Dancing to death from fashionable balls and cold air
The text recounts three women affected by cold air after ballrooms outings. A dignitary’s daughter, admired in fashion circles, died of rapid consumption after waiting for a carriage in warm weather. A young lady educated at a Hammersmith boarding school died after a ball causing a violent fever. The piece laments wasteful amusements and health risks, urging caution.
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Hammersmith
Obituary of Ep ward Bolton and Methodist History Friend
The entry notes the death of Ep ward Bolton of Blandford Park Oxon aged 71 on April 28 1818. It recalls his close ties to John Wesley Fletcher and Witney visitors, his role as local preacher, and his long devotion to Methodism including attendance at the 1771 conference and his chronicling of Methodist history.
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Methodist Magazine
Epward Bolton
Blandford Park
Oxon
Methodist
Israel
Fletcher
Wesley
Witney
Oxfordshire
Bolton