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Elizabeth Baily

Birth
Death
Oct 1808
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
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"DIED.—At Wilmington, (Del.) Mrs. Elizabeth Baily. Six days previous to her exit, she was standing near a distillery of the Spirits of Wine, which took fire and communicated to her clothes. In an instant, and before she could obtain relief or assistance, she was wrapped in a flame ; the effect of which destroyed her."
—The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, November 16, 1808, p. 3, col. 3.

Quaker Meeting Records show Elizabeth Baily was buried on October 28, 1808, at the Tate Residence, Wilmington.

"DIED.—At Wilmington, (Del.) Mrs. Elizabeth Baily. Six days previous to her exit, she was standing near a distillery of the Spirits of Wine, which took fire and communicated to her clothes. In an instant, and before she could obtain relief or assistance, she was wrapped in a flame ; the effect of which destroyed her."
—The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, November 16, 1808, p. 3, col. 3.

Quaker Meeting Records show Elizabeth Baily was buried on October 28, 1808, at the Tate Residence, Wilmington.


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