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Domestic News
September 26, 1797
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Reports from Baltimore dated Sept. 11 confirm yellow fever outbreak in Fell's Point spreading to the city, with increasing daily deaths: 7 on Wednesday, 8 Thursday, 12 Friday, 15 Saturday, plus cases in the city and from frigate launch spectators.
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.
The latest Baltimore paper received by the mail of this day is the Telegraphe of Tuesday last; this is entirely silent upon the subject of the fever, but we are sorry to say that letters, dated the day before yesterday, contain a melancholy confirmation of the reports which we have already noticed upon that head.
One of these, from a respectable source, represents the situation of Fell's Point, as alarming in the extreme.—The disease has been communicated to the town, and was spreading in all directions.
Extract of a letter dated Baltimore, Sept. 11.
We have the yellow fever worse here than Philadelphia: when I say here, I mean the Point—On Wednesday 7 died; on Thursday 8, Friday 12, Saturday 15: and I believe about 14 in different parts of the city, who caught the disease at the Point—I know of 2 yesterday, and of 4 who took it on Thursday by going to see the frigate launched—knowing the danger I declined being a spectator.
The latest Baltimore paper received by the mail of this day is the Telegraphe of Tuesday last; this is entirely silent upon the subject of the fever, but we are sorry to say that letters, dated the day before yesterday, contain a melancholy confirmation of the reports which we have already noticed upon that head.
One of these, from a respectable source, represents the situation of Fell's Point, as alarming in the extreme.—The disease has been communicated to the town, and was spreading in all directions.
Extract of a letter dated Baltimore, Sept. 11.
We have the yellow fever worse here than Philadelphia: when I say here, I mean the Point—On Wednesday 7 died; on Thursday 8, Friday 12, Saturday 15: and I believe about 14 in different parts of the city, who caught the disease at the Point—I know of 2 yesterday, and of 4 who took it on Thursday by going to see the frigate launched—knowing the danger I declined being a spectator.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Yellow Fever
Baltimore Outbreak
Fells Point
Disease Spread
Deaths
Where did it happen?
Baltimore, Fell's Point
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Baltimore, Fell's Point
Event Date
Sept. 11
Outcome
wednesday 7 died; thursday 8; friday 12; saturday 15; about 14 in different parts of the city; 2 yesterday; 4 who took it on thursday by going to see the frigate launched
Event Details
Yellow fever worse in Fell's Point than Philadelphia, spreading in all directions to the town; disease communicated from the Point