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The Hillsborough Recorder
Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina
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Extract of a letter from Fernandina dated 14th August reports a severe disease outbreak on Amelia Island, turning it into a 'perfect hospital' with no well families; the entire garrison is sick except Capt. Payne and Dr. Weightman, who must care for the ill; multiple families, including whites and 15-16 negroes each, are afflicted. Spaniards view it as a plague following Americans into Florida.
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"Fernandina, 14th August.
"The whole island (Amelia) is a perfect hospital—not a well family on the island, and in many instances not one able to assist another. So dreadful is the disease that there is not a man to stand sentinel. Capt. Payne and Dr. Weightman are the only two of the whole garrison, of a full company, who are able to go about, and so sickly is the place that Dr. Weightman could not hire a cook, but was compelled himself to cook for the sick. Among several families, the whole of the whites, and from fifteen to sixteen negroes down. The Spaniards say a plague has followed the Americans into Florida, which they prognosticate is a forerunner of their future disasters."
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Amelia Island
Event Date
14th August
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no well families on the island; entire garrison of a full company sick except two; among several families, all whites and 15-16 negroes afflicted.
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The whole island is a perfect hospital with not a well family and many unable to assist each other; disease so dreadful no man can stand sentinel; Dr. Weightman unable to hire a cook and must cook for the sick; Spaniards call it a plague following Americans into Florida, foretelling disasters.