Lucy Rodd
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Lucy Rodd travelled to England at the age of 15 with her parents from their home in Rockford, Illinois in the USA during the summer of 1870 and kept a diary of their journey. Despite her tragically early death at the age of 18, Lucy’s original handwritten journal has survived for over 140 years.