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NHG-P.773.029
7 May 1773:32 (864)
New York, April 16. On Monday evening last, as Mr. John
Dewitt, a very pious young man, was officiating as a member
of a religious Society, in a house on Cowfoot Hill, he
expired in the following melancholy manner: After praying
he gave out an hymn, in singing which he accompanied the
Society, then read a chapter, took a seat and seemed very
solemn; and as another member was about concluding the
devotion with a prayer, Mr. Dewitt was heard to make a noise
with his feet, and on looking at him they perceived he had
dropped from his knees; water was immediately fetched and
every method taken to recover him, but in vain, for he
seemed to be entirely dead; however, as no signs of
putrefaction [sic] appeared, at the advice of physicians, he
was kept unburied till Thursday night.
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