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London Tour Highlights From a American Traveler
S. Frank recounts a three week stay in London visiting Buckingham Palace Kensington Palace and Hampton Court Windsor Castle the Tower of London and the British Museum He notes the English courtesy the ancient sites and a fondness for literary haunts including Ye olde Cheshire Cheese Dr Johnson’s house and Stratford on Avon He mentions Stratford Chester Liverpool and a failed Bank of England visit concluding with reflections on the trip and plans to publish further letters
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London
England
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Buckingham
Somerset House
Edward VII
Kensington Palace
William III
Mary
Victoria
Hampton Court Palace
Cardinal Wolsey
Henry VIII
Hampton Court
Cromwell
Wolsey
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Gray
Tower of
British Museum
Athens
Jerusalem
Rome
Constantinople
Cairo
Alexandria
Dr. Johnson
Dickens
Thackery
Dicken
Boswell J
Stratford-on-the Avon
Shakespeare
Ann Hathaway
Hathaway
Ann
Stratford
Chester
Liverpool
New York
S. Frank