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Chatham . He was VeloVed by his fa * mily ; and his loss is lamented , not only \ ij his intimate friends , but also by the whole neighbourhood of his residence , in which he was generally known and esteemed . This is a heavy addition to the affliction of his surviving partner in
life , itffio had been recently mourning over the grave of a tenderly * beloved daughter . ELIZABETH BOWLES died after a short illness , Oct , 23 , 1809 , aged seventeen years ; She Was of at very amiable disposition , and promised to fee a great ' comfort to her family .
1809 / ,. . Dec . 1 a . Aged 64 , Mr , THOM 4 S HAWKES , of Piccadilly , kdfidoii , army accoutrement maker . He had been indisposed for some time , and it was feared that his disorder might terminate fataHy * but he had Walked out on Saturday , to call on several of his friends , and did not appear worse than usual . Me arose on Sunday
morning and united with the family in Worship , Which was conducted by Dr . Hawker , then on a visit at the house . jLfter making- some arrangements for their going to public worship , he retired white breakfast was preparing . A noise v * as soon heard in the chamber over the room , in whtqh the family was
fitting down . A servant went up stairs who called Mr . Hawkes ; but no answer being given , others followed ^ who , bursting open the dotr , found him on the floor . The position in which he lay indicated that he expired either in the act of kneeling down to prayer , or while actually engaged in it ; his
countenance was undisturbed , and presented a pleasing smile , rather than the ^ effect of pain . Thus quietly was this good man dismissed from a world , in which he had been eminently useful ; for as it p leased God to afford him great prosperity in his business ^ so he gave of his abundance , in a princely , but
unostentatious manner . Be had long been a generous contributor to many useful and charitable institutions ; but his name was often concealed . Only a fewdays before his death , he presented to to the Missionary Society the noble
donation of cne thousand pounds . Mr . Hawkes has left legacies to several religious and charitable institutions , to a Very considerable amount . Hwang * Mag . 1809 , Dec . 13 . After a short illness , JOSE ! H LATHAM , of Thorne , in Yorkshire , He was one of the first
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persons ! n tfeat place Who received the Unitarian doctrine , and exerted himself for its promotion . Mr . Wright , of Wisbeaeh , bein £ in Thorne at the time , preached his funeral sermon , on Trmrs > day evening , Dec . 14 , the day on which he was interred , to a crowded audience , from 1 Thes . iv . 13 , 14 *
1809 , Dec . 20 . In our number for December ( vol . IV . p 6 94 J , we briefly noticed the death of Mr . JOSEPH JOHNSON , of St . Paul ' s Churchyard * a most respectable bookseller , who through a long life sustained the character of an upright , disinterested , liberal , and benevolent mail . He was
born m the neighbourhood of Liverpool , in November 1738 , and had , of course , just entered into nis seventy-second year when he died . His parents were dissenters of the baptist denomination , who probably had inspired him in early life with a love of those principles of free inquiry aind independence in matters of faitb which characterize those who un -
derstand the reasons of their dissent from the established doctrines of the country . He was apprenticed to IVlr . George Keith , a bookseller in Gracechurchstreet , and did not fail to exercise , in tnat situation , those qualities which obtain
the respect and regard of superiors . During a go 6 d part of this time 9 he wat under the guardianship of an elder brother , to which he referred with satisfaction and pleasure to almost the last period of his life , and from him he learnt a
prudential regard to the principles of economy : i 6 he always reminded me / said the deceased a few weeks before his death , " whenever I drew upon him , that the more I received during my apprenticeship , the less he should have to pay me when ! came of age . **
Mr . Johnson began business on Fishstreet-hill , from whence he removed to Paternoster-row , and lived some years , in partnership , first with . Mr . Davenport and . then with . Mr . Payne ; but in the year 17 70 , the house , stocky and
furniture were all destroyed Dy fire , and being wholly uninsured , the partnership was dissolved . Mr . Johnson had , however , lived long enough to be well known and highly respected , and on this unfortunate occasion he met with a
number of zealous friends , who enabled him to begin life again , in St . Paul ' s Church-yard , where he carried on his business without a partner till his death . The assistance and kindliest
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 93, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/45/
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