Memoirs of the life and character of Mrs. Billings, late of Somers, Con. These memoirs present to the public solemn events. Some time before Mrs. Billings' death, she was very sick, and her breath departed for a considerable part of an hour, and to appearance she was dead; but after this she instantly revived, arose from her bed, walked, and was in comfortable health, and gave an account of what she had seen. Ample evidence exists of the facts.

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Title Memoirs of the life and character of Mrs. Billings, late of Somers, Con. These memoirs present to the public solemn events. Some time before Mrs. Billings' death, she was very sick, and her breath departed for a considerable part of an hour, and to appearance she was dead; but after this she instantly revived, arose from her bed, walked, and was in comfortable health, and gave an account of what she had seen. Ample evidence exists of the facts.
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Signed Author Memoirs of the life and character of Mrs. Billings
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Volumes 1
Pagination 60
Date of Publication 1812
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Date of First Publication 1812
Imprint From E. Terry's press.
Colophon
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Location of Printing Palmer US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 19
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Notes AAS Notes:
"The following sheets were principally written by Mrs. Billings, in the latter part of her life; and the remainder was finished by her friends after her death."--p. [3].
J.H. Temple in his History of the town of Palmer, Mass., 1889, p. 280, lists this as one of the titles issued by Ezekiel Terry while he was printing at Palmer, Mass., between 1805 and 1817. The phrase "From E. Terry's press" appears on several title pages with imprint dates between 1812 and 1817.
"The duty of parents and children to each other." p. [54]-60.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
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American Antiquarian Society copy p. 59-60 mutilated.
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Billings, Unknown. Memoirs of the life and character of Mrs. Billings, late of Somers, Con. These memoirs present to the public solemn events. Some time before Mrs. Billings' death, she was very sick, and her breath departed for a considerable part of an hour, and to appearance she was dead; but after this she instantly revived, arose from her bed, walked, and was in comfortable health, and gave an account of what she had seen. Ample evidence exists of the facts.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16564, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16564. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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