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==Page 499==
'''Conococheague'''<br>
Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland.  It is approximately 80 miles (130 km) in length, with 58 miles (93 km) in Pennsylvania and 22 miles (35 km) in Maryland.  The watershed of Conococheague Creek has an area of approximately 566 square miles (1,470 km2), out of which only 65 square miles (170 km2) (12% of the area) are in Maryland.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conococheague_Creek WIKI]

'''that burn'd and bloodied little huddle of Cabins'''<br>
Pretty certain this section is referring to the Enoch Brown School Massacre:  The Pontiac's Rebellion school massacre was an incident during Pontiac's Rebellion.  On July 26, 1764 four Delaware (Lenape) American Indian warriors entered a log schoolhouse of white settlers in what is now Franklin County, Pennsylvania, near present Greencastle.  Inside the schoolhouse were schoolmaster Enoch Brown and twelve students.  Brown pleaded with the warriors to spare the children before being shot and later scalped.  The warriors then began to tomahawk and scalp the children.  Nine children were killed and two children who had been scalped survived.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Brown_School_Massacre WIKI]

'''Capt. Evan Shelby'''<br>
Would later be involved in the first Invasions of the Chickamauga Towns.  Was also father to Isaac Shelby, first governor of the State of Kentucky.

==Page 500==
'''"Of course 'tis back-to front"'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_23:_228-237#Page_228 228].

'''Grub-Street'''<br>
Until the early 19th century, Grub Street was a street close to London's impoverished Moorfields district that ran from Fore Street east of St Giles-without-Cripplegate north to Chiswell Street.  Famous for its concentration of impoverished 'hack writers', aspiring poets, and low-end publishers and booksellers, Grub Street existed on the margins of London's journalistic and literary scene.  It was pierced along its length with narrow entrances to alleys and courts, many of which retained the names of early signboards.  Its bohemian society was set amidst the impoverished neighbourhood's low-rent flophouses, brothels, and coffeehouses.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grub_street WIKI]

==Page 501==
'''Squall-clouds'''<br>
The term "squall" is universally used to refer to a sudden wind-speed increase, both historically and in the present day.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squall WIKI]

'''"Then they began with the Bagpipes."...  Wolfe'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_31:_302-314#Page_312 312].

'''Braddock'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_33:_327-340#Page_330 330].

'''Bap'''<br>
Bap (often a larger soft roll, roughly 5-6 inches in diameter).  Dough can contain fats such as lard or butter to provide tenderness to dough.  Can come in multiple shapes dependent on region.  Baps as traditionally made in Scotland are not sweet, unlike the Irish version which may contain currants.  The 9th Edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1995) says that the word "bap" dates from the 16th century and that its origin is unknown.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_(bread) WIKI]

'''"when in 'fifty-six"'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_19:_190-198#Page_198 198].

==Page 502==
'''"Been out upon the Pavement m'self...  Tyne Keelmen, back in 'fifty."'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_24:_238-245#Page_244 244].

==Page 504==
'''You can get above it.... above Distance, above Time itself'''<br>
A foreshadowing of an overarching thematic plotline of ATD, the Chums of Chance throughline?  Notice the line about apprehending "all at once the plexity of possible journeys", which seems to be a clue to some meanings of ATD thru the Chums.

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