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A Parting chear for the Late M--y of E--d. Addressed to - -, Esq;
Date: Printed in the year MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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The melancholy narrative of the distressful voyage and miraculous deliverance of Captain David Harrison, of the sloop, Peggy, of New York, on his voyage from Fyal, one of the western islands, to New-York, who Having lost all his Sails in a long Series of hard Weather, and entirely exhausted his Provisions, lived two and forty Days without receiving the least Food, till he was happily relieved by the Humanity of Capt. Evers of the Susanna, in the Virginia Trade. - In this Narrative the Expedients which Capt. Harrison and his Men made Use of for their Subsistence are particularly set forth, who twice cast Lots for their Lives, and were to have killed the second Man on the very Morning they were providentially taken up. - The Whole being authenticated in the strongest Manner, by repeated Depositions, Before the Right Hon. George Nelson, Esq. Lord-Mayor of the City of London, and Mr. Robert Shank, Notary Public. Written by himself.
Harrison, David, Captain.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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A letter from the Reverend Dr. Stanhope, dean of Canterbury, to W. B. occasioned by his loss by fire, Jan. 30, 1712-13.
Stanhope, George, 1660-1728.Date: 1764]- Books
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Farther, and more terrible warnings from God: Being a sad and dismal account of a dreadful earthquake, or marvelous judgments of God, that happen'd between Newcastle and Durham, on Tuesday the 24th of August last; which burst open the earth with such violence, that near an hundred souls, men, women and children were kill'd and destroy'd; being buried alive in the sad and dreadful ruins thereof. Besides great damage to many houses and persons for several miles round. With the names of some of the persons destroy'd thereby. With a sermon preach'd on that deplorable occasion, and of the late dreadful thunder and lightning. By the Reverend Mr. Salter, minister of the Gospel at Haretin near Newcastle.
Salter, Minister of the Gospel at Haretin.Date: 1708