| Index Entry |
Hymns, sung in Horseytown, England, in procession for funeral of waterman
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| Location |
Horseytown
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| Citation |
VGW(HU.775.001
7 Jan 1775:13 (1222)
London, October 29. Thursday night a very singular
interment was performed at the parish house of St. John's,
Horseytown. An old waterman, aged 72, had ordered his
funeral, which passed as follows:
The parish children singing hymns. The BODY. The pall
supported by six watermen in coats and badges. Chief
mourner. A porter carrying a pair of sculls painted black;
a know half black half white; and six brushes used for
painting the bottoms of boats. . . [Other mourners and
processions.]
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| Generic Title |
Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu)
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| Date |
1775.01.07
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| Publisher |
Dixon, John, and Wm. Hunter
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| City, State |
Williamsburg, VA
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| Year |
1775
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| Bibliography |
B0048696
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