A collection of affidavits and certificates, relative to the wonderful cure of Mrs. Ann Mattingly : which took place in the city of Washington, D.C. on the tenth of March, 1824.

  • William Matthews
Date:
1824
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Credit: A collection of affidavits and certificates, relative to the wonderful cure of Mrs. Ann Mattingly : which took place in the city of Washington, D.C. on the tenth of March, 1824. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of lawful age, makes oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, that the foregoing statement of facts are true to the best of her knowledge and belief. C. H. W. WHARTON. Justice of the Peace. No. 6. Miss Ruth Carhery, Miss Catharine. Carbery, Mrs. Sybilla Carbery, Miss Susan Mattingly, Miss Jinne Maria Fitzgerald. Whereas, some persons, not acquainted with the circumstan- ces of Mrs. Mattingly’s late extraordinary and sudden restor- ation to health, have attributed her cu?'e to the breaking <>f an abscess, and a copious discharge of its contents; VVe, who pass- ed the night of the 9th of March, with her, in her cham- ber, attended on her, was present at, and witnessed her won- derful cure, deem it a tribute due to truth, and to the public at large, to give correct information on this subject, which has caused so much oKcitement in the public mind. VVe, there- fore, solemnly declare, tha^ no such occurrence took place in Mrs. Mattingly’s regard; that we saw no symptom of any ab- scess; perceived, no extraordinary discharge whatever, on the contrary, she was so weak and low, that she appeared to spit with great pain and difficulty, and very little at a time. (Signed,) SYBILLA CARBERY, RUTH CARBERY, CATHARINE CARBERY, ANNE MARIA FITZGERALD, MARY SUSAN MYTTINGLY. Sworn to this 3d day of May, 1824, before me, a Justice of tho Peace, for the City and County of Washington, District of Columbia. JAMES HOBAN, [Seal.] Justice of the Peace. No. 7 MISS MARY HOPEWELL. Washington City, March Mth, 1824. I have been acquainted with Mrs. Ann Mattingly from her infancy, and have visited her very frequently during her ill- ness for the last six years. I have heard the affidavits of Mrs. Sybilla Carbery, and of Mrs. Mattingly read, and having had many opportunities of being acquainted with moist of the facts enumerated therein, I have no hesitation in declaring my un- qaalihed belief in the truth of those depositions. MARY HOPEWELL.
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