A house in Chester, said to be one of the few that were not visited by the plague in 1652. Lithograph.

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6917i
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The house bears the inscription "Gods providence is mine inheritance"

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Chester (Eastgate Row) ; Bangor : T. Catherall (Day & Son, Lithos. to the Queen)

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1 print : lithograph, tinted ; image 28.3 x 18.7 cm

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Watergate St. Chester. The motto on this old house is said to have been inscribed by the occupier as a grateful memorial, after escaping the plague, which had visited almost every other dwelling in the city. (Vide, Chester guide, pag. 33)

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Wellcome Collection 6917i

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