Aged xx years, xx months, xx days.
1781, 27 April
Received a letter from J. Salter informing of ye death of his wife; her corpse is now at John Salter's, Magnolia, to be brought here tomorrow morning, and to be buried from our House in ye afternoon.
-- Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 596 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
1781, 28 April
H.D. [Henry Drinker] went this morning to Magnolia; returned about 10 o'clock with Dr. Edwards, and ye Body of our deceased Friend Dolly Salter. She was interred in ye Church burying ground, at 6 in ye evening. It was a sort of Friendly burying, tho' ye Parson attended, and ye Bell rang. Two of our Publick Friends assisted to carry her to ye Grave, and two thirds of the company, I believe, were of that People.
-- Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 596 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Aged xx years, xx months, xx days.
1781, 27 April
Received a letter from J. Salter informing of ye death of his wife; her corpse is now at John Salter's, Magnolia, to be brought here tomorrow morning, and to be buried from our House in ye afternoon.
-- Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 596 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
1781, 28 April
H.D. [Henry Drinker] went this morning to Magnolia; returned about 10 o'clock with Dr. Edwards, and ye Body of our deceased Friend Dolly Salter. She was interred in ye Church burying ground, at 6 in ye evening. It was a sort of Friendly burying, tho' ye Parson attended, and ye Bell rang. Two of our Publick Friends assisted to carry her to ye Grave, and two thirds of the company, I believe, were of that People.
-- Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 596 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
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