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Sarah Goodhue’s Advance Directive, July 14, 1681

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Sarah Goodhue's advance directive

On July 14, 1681, Sarah Whipple Goodhue left a note to her husband that read: "Dear husband, if by sudden death I am taken away from thee, there is infolded among thy papers something that I have to say to thee and others." She died three days after bearing twins. This is the letter to her husband and children.

Posted in People, StoriesTagged 1681, Goodhue, Ipswich, July, Whipple, women

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