Morris Birkbeck on American hotels circa 1817: beds full of strangers and bed bugs »
By nobugsonme on Mar 24, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, history, pigs | 0 Comments
Building on the literary bed bugs Bugzinthehood posted yesterday, this from the 18th Century Reading Room blog.
Bed bugs are not specifically mentioned, but the concept is clear, as Englishman Morris Birkbeck describes staying in a tavern during his American tour in Notes on a Journey in America (1818):
May 28 [1817].
. . . The taverns in [...]
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