skylarking

mutuals/followers who are involved in historical research especially the late 18th century in new england:

this is the only object in daniel brown's house in cambridge mass in 1785 that i cannot identify for the life of me.

the context it's in is a room containing beds, clothing, kitchen/cookware, and for some reason "forty-one new scythes".

i'm reading it as either "Slam Bunk" or "Ham Bunk" (leaning toward "Slam" based on the rest of this particular person's handwriting), but nothing comes up when i search either of those terms, even with dates added. it looks like it's worth 1/6 of a penny if i'm understanding the notations of value correctly

Napoleon controls the lions the way a pokemon trainer controls pokemon. It’s not esp, but they will obey commands like “claw” or “get in line”

That’s a pretty wide

Rome! By all means Rome! I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live.