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Braddock's Road
The Braddock Road was a historical roadway in what was then British America and is now the United States. It was constructed in 1755 by British troops who were part of an expedition to conquer the Ohio Country from the French at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. From WIKI - Also, see page 309.
Capt. Mackay
James Mackay was a captain in the British Army during the French and Indian War. He was in command of the Independent Company of South Carolina when he was sent by the Governor of South Carolina to assist Virginia's defense of the Ohio Country from the French in the summer of 1754. He was co-commander of Fort Necessity along with George Washington during the Battle of the Great Meadows on July 3, 1754. From WIKI
the Highland Forty-second
See page 489.
Prospero
Prospero is the protagonist in The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare. From/See WIKI
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Frederick's rank'd Automata
See page 535.
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Youghiogheny
The Youghiogheny River, or the Yough for short, is a tributary of the Monongahela River, approximately 122 mi (195 km) long, in the U.S. states of West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. It drains an area on the west side of the Allegheny Mountains northward into Pennsylvania, providing a small watershed in extreme western Maryland into the tributaries of the Mississippi River. From WIKI - See MAP
