A Record of the Families of Robert Patterson (the Elder).: Emigrant from Ireland to America, 1774; Thomas Ewing, from Ireland, 1718; and Louis Du Bois, from France, 1660; Connected by the Marriage of Uriah Du Bois with Martha Patterson, 1798. Part First, Containing the Patterson LineagePress of J. C. Clark, 1847 - 99 Seiten |
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... night was substi tuted for the Sunday evening assemblies . Invitations were then more fre- quently and freely given , and the refreshments , though always simple , be- came uniform . The Sunday parties were regaled with cakes and wine ...
... night was substi tuted for the Sunday evening assemblies . Invitations were then more fre- quently and freely given , and the refreshments , though always simple , be- came uniform . The Sunday parties were regaled with cakes and wine ...
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... night . It was some alleviation of the distress , to observe the effects of this mortal epidemic upon the obligations of morality and religion . It was remarked by many , that the name of the Supreme Being was seldom profaned , either ...
... night . It was some alleviation of the distress , to observe the effects of this mortal epidemic upon the obligations of morality and religion . It was remarked by many , that the name of the Supreme Being was seldom profaned , either ...
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... night up two pair of stairs ; an atmosphere of tobacco - smoke , filling the chambers , ceased to be disgusting , in the belief that it was protective ; and no one went abroad , except the father of the family . But why did he not ...
... night up two pair of stairs ; an atmosphere of tobacco - smoke , filling the chambers , ceased to be disgusting , in the belief that it was protective ; and no one went abroad , except the father of the family . But why did he not ...
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... night passed anxiously , but with no new alarm , and in the morning ( Sun- day ) there was no vestige of these distressing events , but a slight exhilaration , indicative of a state of the brain a little excited . F She was remembered ...
... night passed anxiously , but with no new alarm , and in the morning ( Sun- day ) there was no vestige of these distressing events , but a slight exhilaration , indicative of a state of the brain a little excited . F She was remembered ...
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... night , the whole ner- vous system exhibited an excitable state , giving origin to many unpropitious symptoms . The slightest cause would induce a re- newed feverish state . But the most distressing symptom was an invincible wakefulness ...
... night , the whole ner- vous system exhibited an excitable state , giving origin to many unpropitious symptoms . The slightest cause would induce a re- newed feverish state . But the most distressing symptom was an invincible wakefulness ...
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American army attended battle of Germantown Bible born April born February born January brother Bucks county character Chester county child Christ Christian connexion continued conversation course Cumberland Cumberland county daughter dear death deceased Derry died disposition Doylestown duty early Elizabeth emigration eminent Engles Ewing father feel fever Finley friends gave give heart interest Ireland Jane Joseph Patterson July labours letters living Log College Lord marriage married Martha Mary Matilda miles mind minister Moore morning mother night occasion parents pastor person Philadelphia physician piety Pittsburg prayer preached Presbyterian church profession reading religion religious residence resignation Robert Patterson Sabbath seemed settled sick Siege of Derry sister Society soon Spruce street thing THOMAS EWING tion took Ulster University of Pennsylvania University of Virginia weeks wife William write young
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Seite 83 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Seite 86 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Seite 27 - A black man, leading or driving a horse, with, a corpse on a pair of chair wheels, with now and then half a dozen relations or friends following at a distance from it, met the eye in most 'of the streets of the city, at every hour of the day ; while the noise of the same wheels passing slowly over the pavements, kept alive anguish and fear in the sick and well, every hour of the night.
Seite 55 - Maker! and to my benefactors— injustice ! and unnatural cruelty to my poor children !—self-contempt for my repeated promise— breach, nay, too often, actual falsehood ! After my death, I earnestly entreat, that a full and unqualified narration of my wretchedness, and of its guilty cause, may be made publie, that, at least, some little good may be effected by the direful example!
Seite 26 - More than one-half the houses were shut up, although not more than one-third of the inhabitants had fled into the country. In walking, for many hundred yards, few persons were met, except such as were in quest of a physician, a nurse, a bleeder, or the men who buried the dead. The hearse alone kept up the remembrance of the noise of carriages or carts in the streets.
Seite 26 - There was a deficiency of nurses for the sick, and many of those who were employed were unqualified for their business. There was likewise a great deficiency of physicians, from the desertion of some and the sickness and death of others. At one time there were only three physicians...
Seite 1 - Patterson). A Record of the Families of Robert Patterson (the Elder), Emigrant from Ireland to America, 1774; Thomas Ewing, from Ireland, 1718; and Louis Du Bois from France, 1660; connected by the marriage of Uriah Du Bois with Martha Patterson, 1798. Part First, containing the Patterson Lineage.
Seite 26 - After the twelfth of September, the atmosphere of every street in the city was loaded with contagion; and there were few citizens in apparent good health, who did not exhibit some mark or other of it in their bodies, particularly a preternatural quickness in the pulse, " which occurred in negroes as well as in whites ; and in a few who had had the disease before.
Seite 26 - I seldom went into a house the first time, without meeting the parents or children of the sick in tears. Many wept aloud in my entry, or parlour, who came to ask for advice for their relations. Grief after a while descended below weeping, and I was much struck in observing that many persons submitted to the loss of relations and friends without shedding a tear, or manifesting any other of the common signs of grief.
Seite 27 - Having found myself unable to comply with the numerous applications that were made to me, I was obliged to refuse many every day. My sister counted 47 in one forenoon before 11 o'clock.