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Domestic News
July 29, 1833
Lynchburg Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
Few cholera reports from the West; rumor of outbreak at Princeton College, NJ, leads to student dismissals per National Intelligencer (23rd inst.), but NY and Philadelphia papers silent, indicating likely exaggeration.
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The Cholera. The accounts from the West contain but very few and unimportant notices of the Cholera. The National Intelligencer of the 23d inst. contains a rumor that the Cholera had made its appearance at Princeton (N. Jersey) so decidedly as to induce the Faculty of the College to permit the retirement of such of the students as desired to return home. The New York and Philadelphia papers, however, of the same date, are entirely silent on the subject, and as Princeton is on the main route, and nearly midway between those two cities, we may naturally infer that the first rumor was greatly exaggerated, if not altogether unfounded.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Cholera
Princeton
Rumor
College
New Jersey
Where did it happen?
Princeton (N. Jersey)
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Princeton (N. Jersey)
Event Date
23d Inst.
Event Details
Accounts from the West contain few and unimportant notices of the Cholera. The National Intelligencer of the 23d inst. reports a rumor of Cholera appearing at Princeton, inducing the College Faculty to permit students to return home. New York and Philadelphia papers of the same date are silent on the subject, suggesting the rumor is exaggerated or unfounded.