Inscription
Greater London Council
Francis Bret Harte, 1836 - 1902, American writer, lived and died here.
Site: Francis Bret Harte (1 memorial)
W2, Leinster Terrace, 74
This building is now, 2007, the Leinster House Hotel.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Francis Bret Harte
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Francis Bret Harte
American writer, best know for his accounts of pioneering life in California....
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Francis Bret Harte
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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
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