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1879 (Sep 16) Cover posted from London to Bristol with enclosed letter from the balloonist Joseph Simmons, "Woolwich, Tuesday 1.30, My dear Elise. The accent is not to take place tomorrow as the garrison is out, therefore we cannot get the soldiers and it is indefinitely postponed, yours Joe", with a short newspaper article about the proposed demonstration of Simmons balloon to the War Office at the Royal Arsenal. Also an 1874 cutting about the death of a Mr De Groof who died after falling from Simmons balloon, and a photocopy of an 1888 magazine recording Simmons death in a balloon accident.
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