CROGLIN VAMPIRE. Attacks a Miss Fisher in Cumberland, England (1750s, documented 1871). The scratches at the window, disappearing into a vault, only 1 coffin remains intact & there shrivelled but quite entire stands the the Croglin Vampire

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I visited collections at a few wks ago to check out really old books from the 1750s onwards about plants in Jamaica

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CROGLIN VAMPIRE. First appears in Cumberland to a Miss Fisher 1750s; story is retold by Augustus Hare, 1871. The vampire scratches at the window, disappearing into a vault, when opened only 1 coffin remains intact & there shrivelled but quite entire stands the The Croglin Vampire

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"Lesson in Astronomy" (late 1750s), by Venetian artist Giuseppe Angeli (1709-1798) https://t.co/Q42pjdM1f5

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Fantastic news! Swords of the King makes the Shortlist for the CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction https://t.co/3royyIGfWW & congrats to friends and fellow authors in this group!

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Hello twitter, here are some portraits of Ordinary Folk. Because, as sparkly as they are, History is not all about Rich People.

– watercress seller (1780)
– kitchen servant at Oxford (c1680s)
– [believed to be] Washington's enslaved cook (c1795)
– Hogarth's servants (1750s)

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