MDMD(1): Notes

[Matthew P Wiener]

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>MDMD(1) Notes

6.12. `all Philadelphia, from River to River'  As I mentioned before, the
western limit of the city was then the Schuylkill River, so TRP lets us
know early that he has done his homework.

6.19 `the Northern Liberties, Spring Garden and Germantown'.  These are three
neighborhoods of the city today, respectively located (relative to downtown) a
short walk northeast, a short walk north, and a long hike northwest.  Off-hand,
I do not know if NL and SG were part of the city then.  I'm certain G was not.

>8.28 `the crime they styl'd =93Anonymity=94' our narrator and his

9.27, actually.  Preceding it would be:

9.26 `the worst of Dick Turpin'.

Dick Turpin, 1706-39, famed highwayman, hanged.

>10.23 `Seahorse' establishing a link to Mason & Dixon in the next chapter.

That was the ship the historical M&D took.

>17.12 `Laplace' b 1749 so aged 2 at the time of this scene!

aged 12, you mean.  Note that he achieved a goodly measure of scientific fame
for his work in celestial mechanics by 1786, so one is apparently supposed to
conclude that the Rev^d is mildly fuzzy minded as he invents the conversation.
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