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X789/16
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1832 20 July `Mr John Bonfield senior put an end
to his existence by throwing himself into the river.
The natural causes appear to me to be partly from a
constitutional weakness increased much by
intemperance'. [Buried 22 July 1832 aged 55 in
Harrold churchyard]
26 September. `We are hearing of the spread of
that fatal disease the cholera'
1833 5 December `Have heard today of the death of a
Dear friend and relative, My Brother's wife at
Northampton... O what must be the transport of her
spirit to find herself with her dear little
infant...'
1835 May. Poem/Hymn [with typed transcription]
1837 21 August. `I have this day been called to
meet with a severe and heavy trial in the Death of a
dear and only Daughter full seventeen years of
age..' Her health had been declining for 7 or 8 _
months.[Typed transcription]. Her death bed
conversation given and her favourite hymns
mentioned.
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1832-1837
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From: 1832 To: 1837
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