#bergent

[besidethepath]

Time again for a few duck pictures: a greater scaup - for once not out at sea. These ducks are winter guests in our region.

[kavohh707]

A greater scaup, that looks a bit angry at me for taking pictures.

[partywithoutsmiling]

what was the next course of action did jd, poppy and beast branch do after their first meeting?

Their main goal was to aim for Bergen Town- after Poppy spent incredible amount of time of trying to convince JD to even go there of course XD

At that point of the story, JD still doesnt know Branch's true identity and believes all his brothers are dead- and Bergen Town is the source of that trauma, as he had previously gone and find the tree abandoned and dry

Poppy doesnt know this and doesnt know that JD is Branch's brother, so she cant understand the exact reason why JD is refusing to return there

But anyway, plot happens, and they try to go to Bergent Town to ask Bridget and Gristle for help But they overshot and end up at the golf course, which is basically straight south down

[anaisrocha]

“I have another idea. My dad invented it when I was a kid to help me sleep. I’m warning you, it’s super lame.”

[bitching-barista]

Tiff: I like Max

Max and Aurélien: oh so you want to be with Aurélien

Tiff: no I want to be with Max

Max and Aurélien: oh so you’re trying to get with Aurélien!

Tiff:

[gendryadempsie]

Merci ma Queen, d'être aussi enjouée et merveilleuse ❤

[laedraws]

I know everyone is memeing on Tiff’s insta story right now but I just realized that it is probably a callback to the firsts episodes when Max said he’ll “never let his Jack drown” (= he won’t leave her) and now Tiff feels like he did and I’m- guys just make up already

[vraimothra]

max really got himself detention to try & apologize to tiff instead of like... offering to babysit Möira while tiff had to be there??

yeah big himbo energy this clip lmao

[besidethepath]

The waves of the baltic sea further out are covered with Greater Scaups. If you live in northern Germany near the Baltic Sea, you have a great privilege: With a bit of luck, you can see birds that are not commonplace. These include the Greater Scaups, which breed in the far north of Europe and make their winter home here.

[tutselutse]

You know what Max and Tiff need now?

They need some a l m o s t k i s s e s, babey

[purplexmist]

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i have no words to describe my love for tiffax so the best way is to do it with an edit instead, right? tiff’s season (season 7) is my fav season of skam france so far (together with season 3). the new gen is just so amazing! a big applause to the team for tiff’s character development and the relationships/friendships that was brought to us.

i miss them, please come back soon… *patiently waiting for season 8*

ac/sc: swenoia

cc: cinelisty

[nordleuchten]

A truly challenging letter ...

I recently found this letter in the William & Mary Digital Archive and was immediately intrigued - not because of the content of the letter but because the letter was barely readable. The archive guide offered a transcription of the first eleven words and then only stated that the letter was in great parts illegible. My interest was piqued and so I tried my best to transcribe the letter in full … something that was not in the realm of my abilities. So I did what I always do when I encounter something that I can not read, I asked the lovely @acrossthewavesoftime to lend a helping hand (Thanks again!) and between the two of us we manged to, well, not transcribe everything, but a fair section. Enough at least to understand the gist of the letter.

Baltimore November the 26th 1824

my dear Commodore

my father gives me the agreeable task of answering

your letter dated november the 9th 1824 […] he thanks

you for having called on [bergent people ?] be glad [?] who en-

closed [?] a letter, stating that the Committee

for the Washington monument was not yet quite

ready for the laying of the cornerstone.

my father has not yet answered to Mr Suged

and indeed will not answer to him, till [cross out] after

the meeting of Congress, that will benefit me when he will

be able to Know more about these proceedings

if you see Mr Sergent, will you be so good as to let

him Know my father’s motives to [crossed out] not answering to him

immediately.

[…] that […] we asked together Sir, will ever be

reminded by us with the greatest gratification, and regret of its having been so short.

permit me, Sir, to hope that this expression

of Levasseur’s, and my best regards will be

acceptable to you

G. W. Lafayette

Commodore Barron

The question marks mark sections in the letter where there definitely are more words, but they are to faint as that we could read them. The dots mark passages where we suspect that there might be more words … but we are simply not quite sure because the writing is so faded. If any of you can read more than the two of us, please, be our guest and add anything that you might be able to decipher!

As to the actual content of the letter (or at least everything that we could transcribe); the Commodore was a certain James Barron. He was an American Navy Officer and served in the Quasi War, (1798-1800) and in the First Barbary War (1801-1805). Before retiring in 1839 he had command of the USS Essex and the USS President (among other ships). He was court-martialled in 1808 for not preparing his ship in time for possible action, a mistake that led to Barron having to surrender his ship to the British. He also fought a duel against Commodore Stephen Decatur on March 22, 1820.

I have searched for the referenced letter from Barron to La Fayette from November 9, 1824 but I could not find it anywhere and I believe that it might be lost forever. Something similar goes for the two gentlemen, Mr Suged and Mr Sergent - I have no idea who this fellows were. They are not mentioned in any of the papers/documents/letters from La Fayette that I have at my disposal. The only other name mentioned in the letter, Levasseur, is easier to explain. Auguste Levasseur was La Fayette’s private secretary at the time and accompanied him during his travels in America. He later published details of the tour in his book “Lafayette in America, In 1824 and 1825, or, Journal of Travels in the United States” (this is the English title of course, Levasseur originally wrote and published in France).

While La Fayette laid a number of cornerstones during his visit to the United States, he did not lay the cornerstone for the Washington Monument (or the cornerstone for the Washington Monument in Philadelphia that was debated at the time). The reason - when the cornerstone was eventually laid on July 4, 1848, La Fayette was dead for well over a decade.

I found it quite intriguing to see Georges Washington de La Fayette writing, that he answered this letter in his fathers stead. La Fayette was absolutely bombarded with letters, invitations, gifts and what not all in 1824/25 and I am not at all surprised that, even with Levasseur’s help, he was just not able got the better of all the post and so his son had to step in on occasions. Honestly, I am surprised that we have not seen more letters like this one (the content, not the quality of the ink ;-))

[anaisrocha]

“Come on, he seriously likes you. He gave you Nestor.”

[bitching-barista]

I love how much they show tiff and max holding hands, like I don’t think enough shows use that for their couples and it’s always a little precious thing that sends me

[gendryadempsie]

I love them.

[laedraws]

Max I mean this with love but you’re an idiot