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Day in the Life

Sep 22, 1840

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September 22, 1840 ~ Tuesday

22^nd I spent the day at Br John Coles in writing
There was two dead Bodies carried by the house
whare I was sitting to the Burial to day they were
both aged & the man vary wicked he had often wished
his wife Dead & Boasted what a joyful time &
high scrape he would have when she did Die. She
Died on the 18^th & he Died in few hours after
[on the] same Day, was found dead in his room with his
Door locked, the woman was 90 years of age
& the man 80 their names was James & Sarah
Love this is the fourth Day since they Died
the English custom is to keep the Dead 4 days.
I was called to visit a young man who lay danger
ously Ill & in danger of the Lock Jaw from a cut
of the ancle & bruse of the knee I rebuked the
the inflamation & paine of his body & he was made
whole.