Note 4 — CHAP. XXX.
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In the month of August 1783, I received the melancholy tidings from Mr. Gourlay (which pierced me to the soul) that on the fatal fifth of November this virtuous young woman departed this life, as some suspected by poison4, administered by the hand of jealousy and envy, on account of her prosperity, and the marks of distinction which her superior merit had so justly attracted from the respectable part of the colony.