Leonard Holt tying a packet of letters to the

Leonard Holt tying a packet of letters to the bottom of a rope so that the grocer Bloundel can pull them up into his house which he has shut up to save his family from the Plague of London (1665). Illustration by John Franklin (active 1800-1861) for William Harrison Ainsworth Old Saint Paul's, London 1855 (first published 1841). Engraving

1665 1800-1861 1841 Ainsworth Grocer Holt Packet Pauls Plague Pull Save Shut Tying

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