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NYJ-N.773.063
22 Apr 1773:32 (1581)
On Monday evening last, as Mr. John Dewit, 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. Dewit 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 intirely
dead; however, as no signs of putrifaction have yet
appeared, by advice of the physicians, he is still kept
unburied.
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