims (E277.C688)
Frederick County Treason Papers: Loyalist insurrection plot (MS576)
Maryland Loyalist Muster Rolls (MS548)
Meyer and Bachman, “First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists,” Maryland Historical Magazine. Vol. 68, pp. 199-210 (MF176.M18)
Orderly Book of the “Maryland Loyalist Regiment”, June 18, 1778-Oct. 12, 1778 (MF185.M39)
Scharf Papers: Loyalist political activity during Revolution (MS1999)
Perhaps the Dulany Family Papers has something as well.
This is just a start on the Maryland Loyalist Regiment but it is something that definitely needs to be written. I look forward to your comments as always.
Update:
Searching about the Maryland "Loyalist" Regiment once again, I found another individual who has switched from a continental regiment to this regiment: John Jasper, a Marylander. He was said, as noted by research fellow Natalie Rose Miller, that he deserted from the First Maryland Regiment in early 1778 and enlisted in this regiment in May 1778, meaning that he undoubtedly fought with the regiment at Monmouth ad later at Pensacola. Apart from this, I also found one site noting the general history of the regiment:
Garrisoned Philadelphia and New York; 26 August 1776, Battle of Valley Grove Long Island; 1779-1781, Garrisoned Pensacola; 9 March-8 May 1781, Besieged at Pensacola Defeated and Surrendered to Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez
Finally, I found a blog which chronicles the "Genealogy of United Empire Loyalists in New Brunswick, Canada" which has pages on the following members of this regiment:
Thomas Gill, Ensign
Jonathan Stirling, Captain
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Scott Grafton: The Science of Physical Intelligence
• The mind influences the body, and the body influences the mind. Dr. Scott Grafton describes how marvelously the mind and the body seamlessly work together to help us navigate our daily lives. The ability to think and interact makes us human. An article by Mr. Alex Mau.
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"Both sports-like activities or sort of extravagant physical behavior but also just creative things. Building a house, pouring a slab of cement, whatever it is, that is the stuff of physical intelligence." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
In this episode of the "Art of Manliness" podcast, host Mr. Brett McKey interviews Dr. Scott Grafton. He is a neuroscientist and a professor specializing in neurology and nuclear medicine and the director of the UCSB Brain Imaging Center.
Dr. Scott Grafton's latest book, "Physical Intelligence: The Science of How the Body and the Mind Guide Each Other Through Life." Dr. Scott Grafton describes how marvelously the mind and the body seamlessly work together to help us navigate our daily lives and explains the cause of fatigue and the reason older adults fall.
Interview with Dr. Scott Grafton in Three Sentences
"Physical intelligence is not the same as a simple exercise. It is projecting yourself into really novel and interesting, and challenging situations. It is the difference between getting your exercise on a treadmill and getting your exercise on a trail in a park near your house. There is just no comparison." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
We take for granted how important the mind and the body interact seamlessly in our daily lives.
Most satisfying human experience is often involved with the body and the mind, like run a marathon, build a house, or trek across the desert.
Physical intelligence operates in the body, and most people often don't even think about it and understand how the body and the mind work collectively and cohesively.
Ideas to Takeaway from This Interview
"We did not evolve to sit around and talk or read books. That is the icing on the cake. We evolved from rough and tumbled environments where we had to find food build shelter, and find our way through vast rough environments. We did that up until very recently, only about a thousand years ago." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
What is physical intelligence?
"What makes a person great in some sense is what they do, the actions they enable, and the things they do in their world. Physical intelligence is just the underbelly of that. It is the underpinnings you need actually to get things done." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
The mind and the body operate seamlessly together to assist us in interacting and navigating our surroundings. Physical intelligence works automatically under-the-hood without our notice, and yet it is essential and often takes for granted.
We often do not think about it, yet it is the underpinnings we need to get things done without injures. Physical intelligence makes us human, interacting with the surroundings, and acting in the world. The human abilities with the mind and the body enable us to build bridges, craft masterpieces, erect monuments and navigate the world through treacherous lands and turbulent seas.
We have the greatest pleasure and enjoyment when we work with our hands and walk on our feet. Humans did not evolve to sit around the house and look at our phones. We developed from living in rough and violent environments where we built shelters, created tools, and traveled through the harsh environment for survival. Physical intelligence is the physical presence, touch, smell, and feel in our surroundings that make us human.
