Death
Abbott died in 1832, survived by his wife and sons. His son Edward worked as Abbott's clerk in the court and later became a member of the new House of Assembly in Van Diemen's Land and also the Legislative Council.
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Ease me with death by bidding me got too.
Oh, if it have, let my word work on me,
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Where death crawled angrily at bay.”
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