The cholera and its consequences : an address, occasioned by the death of Miss ___, who was suddenly removed by the prevalent epidemic, on Sept. 2, 1832.

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1832
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Credit: The cholera and its consequences : an address, occasioned by the death of Miss ___, who was suddenly removed by the prevalent epidemic, on Sept. 2, 1832. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADVERTISEMENT. Tiie following Address was occasioned by an affect- ing circumstance which occurred in the house of the minister by whom it was delivered. A relative, at the time an inmate of his family, was removed by the pre- sent mysterious disease, after a few hours’ suffering : her illness commenced in the afternoon of one day, and terminated fatally on the morning of the next. He attempted, in the following Address to his congrega- tion, a serious improvement of so solemn an event. It was thought by some that, if printed in a cheap form, it might be rendered useful from its bearing so di- rectly upon the circumstances of the present season. With this view it was offered to “ The Religious Tract Society,” the Committee of which immediately con- sented to adopt it, and to circulate it as one of their publications. To this Society the deceased contributed, and by the occasional circulation of its tracts some- times “spoke” to others while living; by her death she