How the mind and the body make space around us?
"Think about walking to the other side of the house. Think about walking across the street. In those moments, you have expanded your operational space. You can mentally stretch out and construct any of those volumes of space and then plan and organize your action inside that volume. We do this all the time, mentally, when we are moving and acting in our environments." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
The mind and the body are working together without we noticed. The mind constructs space around us about what is going on and gives us an idea of the environment.
When we walk across the room, the mind makes a sensory evaluation by creating a three-dimensional space about the room's size, calculating the distance, and assessing the obstacles. The body receives the sensory information and follows the instructions, and takes appropriate action if obstacles are in the way.
We have mentally stretch and expanded our operational space in those split seconds and planned and organized a series of steps inside that space. If we do not make space around us, we do not interact in it. Outdoor activities like obstacle course games are excellent to exercise the mind and body together. Mindful activities like meditations and sleep are perfect daily practices to clear the mind from distraction and strengthen attention.
What is affordance?
"Our mind unconsciously and seamlessly just recognizes, this is an obstruction, this is something I cannot get through, and it is looking for opportunities in the environment that it can accomplish or can get through." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
Affordance is what the environment offers us. It is the properties or the surface of objects which show us the actions we can take. For example, there is a giant concrete tube on the ground. We can roll the tube when it lies on the side or sit inside the tube, or stand on the tube's top.
Affordance is the mind and the body's relationship with the environment. A button can be designed to look as if it needs to be turned, pushed, or pulled. We should be able to perceive affordances without having to consider how to use the items. Affordance provides the visual and mental imageries of the environment that creates possible and impossible for us.
The mind unconsciously recognizes the environment and works seamlessly with the body to navigate the scene safely. If there are obstructions in our way and we know we cannot get through them. The mind will look for other possibilities to steer through obstacles and arrive at the destination. The mind and the body are continually interacting with the environment around us. The mind does the visual and mental evaluation and calculation while the body navigates the world, so we do not accidentally walk into walls and traffic.
Why people fall?
"The reality is everything we learn motorically, and we are also kind of unlearning, but not completely." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
The common misconception is those older adults with poor health or eyesight fall, but the fact is that everyone falls, either healthy or young. Affordance deterioration explains why most older adults fall as they age. Our ability to effectively move and walk as we age will deteriorate over some time if we do not exercise our motor skills regularly. If we have not been walking for an extended period, the affordance becomes rusty and weak, and we cannot evaluate the possibility for us. The result is that we are more likely to fall and become more vulnerable to cracks and holes in the sidewalk.
Another common misconception is those older adults should live in a safe and protective environment to avoid injuries. However, the opposite provides a more effective outcome. Walking, balancing, and crawling is motor skills that involve the muscles' body movements and actions. Affordance is a skill. It takes practice to grow better and will deteriorate if not utilize frequently.
Affordance is a radical view about what to do with aging. Older adults should continue to challenge themselves regularly in physical activities. Full-body activities on gravel roads, uneven pavements, and rough surfaces will develop the strength to hold, the vision to see, and the mind to navigate the outdoor environment. The more variety and complex the settings are, the better for older adults to adapt and are less likely to fall in unpredictable environments.
We should continuously challenge ourselves in physical activities as we age. We should give our strength and vision the outdoor activities like a walk on gravel roads, crawl up a hill, see far distance. Outdoor activities are much better for our bodies than exercises in the city on perfectly smooth sidewalks.
Affordance is a skill. Skills that take time to learn, like the footwork, the motion, and the movements, take time to re-learn. The primary motor skills are intact with age, but the advanced motor skills, like balancing, running, and leaping, will deteriorate if we stop exercising them.
What is body schema?
"It is your map of where you are right now. It is a hard problem because you are this mushy three-dimensional object that's constantly changing its posture. The sensors for tracking this are very noisy, and they fooled easily, so it is a hard problem for the brain to keep track of simply the posture." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
Body scheme is the understanding and awareness of the bodies' boundaries learned through movement and experience within three-dimension space. It is a collection of processes that registers body parts' posture; the space around the body and individual body parts that can reach with the hands, the brain must compute the arms' position within the space.
