When was it published?

September 6, 1797 in Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

Domestic News September 6, 1797

Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

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Philadelphia Burials, Grave Yards, Burial Grounds, Last 24 Hours, Christ Church, Presbyterian

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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What is this article about?

List of burials in Philadelphia's city and liberties graveyards over the last 24 hours, categorized by burial ground with counts of interments (I) and possibly out-of-city (O), totaling across various churches and public sites.

Merged-components note: The table component provides the detailed burial ground data that directly supports and continues the introductory text in the domestic_news component on burials during the epidemic; sequential reading orders 49 and 50, plus content context on Philadelphia's health crisis, indicate they form one logical unit.

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List of all the Burials in the several Grave Yards of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, as taken from the books kept by Clergymen, Sextons, &c.

Three of these were from the city

Name of Burial Ground.
Christ Church	I	O
St. Peter's	O	I
St Paul's	I	O
First Presbyterian	O	O
Second Presbyterian	O	O
Third Presbyterian	O	I
Scotch Presbyterian	O	O
Associate Church	O	O
St. Mary's Chapel	I	O
Trinity Church	O	O
Friends	O	O
Free Quakers	O	O
Swedes	O	O
German Lutheran	O	O
German Calvinists	O	O
Moravians	I	O
Baptists	O	I
Methodists	O	O
Universalists	O	O
Jews	O	O
Potter's Field	I	O
City Hospital burying ground	O	O
Kensington	I	O
Coates's	O	O
Total for the last 24 hours.

What sub-type of article is it?

Death Or Funeral

What keywords are associated?

Philadelphia Burials Grave Yards Burial Grounds Last 24 Hours Christ Church Presbyterian

Where did it happen?

Philadelphia

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Philadelphia

Event Date

Last 24 Hours

Outcome

burials recorded across various grounds, with three from the city; specific counts per ground in i and o categories, total not numerically summed.

Event Details

Compilation of burials from books kept by clergymen and sextons in Philadelphia's grave yards, listing interments by church and public burial grounds.