This poser is taken from the Old Parish Registers and relates to deaths in Edinburgh in 1776 (Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland, OPR Deaths 692/02 0280 0236). It includes the record of David Hume's death. The numbers on the right refer to the age of the person at the time of death.
Since this is a late eighteenth century hand, the minister used only a few secretary hand letters such as the letter s. Watch out for abbreviations and the letters p and f.
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Question: where was David Hume when he died?
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