«Bulman Buried
Robert John Bulman, of Cobourg in the Township of Hamilton District of Newcastle in the Province of Upper Canada, (formally of Northumberland in England), died of the cholera Mortus in the Chambly Steamboat the River St. Lawrence on the sixteenth of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, & was buried (being cast into the River) the same day.
By me J Mountain D.D. Rector of Quebec
Present In the presence of ? Capt & part of the crew & ? of the Boat».
Noter la célérité avec laquelle on a disposé du corps en raison du caractère contagieux de la maladie. Pouvoir voyager dans un navire à vapeur entre Montréal et Québec représente un progrès certain.
[Summary :
The church record for the death of a man on the St. Lawrence River in Québec, Québec.]
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