When we do physical work, the body performs the posture while the mind tracks the movements. It is a challenging problem for the brain because the body position's coordinates are continually shifting within the three-dimensional space. The sensors to monitor our movement within the complex and noisy environment create calculation challenges for the brain to track the posture and measure distance in the three-dimensional space.
Body schema is not just an awareness of body posture and pose, but also understand the movement and the motion. It takes dedicated control and focuses on controlling the body. Gymnasts and dancers have an outstanding ability to track their body pose. They learned and practiced postures and movements. They have a great sense of where their bodies are at any moment within the three-dimensional space.
What causes fatigue?
"Fatigue is a battle of multiple minds we have, one of which is persevering and pushing us as hard as we can and another one is creating this emotional sense to hold some in reserve." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
Fatigue is an emotion that the brain generates, independent of whatever the muscles are doing when we create this emotion to reserve energy.
The idea would be when humans were hunters and gatherers. They traveled long-distance for food and shelter. The mind and body would nurture us by reserving body energy for unknown elements like how many more days to travel or how much farther to travel to find food or shelter. This reserving body energy emotion is called fatigue. The mind puts aside body energy in reserve if we are at a point of actual exhaustion and injure the body./p>
Athletes push themselves over long periods to past the point, far past the point where their bodies sense fatigue. We often see athletes collapse at the finish line. These athletes feel the fatigue, but they learn to suppress it and move forward until the end.
Final thoughts.
"We should double down and make exercises even more interesting, even more physically interesting and demanding. I think a person gets far more well-being from doing that, they age more gracefully, and they experience much more of the world in a better way." - Dr. Scotto Grafton.
Physical intelligence is not physical exercises that we participle indoor. It is the collaboration with the mind and the body to operate together to achieve the ability to project ourselves in actual and challenging situations in daily life. We can interact and think in the world.
The mental benefits for the mind and the physical benefits for the body come from actual physical, complex, and varied environments that are incomparable to simple exercises.
Rock climbing is an excellent exercise of physical intelligence in rough and tumbles environments. It utilizes the mind and the body simultaneously, and there is no distraction and interruption with the electrical devices. It is a physical exercise that requires focus and concentration at the moment.
We should double down on physical activities as we age and make daily exercise challenging. An active and physical lifestyle goes far more than well-being. It goes from living a reactive life in a safe and protective indoor environment to living an energetic experience in an outdoor physical environment.
Interview Summary with Dr. Scott Grafton
"Just like a search and rescue team, it does not just willy-nilly wander into the wilderness looking for someone. They create a map, and they lay out a grid, and they say, 'This is what we are going to do here. We are going to first set constraints on the space we wanna work in.' We do this all the time, mentally when we are moving and acting in our environments." - Dr. Scott Grafton.
"Intelligence and skills can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body and the mind are healthy and strong." - President Mr. John F. Kennedy.
"Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it." - Pluto.
The mind influences the body and how the body influences the mind, and it is this cycle; they cannot disconnect from each other.
A man of action or the concept of what makes a person great is what they do, the actions they enable, and the things they do in the world.
Man travels the wilderness without the convenience of technology is an excellent environment to explain the meaning of physical intelligence, and it is the purest and finest human experience.
The ability to think and interact in the world makes us human.
The convenience of technology lessens the human ability to experience an adventurous and meaningful life.
Meditation and doing things in wild environments train us to be more disciplined in allocating our attention and focus.
Falling is the number one reason people go to emergency rooms, and it is older adults, young people, and everybody. Often, the reason is that they do not engage in complex outdoor activities regularly.
The most difficult sensory experience is connecting the conscious verbal mind and the body posture with the eyes closed. The mind cannot tell the body how to operate without evaluating, calculating, and analyzing the environment.
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Further Read and Resources on Physical Intelligence
"Physical Intelligence: The Science of How the Body and the Mind Guide Each Other Through Life" by Dr. Scott Grafton's book is available on Amazon.
You can learn more about his book and his work at ScotthYoung.com.
Kalymnos Climbing Festival. A unique gathering of climbers, taking place on the beautiful island of Kalymnos, one of the world's “hottest” climbing holiday destinations.
You can read the review of Antonio R. Damasio, "Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain," 1994 here.
The Barkley Marathons is an ultramarathon trail race held in Frozen Head State Park near Wartburg, Tennessee. The full course is 100 miles (160 km) and is limited to a 60-hour period.
