_MARRIAGES._
At Concord, Ebenezer Woodwrod, A.B., Citizen Bachelor, of
Hanover, N.H., to the amiable Miss ---- Robinson. At
Longmeadow, Mr. John M. Dunham, Citizen Bachelor and
Printer, as aforesaid, to the amiable Miss EMILY BURT.
The promptness and decision which the said Citizens have
shown----
"In all the fond intrigues of Love,"
is highly worthy of imitation; and the success that has so
richly crowned their courage and enterprize, must be an
invincible inducement to the fading phalanx of our remaining
Bachelors, to make a vigorous attack on some fortress of
female beauty, with a determined resolution,
----"Ne'er to quit the glorious strife,"
'Till, drest in all her charms, some blooming fair
Herself shall yield, the prize of conquering love!
In the "Salem Mercury," June 17, 1788, we find the following
announcement, which reminds us of "Solomon Grundy, who died on Monday."
DIED--At Rehoboth, Mr. HENRY BOWEN. He went to a wedding,
well, on Thursday, taken sick on Friday, died on Saturday,
buried on Sunday.
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"Virtuous and amiable" were terms used frequently in the lists of
deaths.
--At Portsmouth, Mrs. Jane Hill, the virtuous and amiable
Consort of Mr. Elisha Hill. [1790]
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The following is a list of marriages and deaths at various dates, taken
from Boston and Salem papers:--
"Salem Gazette," July 19, 1811.
......_MARRIAGES_......
In Williamsborough (N.C.), Major SMITH, of Prince Edwards
(Va.), to Miss CHARLOTTE B. BRODIE.--This match, consummated
only a few days since, was agreed upon thirty-one years ago
at Camden (S.C.), when he was captured at the battle of
Camden; and being separated by the war, &c., each had
supposed the other dead, until a few months since, when they
accidentally met, and neither plead any statute of
limitation in bar of the old bargain.
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"Salem Mercury," Oct. 21, 1788.
MARRIED--In England, Mr. Matthew Rousby, aged 21, to Mrs.
Ann Taylor, aged 89. The lady's grandson was at this equal
union, and was 5 years older than his grandfather.
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"Salem Gazette," 1817.