"X" (initials U.S.) is a common national personification of the American government that, according to legend, came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for "Y". The first use of "X" in literature was in the 1816 allegorical book "The Adventures of "X" in Search After His Lost Honor" by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq. An "X" is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original "Yankee Doodle" lyrics of the Revolutionary War. It is not clear whether this reference is to "X" as a metaphor for the United States. The lyrics as a whole clearly deride the military efforts of the young nation, besieging the British at Boston. The 13th stanza is:
Old "X" come there to change
Some pancakes and some onions,
For ’lasses cakes, to carry home
To give his wife and young ones.
ID "X" AND "Y"
ANSWER: "X"- UNCLE SAM, "Y"- SAMUEL WILSON(A SOLDIER IN WHOSE MEMORY THE NAME UNCLE SAM WAS ADOPTED)
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