In 1720, New York City’s population was 7000. #Tottenville #history #18th Century https://angiemangino.com/

In 1709 the first paper currency increases commerce. #Tottenville #history #18th Century https://angiemangino.com/

Disosway’s was the only grist mill to serve Tottenville for over 200 years, begun around 1700 by Cornelius Disosway. #Tottenville #history #18th Century https://angiemangino.com/

“As a symbol of the new United States, Americans chose the eagle clutching a bundle of arrows. They knew that both the eagle and the arrows were symbols of the Iroquois League. Although one arrow is easily broken, no one can break six (or thirteen) at once.” Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen #Tottenville #history #18th Century https://angiemangino.com/

For St Edmund Hall Blog #TeddyHall, I've written a short piece on what gambling debts, a soldier's marching route and poetry might have in common. Spoiler: They all can be noted in late #18th-century almanacs-cum-notebooks: #almanac
https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/blog/fugitive-poetry-and-notetaking

Joseph Foord: The Man Who Brought Water to Fadmoor and Gillamoor

This is Sleighthome Dale, which is drained by Hodge Beck. Bransdale is upstream and Kirkdale is downstream, but it's unclear where one dale ends and the other begins.

Across the dale, there's a limestone plateau called Boon Hill, with the twin villages of Fadmoor and Gillamoor. In the 18th century, both villag ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31948

#NorthYorkMoors #SleightholmeDale #TabularHills #18th-century #history

The Rise and Fall of Alum Production in Great Ayton

As I descend from Capt. Cook's Monument, approaching Gribdale Terrace, the former whinstone quarrymen's cottages gleam white, with Cliff Rigg rising behind them. Before me, in the centre of the photo is a range of sandstone buildings mapped as Bank House Farm on the 1853 OS Six-inch map, but an auction advertisement in ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31921

#AytonBank #GreatAyton #Gribdale #NorthYorkMoors #18th-century #alum #history

The Ionic Temple, Rievaulx Terrace

They say that things often come in threes, and that certainly seems to be the case for me this week, as I have encountered the Duncombe family for the third time. 
In 1687, a nouveau riche banker named Sir Charles Duncombe purchased the Rievaulx and Helmsley estates for the staggering sum of £90,000. He was known as one of the richest commoners in ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31846

#NorthYorkMoors #Rievaulx #18th-century #history #NationalTrust

The old road to Westerdale

The moors are filled with standing stones that span across different periods in history. You can find prehistoric monoliths, medieval structures, and even contemporary edifices scattered throughout the vast terrain.

According to the 1853 6" O.S. map, there is a boundary stone labelled Stockesley Cross located near the ruins of a supposed smugglers' hideout ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31792

#Basedale #NorthYorkMoors #Westerdale #18th-century #medieval

I somewhat regret sharing a WSJ story of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse as I'm now seeing many inflammatory stories about it on Twitter and NAS.

"Second largest collapse of a bank in US history." Yeah because it's the second in recent (inflated assets) history.

Silicon Valley Bank, while #18th in total assets of US banks, was a nobody bank who was over-leveraged on shit asset and deposits. Not saying it was predictable, but this isn't a 2008 Lehman collapse

SVB is peanuts. Not systemic risk

【白猫】斧カルディナ（CV：井上喜久子）思い出1～6 https://www.wacoca.com/videos/1646424/voice-actress/

#18th #Vlog #voiceactress #カルディナ #ゲーム #井上喜久子 #声優 #女性声優 #思い出 #白猫プロジェクト #白猫斧カルディナCV井上喜久子思い出16 #白貓project

In Baysdale Beck

Two stoops or gateposts mark a long-lost crossing of Baysdale Beck about 275 metres upstream of the modern-day ford at Hob Hole. The width between the post suggests a passage on foot and for pack horses only.

"Ploughman", writing in 1908, observed that "the supports of an ancient bridge is still preserved, by the interweaving strength of the numerous roots of trees".
...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31597

#Basedale #Baysdale #NorthYorkMoors #18th-century #medieval

18th-Century Valentines

I noticed new trees have been planted on Busby Moor, that stretch of Cleveland Hills below Cringle Moor and Green Bank.

And so to St. Valentine's day, isn't this year flying by?

Francis Grose's 'A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue', written in 1785, defines a 'valentine' as 'the first woman seen by a man, or man seen by a woman on St. Valentine's ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31547

#CringleMoor #NorthYorkMoors #18th-century #Valentine'sDay

“T’ biggest hill in all Yorkshur”

It is generally accepted that the now populous district of the North Riding which we call Cleveland is bounded on its southern extremity by the Cleveland Hills. This is not so.

The district of Cleveland comprises the archdeaconry of that name, which extends considerably farther south, as far as Picker ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31516

#ClevelandHills #CliffRidgeWood #NorthYorkMoors #RoseberryTopping #18th-century #medieval #NationalTrust

Abandoned sandstone quarry near Turkey Nab

A pair of cairns have been constructed on the nab itself, where once a gibbet stood, last used so I understand, in 1729, when Willam Parkinson was hung there in chains.

My notes say that Parkinson was tried at York assizes for the murder of a Scottish drover at Great Broughton. He was brought back north for the sentence to be carried out. All wi ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31443

#BankFoot #inglebygreenhow #NorthYorkMoors #18th-century

A moment in time. 18th Century - George Washington's bedpan.
#bedpan #18th Century #amomentintime

Sunset from Cliff Rigg

A very wet run this morning over the Cleveland Hills.

And after lunch, the sun came out. Blue skies.

So I dragged the dog up to Cliff Rigg for the sunset.

And she repaid me by thorough belching — I made that phrase up, inspired by the 18th-century expression of a 'thorough-cough' which is coughing and breaking wind backwards at the same t ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31131

#ClevelandHills #CliffRigg #18th-century #lexicography #NationalTrust #sunset

Just bought 2 more books about the history of #espionage though I haven't completely read my shelf... doesn't matter, good to have some spare 😅

I'm especially interested in #spies from the #15th to #18th century, so I'm curious how valuable the books are gonna be for that specific period.

#histodon

Anchorage Man Arrested in Chase after Assaulting Taxi Cab Driver and Stealing His Vehicle
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After receiving a report of a taxi driver and the theft of his taxi, multiple Anchorage police officers responded to West 18th Avenue and Arctic Boulevard where the incident occurred on Monday evening.

Some officers went to the victim and others immediately...
https://alaska-native-news.com/65413-2/65413/
#grant wells #taxidriver #assault #vehicle theft #arctic #18th #chase #arrest

One of my favorite #history / #animal facts:

Back in the mid-#18th century, the #Swedish naturalist Peter Kalm visited colonial America. In his journal, he called skunks "fiskat" which roughly translates as "fart cat".