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, Etc.
from August 12th to November 9, 1793.
The next five pages of this book give detailed information on how many deaths occurred in August, September, October, and November, on which days and in which Church membership. No individuals are identified by name; 4041 individuals are accounted for. The detailed charts are difficult to transcribe and are not included here; the Churches mentioned are
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Christ Church |
St. Peter’s |
St. Paul’s |
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First Presbyterian |
Second Presbyterian |
Third Presbyterian |
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Scotch Presbyterian |
Seceders |
Trinity |
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Friends |
Free Quakers |
German Lutherans |
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German Calvinists |
Moravians |
Swedes |
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Baptists |
Methodists |
Universalists |
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Jews |
Kensington |
Potter’s Field |
The next three pages of the book give detailed meteorological observations made in Philadelphia by David Rittenhouse, Esquire, for August, September, October and the first part of November 1793. They include readings for the barometer, thermometer, wind and weather taken at 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. on each day.
Both the accountings for the Churches and the weather reports are discussed in an earlier chapter of the book.
The last 38 pages of this book, 121 through 159, give a list of the dead in Philadelphia from August 1st to the middle of December 1793. The list of about 3500 people has been alphabetized and transcribed.
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