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Coroners' reports, New York City, 1823-1842 (Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society) - Hardcover
Coroners' reports of New York City may be used for genealogical research, though their existence is unknown to many. This volume commences with January 1, 1823 and continues through 1842. For the years that have been covered, more than a thousand, largely those drowned, have been omitted, for they were not identified. On the hand some 5,000 have been identified and are listed in alphabetical order with date if inquest. Likewise, another list gives the names, in excess of 2,200, non-decedents, namely persons related to or acquainted with the decedents or who bore witness to their demise. Ships appear frequently in the text and therefore a list of some 180 vessels mentioned has been prepared. The deceased came from the United States, Canada, the West Indies, from Europe, particularly Ireland and the United Kingdom in general, but also from the Scandinavian countries, as well as from France, Spain, Holland, Germany and Italy. Inasmuch as New York was a port, drowning was an extremely common form of death. Many, especially when intoxicated, lost their lives when trying to board a vessel or go ashore. Mariners sometimes would fall from the rigging or into the hold. Numerous persons perished when bathing or seeking relief from intense heat. Some died when a vessel capsized or collided with another craft. Some individuals were knocked overboard by the boom. Numbers who slept on a ship were overcome by fumes of the charcoal used as a fuel. Intoxication, often in conjunction with extreme cold, was a frequent cause of death, and the frequent mention of intemperance or delirium tremens shows that alcoholism was one of the greatest killers of both men and women. See the book for even more data on how people died during this time in New York City history.
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- PublisherNew York Genealogical & Biographical Society
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 187769200X
- ISBN 13 9781877692000
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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Coroners' reports, New York City, 1823-1842
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New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 256 pages. Dr. Scott abstracted the first twenty years of New York City Coroners' reports held by the Municipal Archives. His abstracts of similar reports from before 1823 were published in The NYG&B Record in 1988-89 (119:76,145,217; 120:18,88) and aroused a great deal of interest and favorable comment. These abstracts, revealing a fascinating cross-section of life in a rapidly growing city, are certain to be of interest not only to genealogists but to historians of 19th century urban life, crime, and public health. These are, of course, reports of deaths under unusual or suspicious circumstances, ranging from suicides to murders to accidents of every description. Persons found on the street died from a myriad of diseases. The victims were of all ages and social classes, black and white, native and immigrant, and many of the reports give genealogically useful information. The abstracts, which needless to say are done by an expert, are arranged alphabetically by decedent with an index to other names. This was Dr. Scott's 50th book, and it concludes with a complete list of those fifty publications. Seller Inventory # UNY075
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