A narrative of the exercise of soul and distress of body, of Noah Hatheway, (eldest son of Elder Philip Hatheway, of Freetown,) in his last sickness
Subtitle: who departed this life, November 15, 1804, in the twenty-seventh year of his age, after forty-seven days sickness. : To which is added, some pieces of his poetry, on various subjects. : With an appendix, containing a brief testimony, by Elnathan Combs. &c. &c. ; [Two lines of Scripture texts]
Contributors: Combs, Elnathan; Hatheway, Philip, 1756-1839, publisher; Shearman, Abraham, 1777-1847, printer
Publisher: Printed for P. Hatheway, by A. Shearman, Jun.
Published: 1805
Place of publication: New-Bedford [Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Death; Religious aspects; Christianity; Christian life
Notes: "I do not publish the following narrative, for worldly gains or honour ... but because I have seen but few of this kind ... "--Preface, p. [3], signed: Philip Hatheway.

"The following fragment of a letter, written by N.H. about four days previous to his confinement by sickness, will shew in some measure the then state of his mind."--p. 28-29.

"Pieces of poetry, on various subjects.--By Noah Hatheway."--p. [30]-39.

Appendix, p. [40]-48, includes "A poem, composed by Elder Philip Hatheway, of Freetown, being the substance of the ideas which his son exhibited to him in his conversation, before and under his sickness, &c." and "A brief testimony, in a few words to the public, respecting Noah Hatheway, lately deceased.--By E. Combs."

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