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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Three prisoners in Philadelphia's jail died last week from lack of necessities, confirmed by coroner's inquest. The article appeals to the wealthy to donate food, bedding, and clothing to alleviate suffering and prevent future deaths.
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We hear, that three of the prisoners confined in the goal of this city died during the last week, and the coroner's inquest have found that they perished through want of necessaries.
Think of this, ye who dissipate the bounty of heaven in idle amusement---who waste more money in one night's debauch, than would support a family for a week: Ye who live in affluence, and who are strangers to the calamities of hunger & cold. Oh! forget not to relieve your unhappy fellow creatures from the anguish of them both. These poor sufferers, like Lazarus of old, ask for nothing but the "Crumbs which fall from your tables." The very refuse of your kitchens, beds, and wearing apparel, would be received by them with joy and thankfulness.
We hope the humane part of the inhabitants of this city will guard for the future against accidents of the like nature, & thus wipe off the dishonour which the above melancholy catastrophe has done not only to Christianity but to humanity.
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Philadelphia
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During The Last Week
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three prisoners died through want of necessaries
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Three prisoners confined in the goal of Philadelphia died during the last week, and the coroner's inquest found they perished through want of necessaries. The report includes a moral appeal to the affluent to provide relief such as crumbs from tables, refuse from kitchens, beds, and wearing apparel to prevent future such accidents and dishonor to humanity.