"The first stage coach passed through on Monday, April 12th, 1742. ... , presented great difficulties for coaches, seven or eight horses were required to take the coach from Brewer's Hill Road to the top of the hill."
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Worthington George Smith
(25 March 1835 – 27 October 1917) was an English , archaeologist, , , and . He was the president of the for a one-year term from 1904 to 1905. Smith was awarded a in 1907.
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