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Per [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0xYF0v8doEgC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=john+macarthur+spelling+m'arthur&source=web&ots=SfJh88vtxJ&sig=r1Shn5WMk2b-c1nmuBXHRDIuiso&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result this book], Macarthur himself spelled his named "M'Arthur" or "MacArthur"; and "Macarthur" (no capital) is a later development. It is not really an "deviation" from history, I suppose. More like a footnote on spelling and capitalization. Haha. -- [[User:Strangerface|Strangerface]] 06:23, 24 August 2010 (PDT) | Per [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0xYF0v8doEgC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=john+macarthur+spelling+m'arthur&source=web&ots=SfJh88vtxJ&sig=r1Shn5WMk2b-c1nmuBXHRDIuiso&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result this book], Macarthur himself spelled his named "M'Arthur" or "MacArthur"; and "Macarthur" (no capital) is a later development. It is not really an "deviation" from history, I suppose. More like a footnote on spelling and capitalization. Haha. -- [[User:Strangerface|Strangerface]] 06:23, 24 August 2010 (PDT) | ||
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| + | One more thing. Should I remove the "Colonial-Secretary" bit from the billets section? I got that from the historical record, but obviously NN didn't keep to it. So I'm not sure it's true anymore. | ||
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| + | Also, when I initially started this page, I was reading ToS and Laurence seemed well-disposed to Macarthur, particularly after having dinner with his wife. However, at the end of the book he compares Macarthur to Bonaparte, saying they are "cut from the same cloth" so obviously after the second rebellion, Laurence starts to think less of him. I don't think is a good association. I'd like to fit this into the biography somewhere but not sure how. -- [[User:Strangerface|Strangerface]] 06:29, 24 August 2010 (PDT) | ||
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Capitalization
Per this book, Macarthur himself spelled his named "M'Arthur" or "MacArthur"; and "Macarthur" (no capital) is a later development. It is not really an "deviation" from history, I suppose. More like a footnote on spelling and capitalization. Haha. -- Strangerface 06:23, 24 August 2010 (PDT)
Character
One more thing. Should I remove the "Colonial-Secretary" bit from the billets section? I got that from the historical record, but obviously NN didn't keep to it. So I'm not sure it's true anymore.
Also, when I initially started this page, I was reading ToS and Laurence seemed well-disposed to Macarthur, particularly after having dinner with his wife. However, at the end of the book he compares Macarthur to Bonaparte, saying they are "cut from the same cloth" so obviously after the second rebellion, Laurence starts to think less of him. I don't think is a good association. I'd like to fit this into the biography somewhere but not sure how. -- Strangerface 06:29, 24 August 2010 (PDT)
