Vassa's Documents Database

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In this section, it is possible to browse the collection of documents. First select the document category or the source type. In the Documents Category, you can scroll down to search by type of letter and type of document, including legal papers, advertisements for Vassa's autobiography. In Source type, you can scroll down to chose among newspapers, archival materials, published sources,, and images/photographs. If you click on any item, it will expand to give a list of documents and materials that are available, and then you are only a click away to seeing the original document, unless it is unavailable, a transcript, and full metadata on the item. In most cases, a PDF copy of the actual document is accessible and can be downloaded at no cost. In cases where there is only a few lines of text on a newspaper page, the relevant portion is highlighted in a red box. The complete page of the document is also included to provide context for the citation.

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Death Certificate/Obituary
Obituary for Joanna Vassa, Ipswich Journal, 21 March 1857
Obituary for Vassa, The Gentleman’s Magazine, 6 April 1797
Obituary for Vassa, The Staffordshire Advertiser, 15 April 1797
Obituary for Vassa, The Weekly Oracle, 12 August 1797
Obituary for Vassa, True Briton, 15 April 1797
Obituary for Vassa, European Magazine, 31 April 1797
Obituary for Vassa, Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 12 August 1797
Obituary for Vassa, The Massachusetts Spy: or, the Worcester Gazette, 9 August 1797
Obituary for Vassa, The Morning Herald, 4 April 1797
Obituary for Vassa, The Morning Post and Fashionable World, 14 April 1797
Tombstone Anna Maria Vassa 21 July 1797
Funeral Entry for Vassa, Whitefield’s Memorial Church [Formerly Tottenham Court Road Chapel] 6 April 1797
Joanna Vassa Epitaph b. 1795 - d. 1857
Irving Death notification Scots Magazine June 1794
Obituary for Susannah Vassa, Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 20 February 1796