Citation - New Jersey Journal: 1779.12.14

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Index Entry Dead March [t], beat by muffled drum for burial of Parker 
Location Woodbridge 
Citation
NJJ.779.016
14 Dec 1779:32 (44)
The 6th inst. departed this life, at Woodbridge, in the 34th
year of his age, Mr. Samuel Franklin Parker, printer, after
a long and painful disorder, which he bore with the greatest
patience.--His corps was interred the day following, in the
Presbyterian burial ground, at that place with all the
honours of war, in the following manner, viz. 1st. A company
of Continental troop, with their arms reversed, and a
muffled drum beating the dead march . . . [18 lines]


Generic Title New Jersey Journal 
Date 1779.12.14 
Publisher Kollock, Shepard 
City, State Chatham, NJ 
Year 1779 
Bibliography B0024947
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