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Barlow describes his boyhood near Manchester, employed in farm work and carting coal but more interested in seeing the world through travel.
Barlow's father is a poor farmer and Barlow does casual labour in local farms and coalpits to earn money. He attends school for a time, but at the age of about twelve he leaves home to be apprenticed to a whitester (bleacher) in Manchester.
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Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/4/5 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | PAGE |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1659-1703; 1656 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |