John Gast – shipwrights’ leader and radical
This is the story of John Gast (1772-1837), leader of the Thames shipwrights and a prominent figure in radical politics. John
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This is the story of John Gast (1772-1837), leader of the Thames shipwrights and a prominent figure in radical politics. John
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