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Daily Southern Reveille
Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi
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Jacob Shaffer, 22, died by suicide in Philadelphia on the night of the 5th instant by taking laudanum at Mr. Chew's stable, driven by grief over his mother's death. He left a note requesting burial beside her and no doctor.
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Jacob Shaffer, aged twenty-two years, committed suicide in Philadelphia on Saturday night, 5th inst, by taking laudanum, at the stable of Mr. Chew, Fourth street, near South. Deceased in a chaise. It is supposed that grief, for the loss of his mother, induced the commission of the act. The following is the copy of a note which he had written upon a slate in the office:
Mr. Chew—By the time you are up in the morning I shall be no more. I have seen enough of the world, so farewell. Something says I can see my mother, if I go now. I don't want a doctor about me, so you know; now don't for my sake. Bury me by the side of mother. There is scales over my eyes now. I have no more to say.
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Saturday Night, 5th Inst
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Jacob Shaffer, aged twenty-two years, committed suicide in Philadelphia on Saturday night, 5th inst, by taking laudanum, at the stable of Mr. Chew, Fourth street, near South. Deceased in a chaise. It is supposed that grief, for the loss of his mother, induced the commission of the act. The following is the copy of a note which he had written upon a slate in the office: Mr. Chew—By the time you are up in the morning I shall be no more. I have seen enough of the world, so farewell. Something says I can see my mother, if I go now. I don't want a doctor about me, so you know; now don't for my sake. Bury me by the side of mother. There is scales over my eyes now. I have no more to say.