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Excerpt from The Diary of William Bentley, D. D., Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts, Vol. 4: January, 1811 December, 1819, Including Subject Index to Volumes 1-4 January 1, 1811.New Years day. I dined with the Health Committee afterwards attended the funeral of Mrs. Ward. She was honoured at her death. George Crowninshield, sen. Esqr. & Col. Hathorne were among the Pall holders our best citizens did her honour. She has three Sisters a Brother who have survived her. One sister is at Halifax, the Brother inN. York State, the other two Sisters in Boston. 2. Prom Boston we learn that the infection of the times has reached them. They have several failures announced. The high prosperity of a few years has been succeeded with such commercial contingencies, never before experienced, that the unwary the presumptuous have suffered greatly in their affairs. A curious incident yesterday. On Monday night John Collins, an old man, wandered from home. Ho was missing all night the next day was found at Chelsea Bridge returned home in the Stage. How he supported the cold of the night, having never been abroad for a long time, is surprising. Upon his return I asked him where he had been he replied chearfully he had been abroad. His feet hands were frozen. He was not deranged so much as lost, as we phrase it, had the pleasing idea of visiting some of his friends somewhere. Pew of us in good health could have supported the cold of the same night abroad in open air passing Lynn marshes. 4. On Wednesday evening died Richard Manning, Esqr. aet. 80. He was in the H[ouse] of Rep[resentatives] in 1788 & made Justice of the Peace & was of the Quorum in 1794. His G. Father was a Blacksmith from Danvers & had his shop on the corner of Orange street, now Hodges house. His father & he [were] Masters of vessels. He has accumulated a great interest by Money letting. Was a Batchelor & lived with an infirm Brother, a Batchelor, & his Sisters. Two Sisters his Brother Jacob have survived him. The retired life the nature of his employment have endless prejudices attached to them. He was temperate, attentive of his interest, & reserved in his habits & temper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."