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Foreign News
August 18, 1787
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
An elderly woman in London died from poverty despite hiding 530l. in cash and notes; discovered after her locked room was forced open.
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Full Text
An elderly woman, who lodged at Mr. Nightingale's, hatter, in Giltspur-street, not being observed to come out of her apartment in the course of the day, and her door being fastened on the inside, Mr. Ashmore, one of the Ward Beadles of St. Sepulcher's, was sent for to break open her room door. On entering the apartment, he found her dead in her bed; when they examined her drawers, and found cash, bonds, and notes, to the amount of 500l. An old pair of stays which lay by, they threw in the fire-place, as worth nothing, but on taking them up again, found notes to the amount of 30l. concealed in them. She was so miserable that she did not allow herself the common necessaries of life, and on a person of the faculty being called in to examine the body, gave it as his opinion, that she died for want.
What sub-type of article is it?
Domestic Death
Poverty Case
What keywords are associated?
Elderly Woman
Death Poverty
Hidden Money
Giltspur Street
St Sepulchers
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Nightingale
Mr. Ashmore
Where did it happen?
Giltspur Street, St. Sepulcher's
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Giltspur Street, St. Sepulcher's
Key Persons
Mr. Nightingale
Mr. Ashmore
Outcome
died for want; cash, bonds, and notes totaling 500l. found, plus 30l. in stays
Event Details
An elderly woman lodging at Mr. Nightingale's in Giltspur-street was found dead in her bed after her door was broken open by Mr. Ashmore. Examination revealed cash, bonds, and notes worth 500l. in her drawers, and additional 30l. notes hidden in old stays. She lived miserably without common necessaries; a medical examiner opined she died from want.