The Virginia Gazette

BOSTON, June 8.

The Great and General Court have made a Grant of Six Hundred Pounds (lawful Money) for the Relief of the Poor of the Town of Boston, under their Distresses occasioned by the Small-Pox; which Money is immediately to be put into the Hands of the Overseers of the Poor, to be disposed of according to their best Discretion.

His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, and at the Desire of the House of Representatives, has been pleased to issue a Proclamation, appointing Thursday, the second Day of July next, to be observed as a Day of Fasting and Prayer throughout the Province, on Account of the Small-Pox, and other malignant Diseases now in many Parts of the Land.

We hear, that a BRIEF will accompany the Proclamations. to be read at the same Time in every Assembly, exhorting all well-disposed Persons to contribute towards the Relief of the Poor in this Town.

An Account of the Number of People who have died in this Town for several Weeks past, as we find it published weekly in the Boston Gazette.

From April 7 to April 14, eighteen Whites, and one Black.
From April 14 to April 21, Twenty five Whites, and three Blacks.
From April 21 to April 28, twenty-one Whites, and three Blacks.
From April 28 to May 5, twenty-six Whites, and five Blacks.
From May 5 to May 12, forty-two Whites, and five Blacks.
From May 12 to May 19, forty-eight Whites, and eleven Blacks.
From May 19 to May 26, sixty-eight Whites, and nine Blacks.
From May 26 to June 2, eighty-five Whites, and eight Blacks.
From June 2 to June 9, seventy-five Whites, and eight Blacks.
From June 9 to June 16, fifty-eight Whites, and four Blacks.