Extract from the Gazette, 1743
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette, September 15, 1743.

Sunday last died here Samuel Preston, Esq; aged near Fourscore Years. He had been a long Time one of the Governor’s Council, and Treasurer of the Province, which Stations he supported with Reputation. His Funeral was respectfully attended by the greatest Number of People of all Persuasions, that has ever been seen here on the like Occasion.

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