A sermon preached at St. Dunstan's in the West, on Sunday, April 29, and at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, on Sunday, July 15, 1781, for the benefit of the Humane Society, Instituted for the Recovery of Persons apparently Dead by Drowning. By Jacob Duche, M. A. Rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's in Philadelphia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duché, Jacob, 1738-1798.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drowning--Sermons.

Drowning.

Death--Religious aspects.

Death.

Drowning victims--Early works to 1800.

Drowning victims.

Bible. O.T. Jonah II, 5-6--Sermons.

Bible.

Humane Society Instituted for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Dead by Drowning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],59,[5]p. )

Other Title:

Sermon preached at St. Dunstan's in the West, on Sunday, April 29,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the Society, by James Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street; and sold by J. F. and C. Rivington, B. White, C. Dilly, W. Owen, T. Jones, Denis and Son; and J. Phillips, MDCCLXXXI. [1781]

Notes:

With a half-title and two final advertisement leaves.

The sermon ends on p.32. Includes a list of directors and medical assistants and 'A brief account of the Humane Society'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T2962.

OCLC:

642562935