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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A ship from the West Indies arrived in Biddeford carrying a man with yellow fever; his father, the man himself, and the pilot all died from the disease shortly after, with no further cases reported eight days later.
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Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Biddeford, to his friend in this town, dated August 26, 1796.
"A ship, belonging to Foxwell Curtis, Esq. arrived here from the West-Indies, on board of which was a man sick of the yellow fever. His father went on board and carried him to his house on Sunday. The Friday following the Father was taken with the same disorder, and expired the next day. His son died the night following. The Pilot, who brought in the ship, was taken ill on Thursday, and expired the next day. It is now eight days since the last death, and no further symptoms of the disorder have appeared."
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Biddeford
Event Date
August 1796
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the father, his son, and the pilot died from yellow fever; no further symptoms after eight days.
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A ship owned by Foxwell Curtis, Esq. arrived in Biddeford from the West Indies with a man sick with yellow fever. The father took him home on Sunday; the father fell ill Friday and died the next day, the son died the following night, and the pilot fell ill Thursday and died the next day.