Coroners' Reports 1843-1849

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Coroner's Reports, New York City 1843-1849

Kenneth Scott

Hardcover, 320 pages (1991)

Between 1843 and 1849, some 5,000 New Yorkers died under unusual or suspicious circumstances and were the subjects of inquests by the city coroner. They ranged from Jacob Ackerson, a 72-year old native of New Jersey who ate pancakes "with arsenic inserted by person unknown," to Maria Zevia, a five-year old German girl who died of lung disease just after arriving on the Queen of the West. 

In his 53rd book, a sequel to Coroners' Reports, New York City, 1823-1842 (REC. 121:54), Dr. Scott meticulously abstracted the reports of inquests on file at the Municipal Archives. Those who died represent a cross-section of the city's population, and the reports provide graphic evidence of the perils of city life in the mid-19th century. With this book, both genealogists and historians have ready access to these invaluable records.

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