18th Century Diaries Written Like Twitter
- 06.09.10
- Diary, Links, record-keeping, 18th century, 19th century, Diary, history, twitter
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This is interesting: In reviewing volumes of diaries, mostly written by women, [a researcher] found many terse records about what was happening in daily life in the same style demanded by Twitter’s 140-character limit. Many diary entries ranged, for example, from what was for dinner to reports of deaths, births, marriages and travel, such as [...]
