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Domestic News
November 23, 1804
Berkeley And Jefferson Intelligencer
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Letter from New Orleans officer dated September 13 reports an unusually warm and sickly summer due to influx of strangers, with fever mainly affecting newcomers; 50 soldier deaths since June 1 among troops.
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Extract of a letter from an officer of rank at New Orleans, to his correspondent in Boston, dated September 13.
"The summer has been uncommonly warm, this season one of the most sickly that has been for many years. This arises from the great number of strangers who have come to this country. It is worthy of remark, and there has been but one or two instances of the fever having attacked persons who have resided in the city one year.
"I have lost some valuable soldiers but not so many as probably is reported --The whole number of deaths among the troops since my arrival, (the first of June last) does not exceed fifty. This, considering the great number who have been sick, and when compared with the mortality among strangers of a different description cannot be thought a very great loss. Great it is, however to us, to whom the lives of our men are precious."
"The summer has been uncommonly warm, this season one of the most sickly that has been for many years. This arises from the great number of strangers who have come to this country. It is worthy of remark, and there has been but one or two instances of the fever having attacked persons who have resided in the city one year.
"I have lost some valuable soldiers but not so many as probably is reported --The whole number of deaths among the troops since my arrival, (the first of June last) does not exceed fifty. This, considering the great number who have been sick, and when compared with the mortality among strangers of a different description cannot be thought a very great loss. Great it is, however to us, to whom the lives of our men are precious."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
Military
Weather
What keywords are associated?
New Orleans Fever
Soldier Deaths
Sickly Season
Warm Summer
Where did it happen?
New Orleans
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New Orleans
Event Date
September 13
Outcome
50 deaths among troops since june 1
Event Details
Uncommonly warm summer causing sickly season with fever attacking mainly newcomers; officer reports loss of valuable soldiers but fewer than rumored, not exceeding fifty deaths since arrival on first of June last, considering sickness rates among strangers.