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NYEP(D.751.001
7 Jan 1751:11 ([294])
From the Gentleman's Magazine for September, 1750. Hanover,
Aug. 1, 1750.
Sir, It is a pleasure to live among people, who are all in
the interest of Hanover: For here there are no Jacobites.
We love ourselves, have no foreign interest, and never think
of London. Our *** is in good health, and is able to eat
very heartily of the herrings the Dutch caught on our coast.
He enjoys all the pleasures of life, and can see the French
plays acted every night, and not an Englishman in the house.
Some of the spectators, to be sure, were born in England;
but I judge of a man's country by his actions; and as for
the great S---y, it is past doubt he has been naturalized an
Hanoverian. But to return to the play-house; if there was a
war in the theatre here concerning the strollers, who would
care for that? We can draw our swords here, can't we? I
hope we may; and wear a yellow sash too upon occasion. Our
****, or ****, as you call him in English, does very little
to vex us; for he loves his people here in his heart, and it
is no wonder; for does not every **** love his natural
subjects: . . . [14 lines] I no more known why you don't
like us, than why you turn'd out the French strollers: What
harm have they done? Neither they nor we are Jacobites:
The French nation broke their faith with the Prince of the
Jacobites: And we cannot love him to be sure; for he told
the ladies in your country, "He would make Scotland his H--,
and Edingburgh his H---." Your's &c. [signed] W. DeTurnip.
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