The Republican journal., 1873-11-13
London Tower.


london correspondence Of thc hicid ana Eaplcr
That my Younger readers may under
stand what y niIc ~ Luild;nm. ,noalt
when "London Tower. !, .nolen 81, tat Of
me explain First. there Is IN the centre
or near it, The White Tower which i 1lG
by 06 feet. and o. feet high Outsidc nt
th, say 200 feet avav fron, i ;,,,ire;,,1 ~
twelve other towers at nneoual distances
from each other. but so located fhat from
three to five stand on each Of The fon
sides OF the White Tower, and ,h.t thny
are built with walls of from to - fnct
in thickness. and all connected bv = wa]I
y feet thick and 40 feet hioh These
twelve towers arr d;ss;mila, 5u, ali Visa
to Il greater or less heipht above tbr wall
connectino them Y0u have nov thn
White Tower heoirt with tbis stronr ontnr
wall and il, ,lefences sin ontsidr of his
say - TO 100 feet owa, from # i anotb-
or wall Outside of nix is -, n,o,t fron, 5n
to 100 feet wide that can at any timp he
filled with water from thc Tb,mc. lnr #
runs parallel with the rivc1. ON onr sida
and only l4U to l.5u trot av-.,, tron, Il
The space inside the moat i ~ an.o.
The outer measurement of thn moat
which Il protected hy = Inn, v,IJ \. .,ha,,+
half a mile. This whole array orhnildinms
walls Notifications and noat !. IN a,i,i2,,'
Tower"
The White Tower Ia, q v;,lj n feet
thick at the hottom-lu feet "A tba tnn
On each of the tomr corner, i = t,rrat rrp-
running up 30 tect above ,hc bnjiJin~ it,
self
What mcmolic, Of Tnrli,h history
come hoopiug about YOU {, Won stand
upon this spot The very names of some
Of the twelve outer towers -uooc>t and
recall them. Here is Ibe ..Rlo7i, T"u, ''
cr, in which Richard Third caused thn
sons of Edward Fourth TO he nut to
death.
"Dcycraux Tower. named from pohnt.t
DcvcrauX. who was imprisoned IN if and
beheaded on Tower Hill. which is inst nur
side the enclosure have described Dn,,.
eraux was the Earl Of Essrx Of tho t;n,n
of Queen Elizabeth
.Beauchamp Tower. named from r,on,-
a, de Bnauchomn tho Ea,.I Of W-a,.,,.;,.il
who was imprisoned LIRE in I397 - TGis !,
the only one of tn, small towers rhat ,yo
entered There ARE two rnnm. tbn In,,o NV,
one of which YOU reach hy a d,rl .nd
ijtlicnlt ascent lhn othnr ',''" ',r,, ~
Each i, about 2utrct ,nnaro-witb rnrc..".
,f from, Them
The walls Of thc lnvni rnup, .,,c ,r,,,,-
,rnlI ,.o,-n,,,I h,. ;ns,.,,,,4;,,, -
il Tho xxx ,n~1 '''1'. y 'n,i'
tn l,n i, n,5l n',,mn' nm p'n'I
,and H. ~, ,ontinol t''' h,,. ,iiti iiti 'I''>
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,ad consnirnd 70 m,ln I'l nI,. Tit, Iv ,"tl,l
lurpn ri EurI,nI ,rLn, r';iaI
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he nrison " ''''''' ''''' i"
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once nm inmate II i. ~ a+i,,
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yo,, ,,yb 1L,;st j.; w. '''' i''o'N
.,Dolor DaIlculin rj0r,l,l,N.. ~ Ir,;'' na;n n,.
patience i conu,ered i h,. ANA I;f I(,;n.,ni
AUGUST 8. 1855. lie was accnscd w;thnut
oundation. of attemptinr to 1,nisnn omonn
elizabeth
TO serve God nx.r,.i.. ,..r;to,,.. .,,a
ubmit TO fate is ia rrion ,Tbaf ,,ht, ,t,'
, .o,vn bv God in taorS ,.oo,,aI j., ;,t.
,re fwo inscr;nf;on. NV tn,o I,.I,,harI ~
lied here ''''' '''
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rive Won '''''' ~
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...a,.- .l,rn ',,,-1 ,non M 'rs"H he'ri{ 'uV
rowrr Min H. Vv;IIinr, IT, ~, ~, nttc
lndcr the SUPERVISION Of the Eisbnn nt'
rochester. WHO knew how TO h,1ild y. wnlI |
IS preach Ii, erection bears witmn.. r.
he difficult task which William had un-
lort9n, In ,+tnn,n+;,,a 'th''i'. i'''' ''li-
I'D Sa>ms AiI WIN h,~n >'.'g II ,,auit ;on
,oye founI !, nrccyy,r, - h,,l,,'I ~ ~ ,t :.
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ba Of ,n ,'l'a il' 'i'ts pay t, III
vern 'i'G S'i i"slo'is >iict; liere
,oh1a SnpttS p' Wa1In i',u p.1 ~ ue''ll tnos'
- tho ,,n, l''.', ,,l',''o ''ii" bruce lleIe,
~ ~; 'ti, r, S'n'uiN' were imprisoned at
oJoed m i' o,nnn 'EH Tlia,h.L III ''l!7 nell Tower
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'Iaro ,,t",, 4hs W1'5 ~ 81 ''lirs'
he ',' W l'oto ''l.e.' were
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