Capatain Archiblad Kennedy Captained Coventry

[jbor]

on 13/6/02 5:36 AM, s~Z at keithsz at concentric.net wrote:

> Archibald Sr
> b  ~1718, New York City, New York
> d  30 Dec 1794 - Scotland ...?
> ____ - Ensign - British Navy, retired
> 1776 - Captain - ship Coventry, NYC harbor
> . . . moved To his house - East Newark NJ
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> I was humiliated regularly in my initial days on this list as I posted one
> allusion after another, then shortly thereafter found very clear historical
> references. 

Nevertheless I agree with David that the brainstorming is worthwhile, and
that it's interesting sometimes to learn stuff about other stuff as well
even if it isn't relevant to Pynchontext, such as what happened to the HMS
Coventry at Las Malvinas for example. Who is the Captain Kennedy in that
Neil Young song, by the way?

best

> The Thomas Hynes affair remains my personal favorite.
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