A Sermon On the Decease of the Rev Peter Thacher Pronounced Dec 31 1802 in
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Samuel Howard, a respectable merchant of that place, who, with his family, min- iflered with affectionate tenderness, to the comfort of his last days. He was attended by Dr. Lemuel Kollock, an eminent physician ; and he enjoyed the friendship of Mr. Robert Smith, a clergyman, of the Presbyterian Communion in that city. But neither skill, nor kindness, nor friendship availed against the force of disease. He gradually declined, and died on the J 6th of the same month. The good people of Savannah ...dis- covered, on the occasion, benevolent sympathy, and ofFered to his remains most respectful attention. Ffom first leaving Boston, he rejoiced that he had undertak- en the voyage. Having done what he could, to preserve his life for his family and for his people, who were endeared to him by so many acts of kindness and love, and to whose generosity and affection he testified in his last moments, he cheerfully left the event to Providence. JL The following extra&s from his diary prefent the features of his mind at interesting periods, and indicate impressions relative to his dissolution.
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