Mr. Worcester on Longevity. 17 
In this table, the statement with regard to New Hampshire, is 
founded on the bills of mortality of seven towns, as given fora 
series of years, amounting, on an average, to 22 years, including, 
in all, 3,756 deaths. 
the age of 70 years, and one in 30 to 90; a Er proportion 
From this it appears that one in 5 lived to 
than in either of the other cases. 
According to Dr. Halley, in the city of Breslaw, of 1,000 
persons 34 live to the age of 80 or upwards ; that is, one in 29. 
In Berlin 1 in 37; in Philadelphia 1 in 40; in Edinburgh 1 in — 
41; in London (according to Dr. Price) 1 in 62; and in Vienna 
Accord- 
ing to the bills of mortality in Hingham, Mass. one in 13; and 
1 in 66, are computed to complete their 80th year. 
in Hamilton, one in 8, lives to the same age. Of the persons, 
who died in Russia in 1813, one in 106 was of the age of 85 
years. 4 
The following Table exhibits a list of such persons in the United States as 
have attained the age of 110 years or upwards. 
PLACE. YEAR. _— AGE. 
Flora Thompson, a negress Harba Island, Pa. 1808 150 
Solomon Nabit Laurens Co. S. C. 1820 143 
Abraham Paiba Charleston S. C. 142 
Cady la Fontaine Bay of Baluxi, Mis. 1823 137 
Matthew Bayley North Carolina 1809 136 
A Negro Richmond, Va. 1817 136 
Michael Dougherty Goose Creek, Geo. 1808 135 
Henry Francisco Whitehall, N. Y. 1820 134 
Francis Agne Somerset Co. Md. 1767 134 
James Thomas Georgia 1804 134 
Flora Ferguson, a negress Smyrna, Del. 1819 130 
Wright ; Bryan Creek, Geo. 1805 130 
Nell Courcey, a negress Charlotte Hall 1521 130 
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