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Domestic News
August 29, 1797
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Reports of yellow fever in various places cause anxiety; a communication from Providence on Aug. 22 states the town is now healthy after seven deaths from the disease, brought by an unreported infectious vessel from the West Indies.
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Reports of the prevalence of the Yellow Fever in various places, excite some anxiety. On this subject we have received the following communication,
From Providence, Aug. 22. "Providence is now in a perfect state of health, notwithstanding false reports. There have been seven persons taken with the yellow fever, who have died. At present there are no more complaining, as that disorder is no more as the Physicians all say. Those who have died caught it by an infectious vessel which lately arrived from the West-Indies: and by the baseness and villainy of the master; who never told there had been any sickness on board,"
From Providence, Aug. 22. "Providence is now in a perfect state of health, notwithstanding false reports. There have been seven persons taken with the yellow fever, who have died. At present there are no more complaining, as that disorder is no more as the Physicians all say. Those who have died caught it by an infectious vessel which lately arrived from the West-Indies: and by the baseness and villainy of the master; who never told there had been any sickness on board,"
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
Shipping
What keywords are associated?
Yellow Fever
Providence
Outbreak
Deaths
Infectious Vessel
West Indies
Where did it happen?
Providence
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Providence
Event Date
Aug. 22
Outcome
seven persons died from yellow fever; no current cases.
Event Details
Yellow fever outbreak in Providence caused by infectious vessel from West Indies whose master failed to report sickness on board; physicians declare the disorder ended.