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Domestic News
October 16, 1793
National Gazette
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A letter from Boston introduces French physician Citizen Robert, arriving in Philadelphia to aid victims of the raging dreadful disease, leveraging his experience from the East Indies; he forfeited his passage to France to help.
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Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Boston, to his friend in Philadelphia, dated 25th September last.
This will be handed to you by citizen Robert, a French physician, and a gentleman of merit. He had engaged and paid half of his passage for France, when he learned the progress of the dreadful disease which rages in your city: without hesitation he has given up the money he had paid, to fly to the assistance of his fellow creatures. I hope his exertions will be crowned with success. I beg you will introduce him to some of your friends. He comes from the Manillas in the East-Indies, where the unhealthiness of the climate has afforded him the opportunity of being well acquainted with such diseases. On his passage from thence to his own country, he was taken by the British, and lost a handsome property. Present my respects to your family—I wish to hear that none of them have been hurt by this disease.
This will be handed to you by citizen Robert, a French physician, and a gentleman of merit. He had engaged and paid half of his passage for France, when he learned the progress of the dreadful disease which rages in your city: without hesitation he has given up the money he had paid, to fly to the assistance of his fellow creatures. I hope his exertions will be crowned with success. I beg you will introduce him to some of your friends. He comes from the Manillas in the East-Indies, where the unhealthiness of the climate has afforded him the opportunity of being well acquainted with such diseases. On his passage from thence to his own country, he was taken by the British, and lost a handsome property. Present my respects to your family—I wish to hear that none of them have been hurt by this disease.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
Arrival Departure
Charity Or Relief
What keywords are associated?
Dreadful Disease
Philadelphia Epidemic
French Physician
Citizen Robert
Medical Assistance
What entities or persons were involved?
Citizen Robert
Where did it happen?
Philadelphia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Philadelphia
Event Date
25th September Last
Key Persons
Citizen Robert
Event Details
A French physician named Citizen Robert is arriving in Philadelphia to assist with the dreadful disease raging there, having given up his paid passage to France upon learning of the epidemic; he has experience with such diseases from the Manillas in the East-Indies and was previously captured by the British, losing property.