You can watch the movie trailer of "The Barkley Marathons: The Race that Eats its Young." It is available on Amazon Prime.
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The dossier seemingly compiled by the self-described terrorist who shot dead Muslim worshippers in Christchurch reveals an obsession with violent uprisings against Islam.
The shooter, identifying himself as Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old born in Australia, characterises the country of his birth as little more than an outpost of Europe with a propensity for political apathy.
A man claiming to be "Brenton Tarrant" from Australia posted a bodycam video of the attack.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed an Australian had been arrested in New Zealand, and said he had been briefed on the manifesto, describing it as "a work of hate".
Across 74 pages, the man's dossier regurgitated familiar objections to immigration and multiculturalism, and laments the "decaying" culture of the white, European West.
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While he made several references to Australia, there is little in the document to suggest an explanation for his evil actions lies in some direct experience of the country or its politics.
Australia was no more than a "European colony", in his view – "simply an offshoot" of its British colonists, and a lacklustre one at that.
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He raised and then dismissed the idea he could have been radicalised by ideas given to him by friends or associates, because "those around [me] were the typical Australians, apathetic and for the most part apolitical, only truly showing motivation in matters of animal rights, environmentalism and taxation".
The gunman did not identify as an Australian despite being born here. "The origins of my language is European, my culture is European, my political beliefs are European, my philosophical beliefs are European, my identity is European and, most importantly, my blood is European," he wrote.
"What is an Australian but a drunk European? Kidding, but Australia is a European colony, particularly of British stock and thereby an extension of Europe."
Tarrant described himself as an "ethno nationalist eco fascist", having previously identified as a communist, an anarchist and a libertarian. He wrote that he believed in "ethnic autonomy for all peoples with a focus on the preservation of nature, and the natural order".
In the dossier, he made reference to the horrific Skaf gang rapes in Sydney in the year 2000. But his manifesto suggested he was preoccupied with rapes that had occurred in England and more recently in Germany by non-Europeans.
In particular, he referenced the sexual exploitation of approximately 1400 children in the northern English town of Rotherham in the late 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, primarily by British-Pakistani men.
Along with references to Rotherham, inscriptions on Tarrant's equipment mentioned Alexandre Bissonnette and Luca Traini, mass shooters in Canada and Italy respectively.
He also included the names of several Serbian military figures, such as Milos Obilic, an apocryphal knight featuring prominently in accounts of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo against the invading Ottoman Empire, the Islamic superpower of its day, who was alleged to have assassinated the Ottoman Sultan.
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Tarrant made reference to the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic, whom Obilic served and who was killed in the Battle of Kosovo.
Other names inscribed on Tarrant's weaponry included Bajo Pivljanin and Novak Vujosevic, each of whom led uprisings against the Ottomans during later periods and were considered heroes within their communities, as well as Montenegrin general Marko Miljanov.
Also inscribed on his guns and ammunition were references to the 1683 Battle of Vienna, in which Christian forces defeated the Ottomans, and 1571, an apparent reference to the Battle of Lepanto in which the Empire suffered another defeat.
Music was playing in the car in the background of the video of Tarrant's attack, one in the Serbian language, and one in German. The Serbian song references the "butcher of Bosnia", Radovan Karadzic, a convicted war criminal and the political leader of Bosnian Serbs.
"Wolves are on the move from Krajina. Fascists and Turks, beware. Karadzic, lead your Serbs, let them see they fear no one," the lyrics say.
It was not immediately clear whether Tarrant was involved in far-right neo-Nazi groups in Australia. However, imagery from Tarrant's now-removed Twitter profile bears striking similarity to those used by a extreme-right, anti-immigration group called The Dingoes.
In his writing, Tarrant echoed views expressed by Anders Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing terrorist who killed 77 people with a van bomb and gun massacre in Norway in 2011.
He specifically mentioned Breivik by name, claiming he had "brief contact" with the mass murderer and had received a "blessing" for his actions from Breivik's associates.
The dossier also praised United States President Donald Trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose", and addresses grievances about the left's "march through the institutions".
Mr Morrison confirmed the man was an Australian citizen and described him as a violent, right-wing extremist terrorist. He said he had been briefed on the dossier.
"It is the work of hate, I've got no other way to describe it," he said. "What's born of hate is never good."
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