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October 6, 1808
Kentucky Gazette And General Advertiser
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Yellow fever has appeared among convicts in Richmond's Penitentiary, affecting seven or eight with one death, proving the disease's domestic origin rather than imported.
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RICHMOND, September 10.
It appears to have been ascertained beyond a doubt, that the yellow fever has made its appearance among the convicts in our Penitentiary. Seven or eight have been attacked with the disease, one of whom had died. It has hitherto been a question, whether or not the fever with which our cities have been afflicted, was imported. The circumstance of its appearance in the Penitentiary, where there was no possible chance of its being communicated from any other place, proves most incontestibly that it is of domestic origin. No unusual sickness prevails in the City at this time.--[Argus.
It appears to have been ascertained beyond a doubt, that the yellow fever has made its appearance among the convicts in our Penitentiary. Seven or eight have been attacked with the disease, one of whom had died. It has hitherto been a question, whether or not the fever with which our cities have been afflicted, was imported. The circumstance of its appearance in the Penitentiary, where there was no possible chance of its being communicated from any other place, proves most incontestibly that it is of domestic origin. No unusual sickness prevails in the City at this time.--[Argus.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Yellow Fever
Penitentiary
Convicts
Outbreak
Domestic Origin
Where did it happen?
Richmond
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Richmond
Event Date
September 10
Outcome
seven or eight convicts attacked, one died
Event Details
Yellow fever appeared among convicts in the Penitentiary, with no possible external communication, proving domestic origin; no unusual sickness in the city