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Gentleman's Magazine 1791 p.1064
purest harmony and friendship, for near 50 years; and in all
probability, if it had not been for this or some other
similar accident, from their apparent health and
constitution, they might have lived together many years
longer, as, before this melancholy accident, he had never
been out of health an hour in all his life. He has also left
ten children living, to lament the loss of a tender and
indulgent parent. He was well known and respected by a
numerous acquaintance, by several eminent gentlemen in the
city of London, and in other parts of the kingdom, and
particularly so for a considerable distance round his place
of residence. He had but four days illness; from a bruize he
had got in his side by the fall, he bore it with the
greatest patience; and died in the greatest composure, aged
71 years.
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