Personally, I prefer to attach a name to my figures. I know it is a tad warped, but that is for another thread. For those deep into "trivia" and in case this question appears on Final Jeopardy someday:
"During General Edward Braddock's Failed Expedition to Capture Fort Duquesne in 1755, who was General Braddock's First Blacksmith"
The correct answer is Robert Harragad - known to his friends as Blacksmith Bob.
Half credit would be given for Edward Smith and James Notlage, but that is against the rules of the game.
New Book on Braddock's Campaign:
https://books.google.com/books?id=q...yHAik#v=onepage&q=braddock expedition&f=false
If this link will open to Pages 18-21, I found Braddock predicament with the coinage in his war chest to be amusing. Apparently, nearly no one in the colonies could make "change" for Braddock purchases and needs. The value of the individual coins Braddock brought from England was simply too high be easily exchanged and Braddock had to send England for lower value coins. From archeological finds at Dunbar's camp, Spanish silver coins were cut into quarter pieces to pay the troops.
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