Victorian Tweets

How did we ever survive before the introduction of email, Twitter and Facebook? Nostalgic images of slow-paced communication in the Victorian days of London, Ontario are in fact fictional. Just as electronic communication dominate the lives of many, written correspondence and communication between family, friends and business or political partners were an important part of the Eldon House Family routine. This exhibit presents nineteenth century paraphernalia associated with letter writing and explores the first-hand historical documents of the Harris Family and “translates” them into tweets.

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron. We honour and respect the history, languages and culture of the diverse Indigenous people who call this territory home.

We acknowledge all the treaties that are specific to this area: the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy/Silver Covenant Chain; the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee NANFAN Treaty of 1701; the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827, with the Anishinaabeg, and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishnaabek and Haudenosaunee.

The three Indigenous Nations that are neighbours to London are the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation; Oneida Nation of the Thames; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation who all continue to live as sovereign Nations with individual and unique languages, cultures, and customs.