DIED on Monday, the 30th of January [1809], Mrs. WILLIAMINA BOND, widow of the late worthy Doctor Phineas Bond.
This venerable lady was, eminently, gifted with a strength of faculty, unimpaired by a very advanced age; and possessed a heart whose felicity it was to dispense every act of charity and good will. Bereft of a most affectionate husband, and left with the care of a very large Family, in a season of much peril, she acquitted herself of the double charge, which devolved upon her, in a manner to rivet the duty of her Children, who revered her, and to excite the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Of a most delicate cast of mind, with a ready discernment of character, she was liberal in her opinions, and tender to the failings of humanity. She was, particularly, distinguished by a chearful [sic] and benign disposition - by a force of expression, and candor of sentiment, which secured the confidence, even of strangers. Regardless of all selfish views, she was ever, zealously, occupied in contributing to the happiness and comfort, or in ministering to the affliction of others.
Beneficent without ostentation, moral without display, a standard of rational virtue - few have, so faithfully, performed their great task - none have, more scrupulously, discharged the best duties of life. In the devout faith of a true christian, she beheld the approach of death, with the firm assurance of a life well spent - and closed a long career of usefulness, with a spirit, undiminished by the severity of a tedious illness, or the waste of fourscore years.
Source: Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. Tuesday, Feb 07, 1809 Philadelphia, PA
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As with her mother and her daughter, her first name is spelled either Wilhelmina or Williamina in the various historical documents reviewed for this memorial.
This venerable lady was, eminently, gifted with a strength of faculty, unimpaired by a very advanced age; and possessed a heart whose felicity it was to dispense every act of charity and good will. Bereft of a most affectionate husband, and left with the care of a very large Family, in a season of much peril, she acquitted herself of the double charge, which devolved upon her, in a manner to rivet the duty of her Children, who revered her, and to excite the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Of a most delicate cast of mind, with a ready discernment of character, she was liberal in her opinions, and tender to the failings of humanity. She was, particularly, distinguished by a chearful [sic] and benign disposition - by a force of expression, and candor of sentiment, which secured the confidence, even of strangers. Regardless of all selfish views, she was ever, zealously, occupied in contributing to the happiness and comfort, or in ministering to the affliction of others.
Beneficent without ostentation, moral without display, a standard of rational virtue - few have, so faithfully, performed their great task - none have, more scrupulously, discharged the best duties of life. In the devout faith of a true christian, she beheld the approach of death, with the firm assurance of a life well spent - and closed a long career of usefulness, with a spirit, undiminished by the severity of a tedious illness, or the waste of fourscore years.
Source: Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. Tuesday, Feb 07, 1809 Philadelphia, PA
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As with her mother and her daughter, her first name is spelled either Wilhelmina or Williamina in the various historical documents reviewed for this memorial.
DIED on Monday, the 30th of January [1809], Mrs. WILLIAMINA BOND, widow of the late worthy Doctor Phineas Bond.
This venerable lady was, eminently, gifted with a strength of faculty, unimpaired by a very advanced age; and possessed a heart whose felicity it was to dispense every act of charity and good will. Bereft of a most affectionate husband, and left with the care of a very large Family, in a season of much peril, she acquitted herself of the double charge, which devolved upon her, in a manner to rivet the duty of her Children, who revered her, and to excite the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Of a most delicate cast of mind, with a ready discernment of character, she was liberal in her opinions, and tender to the failings of humanity. She was, particularly, distinguished by a chearful [sic] and benign disposition - by a force of expression, and candor of sentiment, which secured the confidence, even of strangers. Regardless of all selfish views, she was ever, zealously, occupied in contributing to the happiness and comfort, or in ministering to the affliction of others.
Beneficent without ostentation, moral without display, a standard of rational virtue - few have, so faithfully, performed their great task - none have, more scrupulously, discharged the best duties of life. In the devout faith of a true christian, she beheld the approach of death, with the firm assurance of a life well spent - and closed a long career of usefulness, with a spirit, undiminished by the severity of a tedious illness, or the waste of fourscore years.
Source: Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. Tuesday, Feb 07, 1809 Philadelphia, PA
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As with her mother and her daughter, her first name is spelled either Wilhelmina or Williamina in the various historical documents reviewed for this memorial.
This venerable lady was, eminently, gifted with a strength of faculty, unimpaired by a very advanced age; and possessed a heart whose felicity it was to dispense every act of charity and good will. Bereft of a most affectionate husband, and left with the care of a very large Family, in a season of much peril, she acquitted herself of the double charge, which devolved upon her, in a manner to rivet the duty of her Children, who revered her, and to excite the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Of a most delicate cast of mind, with a ready discernment of character, she was liberal in her opinions, and tender to the failings of humanity. She was, particularly, distinguished by a chearful [sic] and benign disposition - by a force of expression, and candor of sentiment, which secured the confidence, even of strangers. Regardless of all selfish views, she was ever, zealously, occupied in contributing to the happiness and comfort, or in ministering to the affliction of others.
Beneficent without ostentation, moral without display, a standard of rational virtue - few have, so faithfully, performed their great task - none have, more scrupulously, discharged the best duties of life. In the devout faith of a true christian, she beheld the approach of death, with the firm assurance of a life well spent - and closed a long career of usefulness, with a spirit, undiminished by the severity of a tedious illness, or the waste of fourscore years.
Source: Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. Tuesday, Feb 07, 1809 Philadelphia, PA
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As with her mother and her daughter, her first name is spelled either Wilhelmina or Williamina in the various historical documents reviewed for this memorial.
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