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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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A letter from Mobile dated November 14 describes ongoing fever causing great distress, with four deaths that morning and neglect of the sick. Of six doctors, four died (two with wives), one is sick, one left; a new doctor lost his wife. Rain began on the 10th, first since September 4, offering hope.
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"Great distress is caused by the fever here, which has not yet abated. There were four deaths this morning before I arrived, say 10 o'clock. The sick have heretofore been much neglected—Out of 6 doctors, one left town in Aug. with his family, one still remains sick, and four have died—two of them had wives, which are also dead; one other doctor arrived here about three weeks since from New-York, and has lost his wife. Many who left town for health, unhappily out of anxiety to get to business, returned too soon. It is hoped there will be a change soon, as it commenced raining on the 10th, which is the first since 4th September."
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Mobile
Event Date
November 14
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four deaths this morning before 10 o'clock; four of six doctors died, two with wives also dead; one doctor sick; one doctor left town; new doctor from new-york lost his wife; sick neglected; hope for change with rain starting on the 10th.
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Ongoing fever epidemic causing great distress in Mobile; sick neglected due to shortage of doctors; many who fled returned too soon; first rain since September 4 began on the 10th.