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Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway

Made:
1825-09-27
maker:
Backhouse, John Church
Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway
Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway

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Letter from 14-year-old John Backhouse to his sister in London, describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 27th September 1825. Above the letter text is Backhouse's pencil sketch of the train, with numbers to identify the various wagon and carriages described in the body of the letter.

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