Ebenezer Holt

Ebenezer Holt was the captain of a merchant ship out of Salem, Massachusetts during the 18th century, mentioned in the story "The Picture in the House" by H. P. Lovecraft. During his travels he obtained a copy of the real world book Regnum Congo, concerning the history and geography of the Congo region of Africa, written by Filippo Pigafetta and published in 1591. 
In the year 1768 Holt traded the book to the unnamed old man from the story. It was the Regnum's depiction of the Anzique cannibals of Africa that created in the old man a desire for the taste of human flesh, a dietary habit that somehow imbued him with exceptionally long life. Holt himself was killed in the Revolutionary War. (: "The Picture in the House")
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