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Jonas Hanway (1712 – September 5, 1786), English traveller and philanthropist, was born at Portsmouth. He was the first Londoner, it is said, to carry an umbrella, and he lived to triumph over all the hackney coachmen who tried to hoot and hustle him down. This contemporary caricature attempts to show some of the reactions he provoked.


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current17:59, 13 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 17:59, 13 October 2006280 × 388 (63 KB)Aspro (talk | contribs)Jonas Hanway (1712 – September 5, 1786), English traveller and philanthropist, was born at Portsmouth. He was the first Londoner, it is said, to carry an umbrella, and he lived to triumph over all the hackney coachmen who tried to hoot and hustle hi

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