Dundee to London and back with a wheelbarrow

From Dundee to London and back with a wheelbarrow: James Gordon leaving the Westminster Royal Aquarium on his return journey. A thousand miles with a wheelbarrow: James Gordon, of Dundee, a street-porter, a very poor man but a brave one, having a wife and seven children to maintain, and having earnestly tried but in vain to keep them and himself by ordinary industry, has started with his wheelbarrow to walk to London and back. This honest poor fellow is trudging and trundling his way home, receiving many pennies and shillings kindly dropped into his box

Aquarium Distinctions Dundee Earning Feb24 Traveling Well-to-do Wheelbarrow

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