We ’ve coveredword nerd ; now , play along a few twitter accounts that will satisfy your historical curiosity .
1. Tweets of Old
These tweet , which take actual lines from old newspapers , are very entertaining — and tell us a peck about the people of past times .
2. John Quincy Adams
If you ’ve ever require to translate our 6th President ’s diary , this Twitter account is for you .
3. Girls Own Advice
These tweet are , according to the bio , " genuine reply from 1880s and 1890s problem Page . " Some are wise . Some are weird . Some are enough to make us glad we live in a modern 24-hour interval and age .
4. Slate Vault
The official Twitter account of Slate ’s The Vault Blog is interesting in its own right .
5. Weird History
Exactly what it sounds like , and quite delightful . The tweeter even makes a percentage point to publish old articles sport names that are famous today .
6. Retronaut
Excellent vintage exposure !
7. British Pathé
tweet boast video from the now - defunct Pathé News .
8. Public Domain Review
enchanting findings from videos and documents in the public domain .
9. Michael Beschloss
playfulness facts from a presidential historian .
10. DigiVictorian
This bill , which cross Victorian Popular Culture , is run by Bob Nicholson , a reader at Edgehill University in the UK .
11. Today in History
You could visit Wikipedia … or you could keep abreast this Twitter account .
12. NASA History
Space history !
13. SI Vault
variation account !
14. Today’s Document
One excellent historic written document a daylight , direct from the National Archives .
15. Papers of GW
contribution of letters and other titbit from our first president ’s paper .
What story - obsessed Twitter accounts do you play along ? We ’ll do a follow - up with some of your favorites that we did n’t note here .
