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An ExtraB of the Minutes of the Royal So- 
ciety, of Nov. 8. and 15. 1744. concern- 
ing the TV oman at Ipfwich, who was found 
burnt to Afhes on April 10. preceding . 
T HE firft Account of this extraordinary Acci- 
dent was in a Letter from Mr. R. Love to 
his Brother Mr. Geo. Love, Apothecary at JLeft- 
tninfter , dated j Ipfwich, June 28. 1744. which was 
laid before the Society by the Rrcjident on Nov. 8. 
following; wherein Mr. Love fays, “ That it- ap- 
il pear’d, upon the Coroner’s Inqucft concerning the 
“ Death of this Woman (at which he attended), that 
“ fhe, having gone up hairs with her Daughter to 
<x Bed, went down again from her, half undrefs’d ; 
“ and that, the next Morning early, her Body was 
« found quite burnt, lying upon the Brick-Hearth in 
the Kitchen, where no Fire had been, with the 
e£ Candleftick handing by her, and the Candle burnt 
« out, with which fhe had lighted herfelf down ; 
« and that the Daughter could ahign no Reafon for 
te her going down, unlefs it were to fmoak a Pipe 5 
tC but faid fhe was not addided to drink Gin. The 
«. Jury brought it in Accidental Death.” 
Nov. 1 y. Dr. Lobb communicated two Letters 
concerning the fame Woman } one from the Reve- 
rend Mr. Notcutt at lpjwich y to the Reverend Mr. 
Gibbons ; this dated July 25. 1744. and the other 
from the faid Mr. Gibbons to a Friend, dated Sept . z. 
following. 
They both agree in all the material Circumftances 
relating to the Fad; both giving their Relations 
from the Mouths oftheEye-witndfes, who viewed the 
N n n 2 Body 
