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DEATH AND RETIREMENT
B1 – Hugh Mercer dies in a deadly accident at age 50.
B2 – Meshech Weare (Governor of New Hampshire) announces he is disillusioned with politics and will retire after his term (age 63).
B3 – Alexander McDougall dies in a deadly accident at age 44.
B4 – Benjamin Harrison V dies of plague at age 50. (Note: son William Henry Harrison is only 3. He almost didn't make the game).
B5 – Thomas Burke (private track) dies of smallpox at age 29.
R1 – John Bartram retires at 77 to become a University president.
R2 – John Morton dies of smallpox at age 51.
R3 – Jared Ingersoll Sr dies in a deadly accident at age 54.
R4 – James Otis Jr dies of yellow fever at age 51.
R5 – Edmund Trowbridge pressured out of politics and retires at 67.
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