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vivdunstan ([personal profile] vivdunstan) wrote2023-09-25 10:17 pm
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On this day in 1660

From Samuel Pepys on this day in 1660: “And afterwards did send for a Cupp of Tee (a China drink of which I never had drunk before)”
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[personal profile] greenwoodside 2023-09-26 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for sharing. I spotted this post browsing during my lunch break and it really made me smile : )
vivdunstan: Part of own photo taken in local university botanic gardens. Tree trunks rise atmospherically, throwing shadows from the sun on the ground. (Default)

[personal profile] vivdunstan 2023-09-26 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad to help! I'd seen someone else mention it more briefly on Bluesky. So dug out my copy of Pepys beside my usual chair, and found it was even more verbose than I expected.
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