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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Letters from St. Christophers report that during a malignant fever last summer, brought from Guadaloupe, Mrs. Payne treated 74 enslaved people with Dr. James's Fever Powder, saving 73. When she fell ill, attendants prevented her from taking it, and she died shortly after.
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Letters from St. Christophers mention, that during a Malignant Fever, which raged there last Summer, and which was brought from Guadaloupe, Mrs. Payne, a Lady of that Island, had seventy-four Negroes seized with that Distemper, to whom she gave Dr. James's Fever Powder, and seventy-three of them recovered; but this Lady being afterwards seized with the same Disorder, the People who attended her opposed her trying the same Medicine, with which she had Cured so many, and she Died in a very few Days, without being permitted to take it.
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St. Christophers
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Last Summer
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seventy-four negroes seized with the fever; seventy-three recovered after treatment with dr. james's fever powder; one implied death among them; mrs. payne died after being denied the same medicine.
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During a malignant fever raging in St. Christophers last summer, brought from Guadaloupe, Mrs. Payne treated seventy-four of her enslaved people (Negroes) with Dr. James's Fever Powder, resulting in seventy-three recoveries. When Mrs. Payne herself contracted the disorder, her attendants opposed her using the same medicine, leading to her death in a few days.