Graham Moore
@mooregraham.bsky.social
Maritime & social historian; 18th-C Collections Researcher for The National Archives UK. Sometime pirate. Views own &c
The National Archives is full of old fossils.
No, not the staff/visitors - I mean this report of mastodon remains found along the Ohio River, included as a brief annotation in this map of lands ceded in 1768 Fort Stanwix treaty.
Either that or a REALLY big bison.
#MastodonPosting
CO 700/Virginia18
No, not the staff/visitors - I mean this report of mastodon remains found along the Ohio River, included as a brief annotation in this map of lands ceded in 1768 Fort Stanwix treaty.
Either that or a REALLY big bison.
#MastodonPosting
CO 700/Virginia18
June 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The National Archives is full of old fossils.
No, not the staff/visitors - I mean this report of mastodon remains found along the Ohio River, included as a brief annotation in this map of lands ceded in 1768 Fort Stanwix treaty.
Either that or a REALLY big bison.
#MastodonPosting
CO 700/Virginia18
No, not the staff/visitors - I mean this report of mastodon remains found along the Ohio River, included as a brief annotation in this map of lands ceded in 1768 Fort Stanwix treaty.
Either that or a REALLY big bison.
#MastodonPosting
CO 700/Virginia18
enjoying this devious polar bear today, in John Seller’s Atlas Maritimus (1698)
[TNA, FO 925/4111]
[TNA, FO 925/4111]
March 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
enjoying this devious polar bear today, in John Seller’s Atlas Maritimus (1698)
[TNA, FO 925/4111]
[TNA, FO 925/4111]
this pigeon is also going to The National Archives today
March 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
this pigeon is also going to The National Archives today
Discovery descriptions to the rescue, & your suspicions confirmed!
(My thanks, as always, to TNA’s intrepid volunteers who likely contributed to this)
(My thanks, as always, to TNA’s intrepid volunteers who likely contributed to this)
December 10, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Discovery descriptions to the rescue, & your suspicions confirmed!
(My thanks, as always, to TNA’s intrepid volunteers who likely contributed to this)
(My thanks, as always, to TNA’s intrepid volunteers who likely contributed to this)
Would have to get the original set of papers (PRO 30/24/30) up to check the context - unfortunately this is all that’s in MPI 1 (extracted maps etc).
I only came across the mill by accident - had called the piece up to look at these delightful sketches of London’s wharves.
I only came across the mill by accident - had called the piece up to look at these delightful sketches of London’s wharves.
December 10, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Would have to get the original set of papers (PRO 30/24/30) up to check the context - unfortunately this is all that’s in MPI 1 (extracted maps etc).
I only came across the mill by accident - had called the piece up to look at these delightful sketches of London’s wharves.
I only came across the mill by accident - had called the piece up to look at these delightful sketches of London’s wharves.
Hey, you! Tired of trekking all the way to the mill? Introducing ‘Mill in a Boat’ - the mill that comes to you!
Mill in a Boat’s patented floating technology means you can #grind whatever the water level. Mill in a Boat: for bakers who rise to the occasion!
MPI 1/386
Mill in a Boat’s patented floating technology means you can #grind whatever the water level. Mill in a Boat: for bakers who rise to the occasion!
MPI 1/386
December 10, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Hey, you! Tired of trekking all the way to the mill? Introducing ‘Mill in a Boat’ - the mill that comes to you!
Mill in a Boat’s patented floating technology means you can #grind whatever the water level. Mill in a Boat: for bakers who rise to the occasion!
MPI 1/386
Mill in a Boat’s patented floating technology means you can #grind whatever the water level. Mill in a Boat: for bakers who rise to the occasion!
MPI 1/386
What shall we call this high bit of land, that always stays above water?
Hmmm.. How about “High Land of Neversunk”?
Hmmm.. How about “High Land of Neversunk”?
December 10, 2024 at 2:05 PM
What shall we call this high bit of land, that always stays above water?
Hmmm.. How about “High Land of Neversunk”?
Hmmm.. How about “High Land of Neversunk”?
When I teach sailing, the kids always tell me the boats I draw on the whiteboard ‘don’t look like boats’ - so it’s nice to know that Admiralty officers in 1779 shared my artistic vision.
This map shows a proposed fleet formation for defending the entrance to New York at Sandy Hook.
[MPI 1/100]
This map shows a proposed fleet formation for defending the entrance to New York at Sandy Hook.
[MPI 1/100]
December 10, 2024 at 2:05 PM
When I teach sailing, the kids always tell me the boats I draw on the whiteboard ‘don’t look like boats’ - so it’s nice to know that Admiralty officers in 1779 shared my artistic vision.
This map shows a proposed fleet formation for defending the entrance to New York at Sandy Hook.
[MPI 1/100]
This map shows a proposed fleet formation for defending the entrance to New York at Sandy Hook.
[MPI 1/100]
These rather Tolkienesque descriptions from deepest darkest Pennsylvania: ‘Endless Mountains’, ‘The Great Swamp’
[CO 700/NewYork37]
[CO 700/NewYork37]
December 5, 2024 at 2:14 PM
These rather Tolkienesque descriptions from deepest darkest Pennsylvania: ‘Endless Mountains’, ‘The Great Swamp’
[CO 700/NewYork37]
[CO 700/NewYork37]
Some particularly good trees [CO 700/Florida56]
December 5, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Some particularly good trees [CO 700/Florida56]
Enjoying these alligators today, adorning maps of colonial America - with a Bonus Beaver
[TNA, CO 700/AmericaNorthAndSouth35, 42]
[TNA, CO 700/AmericaNorthAndSouth35, 42]
December 5, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Enjoying these alligators today, adorning maps of colonial America - with a Bonus Beaver
[TNA, CO 700/AmericaNorthAndSouth35, 42]
[TNA, CO 700/AmericaNorthAndSouth35, 42]
Pleased to report that I had a Very Good First Week in my new job as an 18th Century Researcher at TNA. Thanks to the TNA Team for making me feel welcome! Interesting 1776-related things are in the works - watch this space…
November 15, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Pleased to report that I had a Very Good First Week in my new job as an 18th Century Researcher at TNA. Thanks to the TNA Team for making me feel welcome! Interesting 1776-related things are in the works - watch this space…
Favourite exchange thus far from Kew Gardens' record books. In August 1796, Kew sent a small shipment of decorative plants to George Spencer-Churchill in Berkshire. Later notation added, in an indignant (and rare) aside: 'but Lord Blandford never added any Plant to the Royal Collection!'
November 6, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Favourite exchange thus far from Kew Gardens' record books. In August 1796, Kew sent a small shipment of decorative plants to George Spencer-Churchill in Berkshire. Later notation added, in an indignant (and rare) aside: 'but Lord Blandford never added any Plant to the Royal Collection!'
Spent today diving into Trinity House records at the London Met Archives. Historical highlights include lists of seafarers’ wages, like this one from a 1608 voyage to the Americas.
[LMA, CLC/526/30045/1]
[LMA, CLC/526/30045/1]
November 2, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Spent today diving into Trinity House records at the London Met Archives. Historical highlights include lists of seafarers’ wages, like this one from a 1608 voyage to the Americas.
[LMA, CLC/526/30045/1]
[LMA, CLC/526/30045/1]