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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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In Aberdeen, a poor Highland laborer died of fever; his devoted wife, overwhelmed by grief, refused food and sleep during his illness, attempted to bury herself with him, and now faces her own impending death from melancholy.
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A poor man from the Highlands, with his family, came lately to Aberdeen, to work as a day labourer. Soon after he was taken ill of a fever, of which he died a few weeks since. His wife was so much affected during his illness that she would not be prevailed on to take either sleep or any sort of nourishment, but constantly attended him until death closed his eyes. She insisted upon being permitted to follow his remains to the churchyard, threw herself into the grave, and was with difficulty removed thence, crying out with great vehemence, in the Erse language, 'let me be buried here, for life is not worth enjoying without him.' She was carried home, where though she has been persuaded to take some sustenance yet a fixed melancholy promises soon to put an end to all her woes.
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Aberdeen
Event Date
Few Weeks Since
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husband died of fever; wife in severe grief, likely to die soon from melancholy.
Event Details
A poor man from the Highlands moved to Aberdeen for work, fell ill with fever, and died. His wife attended him without rest or food, followed his body to the grave, threw herself in, and cried in Erse to be buried with him. She was removed and now eats minimally but remains melancholic.