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Poster advertising a trip to the Great Exhibition from Abergavenny, 1851
  • Humphrey Jones writes to his parents on 20 July 1854 from London where he has gone to find work as a chemist and druggist. He informs his parents of his outing to the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace the previous Monday.
Letter from Humphrey Jones, apprentice chemist in London, to his parents in Llangollen, 20 July 1854 [image 1 of 6]