Geri Walton
@18thCand19thC
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Historian and author of books related to people in 18th and 19th centuries, i.e., Princesse de Lamballe, Mme Tussaud, Mme Recamier, Jane Austen's cousin.
Joined October 2013
Cooping: Forced Voting in the #19thCentury - #Cooping involved politicians paying gangs to kidnap men and have them vote for a specific candidate. It was a common practice in the nineteenth century. To accomplish cooping ... https://t.co/59NL4NbGJH
#politics
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Harvard Professor Webster: His Execution for Murder - The #execution of Harvard Professor John W. Webster happened in 1850. He was a professor of chemistry and geology at #HarvardMedicalCollege and found guilty of murdering Dr. #GeorgeParkman... https://t.co/8hn04hO0L6
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Spousal Abuse During the Georgian Era https://t.co/GRU85LCpAc via @reginajeffers
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Today's blog looks at how the English regarded the French - through the eyes of James Gillray. See https://t.co/i2PYhdtbRW
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From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'Clothes optional’ marriages of the 18th century. https://t.co/fyGweLOM74
#MondayBlogs
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1782: HMS Hector, recently captured from the French, already badly damaged, laden with sick and wounded, faced further battle, storm and shipwreck under the epic leadership of a 20-year old hero. Click: https://t.co/m9AShT6zIA
#NavalHistory #18thCentury
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A Panorama on Slavery and Henry “Box” Brown - Henry “Box” Brown was a Virginia slave who mailed himself to freedom in 1849 and afterwards made a living lecturing on #slavery. His tours ... https://t.co/aj7YDPhEhA
#HenryBoxBrown #19thcentury
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Louisa Adams’ Party for Andrew Jackson - Louisa Adams’ party for Andrew Jackson happened when her husband, John Quincy Adams, was thinking of running for President in the ... https://t.co/kbUMhFGrVr
#19thcentury #USPresident #LouisaAdams
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If it's not a 'rat-catcher' but a 'rodent operative', how about 'Master of the Mint' or a 'Turkey Merchant'? See https://t.co/AeiSJXuXEL
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The Marine Police Establishment was created today in 1798 to patrol the Thames. London's first police force, it is now part of the Metropolitan Police and still based in their original location at Wapping. Read about them here https://t.co/qZvjgByKzY
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Bedside reading?? Just in, a book to gladden the heart, Mrs J. W. Whymper's "Beauty in Common Things" https://t.co/mDuZw80JH9
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From the blog archives of All Things Georgian, 'The colour yellow - 18th century fashion' https://t.co/pxUf9CXdnn
#mondayblogs
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Louisa Adams’ Party for Andrew Jackson - Louisa Adams’ party for Andrew Jackson happened when her husband, John Quincy Adams, was thinking of running for President in the ... https://t.co/kbUMhFGrVr
#19thc #POTUS #Adams
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Improbably-named privateer Captain Death (a family name usually spelled De’Ath today), in his privateer, Terrible, fought a murderous battle in 1756 with a larger French warship, Vengeance, off St. Malo. Click: https:// https://t.co/Rb4RpbTc9C
#NavalHistory #18thCentury
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A Love Gone Sour: A Nineteenth Century Tale - Love is a funny thing. It doesn’t always work out and in June of 1874 the Boston Globe reported on a missing bride and a love gone sour ... https://t.co/geTbLtnPSL
#love #19thc #VictorianAge
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The civil servant and diarist Samuel Pepys was buried today at St. Olave Hart Street church in the City of London today in 1703. His funeral was attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London. Read the history of St. Olave church here https://t.co/wMoJAUXC1F
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