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Jacqueline Reiter
@latelordchatham.bsky.social
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Congregational Librarian. Historian researching Napoleonic military/political history. Biographer of the 2nd Lord Chatham. "Quicksilver Captain: The Improbable Life of Sir Home Popham" is out now with Helion. I also have two guinea pigs, Merry and Pippin.
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Jacqueline Reiter @latelordchatham.bsky.social · Nov 10
Hello new followers! I'm Jacqueline, author of "Quicksilver Captain" (tinyurl.com/3ak4jmnb). I post about Napoleonic/18th-19th c British military, naval, political, and social history, writing and research, and (latterly) guinea pigs. Looking forward to interacting on here!
Quicksilver Captain | From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 | Helion & Company
Quicksilver Captain, From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 - just one of the military history books available from Helion & Company.
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latelordchatham.bsky.social
Hahahahahahahahahaaaaarrrrggghhh ***fiddles with extremely long hair***

Congregational Library, 7.1.5: "The loathsomeness of long haire" by Thomas Hall (1654)
Congregational Library 7.1.5: title page of "The loathsomeness of long haire" by Thomas Hall (London 1654)
February 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
latelordchatham.bsky.social
Some good morning #GuineaPigs for you all
A black, white, and buff guinea pig named Pippin investigating the camera in case it might be breakfast A black and white guinea pig named Merry peeking coyly out of the plastic shelter in his cage Two guinea pigs, one black and white named Merry and one black, buff, and white named Pippin, scoffing a breakfast of lettuce leaves and green pepper in their daytime run, surrounded by various boxes and toys
February 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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In case @rorymuir.bsky.social hasn't seen it, apparently this was the front window of Hatchards in London this week... (Credit Anna Vakulenko)
Photo of the front window of Hatchards in London showing a display revolving around "Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen" by Rory Muir
February 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Booking for our Wellington Congress 2025 is officially open! Head to this page to see what our programme has in store for you and to book your place! #WellingtonCongress2025 @zwhitehistory @napoleonicquarterly.com @latelordchatham.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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@tomcw99.bsky.social has reviewed Quicksilver Captain -- and he's making me blush
January 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Booking for our Wellington Congress 2025 is officially open! Head to this page to see what our programme has in store for you and to book your place! buff.ly/4juc21N #WellingtonCongress2025 @zwhitehistory @napoleonicquarterly.com @latelordchatham.bsky.social @rorymuir.bsky.social
Wellington Congress 2025
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January 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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A view of Nelson’s funeral at St Paul’s with the giant lantern illuminating the coffin below. The ensigns of captured French and Spanish ships hang around the mournful scene. Print after Charles Augustus Pugin. From British Museum. #skystorians #navalhistory
A view of St Paul’s with Nelson’s funeral being staged with a large crowd gathered in a bowl around the coffin which is under a plumed canopy. A tall cylindrical lantern hangs over the coffin with lots of points of illumination on it. The scene is framed by a large Spanish flag to the left and a large French flag to the right.
January 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
latelordchatham.bsky.social
I have an announcement to make: I'm returning to librarianship! As of 6 January, I will be the new Congregational Librarian, working with the Congregational Memorial Hall Trust: tinyurl.com/4ru9b4c2
The Congregational Library appoints a new Librarian | The Congregational Library
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December 30, 2024 at 11:12 PM
latelordchatham.bsky.social
This is basically how I got into history, people
whimsicalmuse.bsky.social The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · Dec 10
Never give up hope that, one day, you will pull a book from a bookshelf and that secret door will finally open for you.
December 13, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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'The women were considered prostitutes and could be forcibly taken to the university’s private prison and sentenced to weeks of confinement by the vice-chancellor. More than 5,000 were arrested in the 19th century alone.'
Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial
A 1561 charter granted powers to imprison young working-class women found walking with undergraduates after dark
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December 7, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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#OnThisDay 1794: Home Popham, attached to the British army in Flanders and a newly minted Master and Commander, writes to the Secretary at War asking to be provided with a 50-gun ship, 2 sloops of war, 6 gunboats, and 50 flat boats. Nice Christmas list.

