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rica . Soon after his arrival in New York , the . disease began to shew itself in Philadelphia , to which city he instantly directed his course ; and having made a great number of unsuccessful experiments , he returned in despair to New York . Scarcely had he arrived , before symptoms of the disorder began
to make its appearance on his own body ; and his friend , Dr . Smith , generously resolving to attend him during his illness , caught the disease of him also , and both the friends perished shortly after , the victims ; 0 f their humanity I Weintreat some of our American readers or others to enable us to pay a just
tribute of respect to 'the virtues of both these gentlemen , as well as many other eminent characters who have be'en carried off" by the same unsparing disease . Lately , John Adams , Esq . of Pembroke . Thisgentleman , who possessed a good fortune , was fond of the study
of . natural history , and employed much of his time in ranging along the sea shore and collecting shells , and other marine productions . Being out a few days . since , upon his favourite amusement , and attempting to catch something which he sa-. v , which happened to be out of his reach , he unfortunately
fell into the sea , head foremost , and was drowned . He was a man of a most amiable disposition , and universally respected by the whole neighbourhood . It is remarkable , that he lost his life near to the very spot on which a natural son of his was drowned a few months agoan event which might naturally
, be supposed , would have made him more cautious . The branch of natural history which lie principally studied was conchology . His collection of shells is very extensive , and he has written some papers on thesubject , which appear in the Linnean Transactions .
At his house , at Pinner , John Zephaniah Holwell , Esq . formerly governor of Bengal , almost the only survivor * of that ever-memorable and fatal catastrophe , the Black-hole prison at Calcutta , and writer of the affecting narrative of that night of horrors , published 1758 ; a gentleman in whom
brilliancy of talents , benignity of spirit , social vivacity , and suavity of manners , were so eminently united , as to render him the most amiable of men at the great age of 9 8 . He published also , ' Interesting historical Events relative fo the Province of Bengal and the Empire of Hindostan . ' ' An Address to
Luke Scrafton , Esq . 1767 , ' answering the charges brought against his government . ' The manner of inoculating for the Small-Pox in the East-Indies . ' ' An Account of a new Species of Oak , ' now kiiown by the name of ' The Luccombe Oak , ' from being found in the
nursery of a person of that name-, near Exeter ; and , in 1786 , ' A new Experiment for the Prevention of Crimes , ' in which he , proposed that the king should institute an order of virtue , with a gold medal to be worn suspended from the outer garment , and conferred by the judges at the assizes , on the
presentment of the jury , who wer « to be obliged to find out proper subjects ; and a . tract containing some most singular sentiments on religious subjects , intituled , * Dissertations , on the Origin , Nature , and Pursuits of intelligent Beings , and on Divine Providence , Religionand Reliious Worshi' the
ob-, g p , ject of which was to assert the Unity of God , who createtl angels of different degrees , who , on their fall , became the best of them , men , dogs , ane ! horses ; the worst , lions , tigers , and other wild beasts ; but , though ihey shift subjects at death , continue the , same kind of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
rica . Soon after his arrival in New York , the . disease began to shew itself in Philadelphia , to which city he instantly directed his course ; and having made a great number of unsuccessful experiments , he returned in despair to New York . Scarcely had he arrived , before symptoms of the disorder began
to make its appearance on his own body ; and his friend , Dr . Smith , generously resolving to attend him during his illness , caught the disease of him also , and both the friends perished shortly after , the victims ; 0 f their humanity I Weintreat some of our American readers or others to enable us to pay a just
tribute of respect to 'the virtues of both these gentlemen , as well as many other eminent characters who have be'en carried off" by the same unsparing disease . Lately , John Adams , Esq . of Pembroke . Thisgentleman , who possessed a good fortune , was fond of the study
of . natural history , and employed much of his time in ranging along the sea shore and collecting shells , and other marine productions . Being out a few days . since , upon his favourite amusement , and attempting to catch something which he sa-. v , which happened to be out of his reach , he unfortunately
fell into the sea , head foremost , and was drowned . He was a man of a most amiable disposition , and universally respected by the whole neighbourhood . It is remarkable , that he lost his life near to the very spot on which a natural son of his was drowned a few months agoan event which might naturally
, be supposed , would have made him more cautious . The branch of natural history which lie principally studied was conchology . His collection of shells is very extensive , and he has written some papers on thesubject , which appear in the Linnean Transactions .
At his house , at Pinner , John Zephaniah Holwell , Esq . formerly governor of Bengal , almost the only survivor * of that ever-memorable and fatal catastrophe , the Black-hole prison at Calcutta , and writer of the affecting narrative of that night of horrors , published 1758 ; a gentleman in whom
brilliancy of talents , benignity of spirit , social vivacity , and suavity of manners , were so eminently united , as to render him the most amiable of men at the great age of 9 8 . He published also , ' Interesting historical Events relative fo the Province of Bengal and the Empire of Hindostan . ' ' An Address to
Luke Scrafton , Esq . 1767 , ' answering the charges brought against his government . ' The manner of inoculating for the Small-Pox in the East-Indies . ' ' An Account of a new Species of Oak , ' now kiiown by the name of ' The Luccombe Oak , ' from being found in the
nursery of a person of that name-, near Exeter ; and , in 1786 , ' A new Experiment for the Prevention of Crimes , ' in which he , proposed that the king should institute an order of virtue , with a gold medal to be worn suspended from the outer garment , and conferred by the judges at the assizes , on the
presentment of the jury , who wer « to be obliged to find out proper subjects ; and a . tract containing some most singular sentiments on religious subjects , intituled , * Dissertations , on the Origin , Nature , and Pursuits of intelligent Beings , and on Divine Providence , Religionand Reliious Worshi' the
ob-, g p , ject of which was to assert the Unity of God , who createtl angels of different degrees , who , on their fall , became the best of them , men , dogs , ane ! horses ; the worst , lions , tigers , and other wild beasts ; but , though ihey shift subjects at death , continue the , same kind of