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PG-P.756.044
8 Apr 1756:23 (1424)
[New York] To the unspeakable loss of his family and the
publick, on Friday evening last died the Honourable James
Alexander, Esq; in the sixty-fifth year of his age.
A gentleman in his disposition generous, courteous and
humane, delicate in his sense of honour, stedfast in
friendship, of strict probity, temperate in his diet, and in
business indefatigable. The relations of husband, father
and master, he sustained with the highest reputation. In
these parts of the world few men surpassed him either in the
natural sagacity and strength of his intellectual powers, or
his literary acquirements. In the mathematical sciences his
researches were very great. He was also eminent in his
profession of the law; and equally distinguished by his
superior knowledge and long experience in public affairs.
He had the honour to serve the King in several important
offices, and was a wise and faithful councellor to his
Majesty for the provinces of New-York and New-Jersey:
Always true to the interest of his country, well knowing
that the rights of the crown are the bulwark of the
liberties of the people; that the liberties of the people
are the safety and honour of the crown and that a just
temperament of both in the administration of government,
constitutes the health of the political body. His zeal for
the defence of the public cause against the common enemy,
led him to council when he was not sufficiently recovered
from the gout. From thence he brought those mortal symptoms
that closed his days within about a week. His remains are
to be interred this evening, in his family vault.
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