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Sinning, Sick, Dying, Dead.

A short list for flu season and Thanksgiving, featuring publications, ca. 1830-1850, instructing children on death and dying. Is it a bummer? Yeah. But are we feeling thankful for vaccines, antibiotics, pasteurization, and plumbing? Yep. (from the newsletter)

The Three Children; or, An Illustration of the Benefit of Sabbath Schools

The Three Children; or, An Illustration of the Benefit of Sabbath Schools

A Travelling Preacher
Memoir of John Mooney Mead, who died at East Hartford, Conn. April 8, aged 4 years, 11 months, and 4 days

Memoir of John Mooney Mead, who died at East Hartford, Conn. April 8, aged 4 years, 11 months, and 4 days

Mead, Asa
Catharine Warden; or, the Pious Scholar. A Narrative from Real Life. (No. 2)

Catharine Warden; or, the Pious Scholar. A Narrative from Real Life. (No. 2)

Dunn, Rev. William
Mary Somers. A Narrative from Real Life.

Mary Somers. A Narrative from Real Life.

[disaster, intemperance, suicide]
Anecdotes for Girls...

Anecdotes for Girls...

Newcomb, Harvey
Questions for Self-Examination; Designed Primarily for the Use of Young Persons

Questions for Self-Examination; Designed Primarily for the Use of Young Persons

[Frederick William Faber]
The Two Ways and the Two Ends; or, The History of Manlius Spencer and Roland Larkin

The Two Ways and the Two Ends; or, The History of Manlius Spencer and Roland Larkin

[habits of youth]
The Silent Comforter; A Companion for the Sick Room.

The Silent Comforter; A Companion for the Sick Room.

Hopkins, Louisa Payson
A Gift for Mourners...

A Gift for Mourners...

Flavel, John
The Broken Leg. A Sunday Accident.

The Broken Leg. A Sunday Accident.

[disability as punishment]
"I've No Thought of Dying So." An authentic narrative (No. 320)

"I've No Thought of Dying So." An authentic narrative (No. 320)

(Miner, Ovid)
The Dead Are the Living...

The Dead Are the Living...

Samuel Hanson Cox, D. D.
Aegri Somnia. Recreations of a Sick Room.

Aegri Somnia. Recreations of a Sick Room.

(Ezekiel Bacon, 1776-1870)
In Loving Remembrance of Christine McPherson, Died March 30, 1888, Aged 6 years (mourning card)

In Loving Remembrance of Christine McPherson, Died March 30, 1888, Aged 6 years (mourning card)

[ephemera, funeralia]