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VIII. Odfervations on the Longevity of 3 thi Inhabitants f 
Ipfwich and Hingham, and Propofats for: afcertaining the. 
Value of Effates held fer Li fey ‘and the Reverfion of them. 
In a Letter from the Rev. EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH, 3 
F. A. A. and Hollifian Profefor of Divinity in the Univerfity 
of Sieben: to the Honourable JAMES LEM hes 
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FTER the laft meeting at the dide the Rev. Mr. | 
Cutler, of Tpfwicb- Hamlet, put into my hands a bill of © 
the births and deaths in his parifh, from September 11, 1771, 
to nines i fs Bae Meis bill has De kept with great . 
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can be dais from the dosi ind acad ina fingle parifh, that 
either the climate, or the manner of living. on the ss gad 
New-England, is very favourable to life.. | 
From the fituation of Breflaw, and the employment of i its © 
inhabitants, Doétor Halley füppofes that the deaths in that city: 
are more- proper for tracing out the probabilities of the conti- 
nuance of the human life in its various ftages, than thofe of any 
other large city in Europe. ^ “His table has accordingly been made: 
the ftandard for eftimating the value of thofe eftates in. Great-. 
Britain which are held for life. 
The Do&or obferves, that the people of Bre/law are en-. 
creafed by 1238 dirths annually. Of thofe it appears, by Dr.. 
Newman's tables, that 448 die yearly, in the firft year of 
their age ; fo that but 890 do arrive at a full year's age ; and. 
shat 193 diei in PE eret between one and fix, complités: 
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