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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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On September 4, the Governor of Pennsylvania issued a proclamation prohibiting all land and water intercourse with New-York and Norfolk for one month due to reports of a contagious disease in New-York, with a $300 penalty. New-York's health committee disputes the contagion claims, criticizing Philadelphia's board for acting on private letters without verification, potentially harming trade.
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The Governor of Pennsylvania has issued his proclamation, prohibiting all intercourse by land or water, with New-York and Norfolk, for the space of one month, or until the order shall be revoked, under the penalty of 300 dollars.
The prohibition of intercourse between this city and Philadelphia is a proceeding very singular and deserves severe animadversion. It is a measure, that, to say the least, wears the aspect of a most unfriendly disposition; as it naturally tends to create unnecessary fears abroad, which may occasion an order for our vessels to perform quarantine in foreign ports, to the great injury of our trade.
It seems the board of health in Philadelphia, reported to the Gov. the existence of a contagious disease in this city, on the authority of private letters, without ever writing to our health committee for a state of facts. This is a most extraordinary proceeding, when the reports of our committee, have repeatedly informed the public, that the epidemic now prevailing exhibits no decisive evidence of a specific contagion. Scarcely in an instance, has an attendant on the sick taken the disease. This act was known to the board of health, and the Gov. of Pennsylvania, and yet the world is to be alarmed for the safety of Philadelphia, when the disease has not proved contagious enough to occasion any general alarm in New-York.
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Pennsylvania
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September 4.
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prohibition of intercourse by land or water with new-york and norfolk for one month or until revoked, under penalty of 300 dollars; potential injury to trade from quarantine fears.
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Governor of Pennsylvania issued proclamation prohibiting intercourse based on Philadelphia board of health report of contagious disease in New-York from private letters, without consulting New-York's health committee; New-York committee reports no decisive evidence of specific contagion, with rare instances of disease transmission to attendants.