#NavalHistory
#MaritimeHistory
Close-up of the top third of the painting of Popham from the 1780s (https://tinyurl.com/3ae97nzs), showing a man in a naval lieutenant's naval uniform and wearing powdered hair. A speech bubble has been added, with the following words: "Dear Santa, I would like a bunch of boats, tons of artillery, a command, and a pony"
December 6, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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Good morning from Merry and Pippin! It's #GuineaPig time and we're busy destroying our pile of morning grass (M+P: 1; Pile of Grass: 0). We hope everyone has a good day! #GuineaPigs
Two guinea pigs (on the left a black, white, and buff guinea pig named Pippin, and on the right a black and white guinea pig named Merry) destroying a pile of fresh grass in their run A close-up in profile of a black, white, and buff guinea pig named Pippin, looking very handsome A close-up in profile of a black and white guinea pig named Merry, who is too busy scoffing hay to pay any attention to the photographer
December 2, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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It's #GuineaPig time and the boys are looking super handsome today (as usual, obvs) #GuineaPigs
A black and white guinea pig named Merry enjoying his fresh grass A black, white, and buff guinea pig named Pippin enjoying his fresh grass
November 30, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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#OnThisDay 1786: Sir Harry Parker, Secretary to the Board of Longitude, gives Lt. Home Popham some advice: "The Beast [Lord Howe, First Lord of the Admiralty] deserves the trimming you have given him, but ..."

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#MaritimeHistory
Admiral Richard, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799), by John Singleton Copley, from https://tinyurl.com/mrysxmdr.
November 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Spot the #GuineaPigs. Two to find. Yes, two. #GuineaPig
On the left, just visible, a black and white guinea pig named Merry burrowing happily in some hay; on the right, a black, white, and buff guinea pig named Pippin, also slightly concealed in the hay
November 26, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Pippin is very good at the side-eye #GuineaPig
A black, white, and buff guinea pig named Pippin eating grass in his cardboard shelter while keeping a watchful eye on the photographer
November 25, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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As I start to extract & then delete my Twitter account, I'm remembering the highlights. Like the time I discovered that a tweet ('Being a historian is all about muttering 'you f**ker' to long-dead prime ministers whilst alone at one's desk') got quoted in a book on historical methodology?!?
November 12, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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Looking forward to my Cambridge debut!
November 25, 2024 at 10:22 AM
latelordchatham.bsky.social
Good morning from Merry and Pippin! I came downstairs to find them both in "sphinx mode" (and Merry sitting on top of the cuddle sack, as usual) 😂 #GuineaPig #GuineaPigs
On the left a black, white, and buff guinea pig named Pippin, sitting like a sphinx with his front paws resting under his head; on the right a black and white guinea pig named Merry, sitting on top of (not inside!) a blue cuddle sack and also with his front paws resting under his head.
November 22, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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November 21, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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#OnThisDay 1799: Sir Home Popham writes to William Huskisson at the War Dept. to remind him he exists, has been promised employment, and wants "remuneration" for his services. He gets it: soon after he receives a pension of £500 a year. #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
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Portrait of Sir Home Popham, circa 1800: bust in oval frame, with Popham wearing a bicorn hat with a large cockade and the uniform of a Royal Navy Captain. From the New York Public Library (https://tinyurl.com/msk89ved)
November 21, 2024 at 9:47 AM
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Good morning from Merry and Pippin! The grass was definitely frosty today, but apparently still tastes yummy. #GuineaPig #GuineaPig
Top left, a black and white guinea pig named Merry, and below right, a black, white, and buff guinea pig named Pippin eating fresh grass in their run, surrounded by cardboard boxes and log shelters
November 21, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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More snacks for a handsome and obviously starving and neglected #GuineaPig?
A black and white guinea pig named Merry gazing longingly up at the camera, begging for snacks
November 20, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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Te midden van alle onrust blijven lezen! Dat zou het motto van de anti-bezuinigingencampagne op de Geesteswetenschappen moeten zijn. Foto zonet gemaakt hier in Cambridge:
November 19, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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Scanning old pics, so here's Buddy, the world's most fabulous budgie, whom we brought back from the US. Talked beautifully ("Buddy!" "I love you!" "Buddy bites!" "Aargh stop it!"); loved napping on my shoulder; once escaped, but came home after a good flyabout. Died at 14 in 2007. Miss him every day
Me circa 2002, with a pale blue and white male budgie named Buddy on my head. Buddy is looking cheeky. Me circa 2002, with a pale blue and white male budgie named Buddy in the process of abseiling down my face using my hair for purchase. I'm giggling and Buddy is looking like he's having fun.
November 20, 2024 at 3:15 PM