[A brief article, a bit off-topic; but it sheds light on some 17c sailing-crews.] New Yorks Coldest Case: A Murder 400 Years Old Detectives and historians...
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robinsonmf
Sep 10, 2009 2:30 pm
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695), organist and composer, was born in London or Westminster, possibly on 10 September 1659, the third or fourth of six children of...
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robinsonmf
Sep 16, 2009 4:26 am
Plague death records published Details of those who died from the bubonic plague in London will be among more than 18 million parish records to be published on...
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robinsonmf
Oct 8, 2009 11:53 am
Link to free Podcast of the ONB life of Elizabeth Pepys can be found 2/3 down the page linked below; Section 9 'One-offs' No. 5. (includes 'spoilers'): ...
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robinsonmf
Oct 9, 2009 2:25 pm
Saving the Wrecks of the Channel Marine Archaeologists Fear Historic Vessels, Under Threat From Fishing Trawlers, May Be Lost Forever Marine archaeologists...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Oct 9, 2009 10:32 pm
... Wonderful site! Thank you for drawing this to our attention! A.S. -- °±·...
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robinsonmf
Oct 11, 2009 1:41 pm
Harman, Sir John (1673), naval officer, was possibly one of the Suffolk Harmans, some of whom were involved in shipowning. His brother was said to be 'an...
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robinsonmf
Oct 15, 2009 11:47 pm
New exhibit... ================================= FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, 1609: GROTIUS AND THE EMERGENCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ================================= ...
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robinsonmf
Oct 22, 2009 6:52 am
Includes mentions of Pepys but all post diary Shovell, Sir Cloudesley (1650, 1707), naval officer, baptized on 25 November 1650 at Cockthorpe, on the north...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Oct 28, 2009 10:31 pm
Pepysians, Can you help date a very interesting undated letter described in the Cartes Calendar? The King to the States-General of the United Netherlands Date:...
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robinsonmf
Nov 17, 2009 10:34 am
Cerne Abbas Giant: is he older than we thought? Standing proudly on a hillside in West Dorset, the chalk outline of the Cerne Abbas Giant has perplexed...
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robinsonmf
Nov 30, 2009 5:26 am
One of the world's oldest scientific institutions is marking the start of its 350th year by putting 60 of its most memorable research papers online. The Royal...
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robinsonmf
Nov 30, 2009 8:43 am
Risky Business:A bitterly divided nation, a monarchy splendiferously restored. When Charles II stepped ashore in Dover on May 27, 1660, and then entered London...
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robinsonmf
Dec 4, 2009 11:56 pm
From the latest Labyrinth Catalogue,receivd in the mail today: Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Tomalin, Claire @ $6.98 ...
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robinsonmf
Dec 11, 2009 8:10 am
L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704), author and press censor, was born on 17 December 1616 at Hunstanton Hall, Norfolk, the third son of Sir Hamon L'Estrange...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Dec 11, 2009 7:41 pm
Michael, Thanks for a very good on-topic read about one who will be Pepys's ally at a crucial time. http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/lotw/1.html Here are a...
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robinsonmf
Dec 13, 2009 2:05 am
Pepys ballad collection is of major significance for texts, Sharp is one major source of vernacular tune survivals: " ... Here we offer a new and very...
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robinsonmf
Dec 22, 2009 8:26 pm
This recipe for a sweet, creamy dessert similiar to syllabub comes from a ca. 1610 recipe book compiled by English housewife Sarah Longe. To make Snow. Take a...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Dec 30, 2009 3:36 am
ALBANY Henry Hudson bobblehead? Check. One-legged Peter Stuyvesant statuette? Yes. A mirror emblazoned with the logo of New Amsterdam beer? Absolutely. ...
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robinsonmf
Dec 30, 2009 7:12 am
The art of diary writing January signals not only the arrival of a new year for many, it will also open another chapter of obsessive diary-writing. What...
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Richard Histon
rhiston
Jan 4, 2010 1:16 am
Just spotted this three part program on UK BBC4 on Monday the 4th. It is in three one hour parts, weekly. Also repeated as is the norm. on BBC4 I hope it is...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jan 4, 2010 10:16 am
Thanks for pointing that out Richard. I spoke to someone from the BBC last summer for a programme about diaries, so I guess this was it... I've no idea if...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jan 4, 2010 6:28 pm
Hi, I just posted a summary of statistics about the site, mainly about 2009... lots of graphs and things so there's not much point me pasting the text into an...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jan 4, 2010 8:51 pm
Isaac Newton: Who He Was, Why Google Apples Are Falling Kate Ravilious in York, England for National Geographic News January 4, 2010 Today on the Google home...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Jan 4, 2010 10:28 pm
Alas, the Apple is not on the Australian Google site! Thanks for the Nat. Geo. link - very readable! A.S. 2010/1/5 Terry Foreman...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jan 4, 2010 10:42 pm
Susan, you are sending from tomorrow, when Newton's birthday will be a day ago. Did you use Google yesterday? Terry Foreman ... Susan, you are sending from...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jan 5, 2010 5:02 am
Alas, it is "Not available in [my] area" sc. on the West side of the pond....
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robinsonmf
Jan 6, 2010 12:51 pm
Victorian man's London diary put online The private diary of a Victorian clerk is to be serialised online more than 160 years after it was written. The...
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Peter Clarkson
clarkspe
Jan 6, 2010 2:21 pm
Charles Pooter made flesh! To: pepysdiary@yahoogroups.com From: robinsonrepepys@... Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:47:26 +0000 Subject: [pepysdiary] Victorian...
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robinsonmf
Jan 6, 2010 3:41 pm
"Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I have never even heard of, and I fail to see because I do not happen to be a...
