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Description: Title page of a pamphlet on the wreck of the steamship London, 1866, published by H. Pearce, London. "Startling narrative! And appalling catastrophe! Wreck of the steamship London, 220 colonists & emigrants lost! Within three days' sail of Plymouth. Proposed meeting in aid of the survivors..." The pamphlet also includes a brief biography of actor Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, who died on board, and is mentioned on the title page. Geog 4677.82, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Title: Houghton Geog 4677.82 - Wreck of the Steamship London
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Author: H. Pearce (publisher)
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