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The Making of William Edwards; or, The Story of the Bridge of Beauty

by G. Linnaeus Banks

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It was a sad day for Mrs. Edwards, of Eglwysilan, when her well-loved husband, on his return from Llantrisant market one sultry Friday in the autumn of 1721, in attempting to cross the River Taff, failed to observe its rising waters, missed the ford, and was carried down the stream, a drowning man.

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