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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Epigraph
Introduction: American Danse Macabre
The Texts
February 13, 1739
May 10, 1739
August 2, 1739
January 18, 1743
October 28, 1745
January 16, 1753
April 19, 1753
September 24, 1754
September 26, 1754
December 19, 1754
January 30, 1755
April 28, 1758
July 26, 1759
September 20, 1759
September 20, 1759
January 3, 1760
November 3, 1760
April 9, 1763
May 23, 1765
October 29, 1765
November 7, 1768
July 3, 1769
June 4, 1770
June 19, 1772
November 19, 1772
May 14, 1773
September 19, 1774
June 24, 1777
June 29, 1779
December 18, 1783
April 19, 1784
March 22, 1785
May 19, 1785
September 3, 1785
April 18, 1786
August 31, 1786
October 4, 1786
October 19, 1786
May 16, 1787: Extract of a Letter from Knighton, Radnorshire
June 12, 1787
December 24, 1788
December 29, 1788
April 25, 1789
January 11, 1790
September 12, 1790
October 23, 1790
February 23, 1791
February 9, 1792
January 18, 1796
January 21, 1796: Melancholy Accident
March 13, 1801: Melancholy Accident
March 18, 1801
May 2, 1801: Melancholy Accident
August 29, 1801: Another Melancholy Accident
June 29, 1802: Melancholy Accident
October 22, 1803: Sportsmen Take Caution!
September 17, 1804
January 6, 1810: Melancholy Accident
November 17, 1810
May 25, 1811
June 27, 1811
January 17, 1821
February 16, 1821: Melancholy Accident
February 19, 1821
February 28, 1821
April 2, 1821
June 6, 1821
May 3, 1830
July 8, 1831
November 13, 1838
November 24, 1838
May 9, 1842
August 25, 1843
July 25, 1844
December 5, 1844
July 12, 1848
July 19, 1849
September 14, 1849
November 22, 1849
May 14, 1850
July 13, 1850: Death of a Citizen of Brooklyn in California
October 23, 1850
July 2, 1851
August 23, 1851
May 9, 1853
June 6, 1853
March 13, 1854
April 7, 1854
July 16, 1855: Encampment of the National Guards—Melancholy Accident
July 28, 1856
July 28, 1856: Melancholy Accident—Loss of Life
September 10, 1857
January 14, 1858
March 26, 1859
August 11, 1859
January 14, 1860
June 14, 1860
August 7, 1861
May 1, 1862: Terrible Tragedy in Buffalo
February 24, 1863: Painful and Melancholy Accident
July 20, 1863
October 28, 1863: Melancholy Accident
July 4, 1865: Brooklyn City News
March 6, 1867
December 11, 1868: A Distressing Accident
July 2, 1869
May 5, 1870
June 7, 1871
July 14, 1871: Melancholy Accident
March 28, 1872
May 24, 1872
November 26, 1872: Local Jottings
February 8, 1873: Accidental Shooting
August 12, 1873
November 2, 1873
December 17, 1873
January 22, 1874
June 22, 1874
July 18, 1874: Melancholy Accident in Brooklyn
October 8, 1874
December 5, 1874: Accidents from Firearms
November 25, 1875
July 27, 1877: Fatal Accident with a Revolver
February 7, 1880
February 26, 1880
December 27, 1880: Melancholy Accident
March 27, 1882: A Fatal Shot
December 25, 1883: Shot by Accident
April 25, 1887: Accidentally Killed
December 2, 1887
November 12, 1888
March 20, 1890: A Twelve-Year Old Boy Accidentally Shoots his Mother
April 24, 1890: A Melancholy Accident
September 19, 1890: Shot by a Friend
September 20, 1890
February 20, 1891: Mistaken for a Burglar
September 14, 1891: A Melancholy Accident
November 21, 1891: Blew his head Off
September 26, 1893: Accidentally shot her Son
January 12, 1894: Accidentally shot a Woman
June 23, 1895: A Bullet
October 20, 1899: A Trip into Maine
January 2, 1900: Harry Reynolds shot Dead
January 4, 1900: Unfortunate and Fatal Accident
January 4, 1900: Accidental Killing
January 4, 1900: Accidentally Shot
July 2, 1900: God Removes a Bullet in his Own Way
January 4, 1901: Boy Accidentally Shot
January 8, 1901: Accidentally shot his Sister
March 3, 1902: Accidental shot ends her Life
March 2, 1906: Was Accidentally Shot
March 1, 1909: Messenger Boy Accidentally Shot
March 1, 1909: Resigned From Constabulary
April 2, 1910: Father and Son shot by same Gun
April 2, 1913: Boy Kills Sister
April 3, 1913: “Boy Who Fired shot in Serious Condition.”
January 3, 1916: Christmas Rifle Deadly
January 3, 1916: Child Accidentally Shot
February 2, 1916: Baby Accidentally shot by Sister
February 24, 1916: Kept on Ironing
March 17, 1916: One More Case of “Didn’t Know It was Loaded.”
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