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People, Prewar Conflict (<1775) January 19, 2021 January 17, 2021

The Most Unlucky Man: Patrick Ferguson’s Early Years

by Andrew Waters

Into a house at 333 High Street in what is now Edinburgh’s “Old Town” was born the strange adventurer Patrick Ferguson on June 4, 1744.[1] The…

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