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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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Extract from Philadelphia letter reports malignant disease abating, with burials dropping from 60 to 30 daily, 200 in hospital, majority recovering, business halted, and markets tolerable for those with money.
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Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, October 5.
"The malignant disease is undoubtedly abating. The number of those buried per day is diminished from sixty to thirty, and is still decreasing. There are about two hundred in the hospital, including thirty carried thither yesterday. Seven only were buried from thence yesterday. The number has frequently exceeded twenty. Great numbers are yet sick, but the majority recover. We have a tolerable market, and those who have money will want for nothing. Business is entirely at a stand. The banks are still open, but all the other public offices are shut, and the officers and clerks out of town."
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Philadelphia
Event Date
October 5
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burials per day diminished from sixty to thirty and decreasing; about two hundred in hospital including thirty admitted yesterday; seven buried from hospital yesterday, previously exceeding twenty; great numbers sick but majority recover.
Event Details
Malignant disease abating; tolerable market for those with money; business at a stand; banks open but other public offices shut with officers and clerks out of town.