When was it published?

September 17, 1793 in The New Hampshire Gazette

Domestic News September 17, 1793

The New Hampshire Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Dr. Rush, Governor Of South Carolina

Q: What keywords are associated?

Yellow Fever, Philadelphia Epidemic, Dr Rush, Quarantine, West India Islands, Delaware Vessels, South Carolina Proclamation

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

Reports on the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia indicate more favorable accounts, though it continues to spread; Dr. Rush estimates mortality at one in thirty. Large towns take precautions; similar sickness rages in West-India Islands. Vessels quarantined in Delaware and by South-Carolina Governor's proclamation.

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We have various accounts of the Fever at Philadelphia and if we may be permitted to draw a medium line, they are much more favorable than heretofore— The fever however has not ceased to spread, but methods of curing it are discovered.-It is Dr. Rush's opinion that not more than one in thirty dies of the disorder. All the large towns are using precautions to keep off this distemper. Pestilential sickness it is said, rages in the Windward and Leeward West-India Islands. Vessels are ordered to stop in the Delaware, 'till they are examined. Such an order is also issued by proclamation of the Governor of South-Carolina.

What sub-type of article is it?

Disease Or Epidemic

What keywords are associated?

Yellow Fever Philadelphia Epidemic Dr Rush Quarantine West India Islands Delaware Vessels South Carolina Proclamation

What entities or persons were involved?

Dr. Rush Governor Of South Carolina

Where did it happen?

Philadelphia

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Philadelphia

Key Persons

Dr. Rush Governor Of South Carolina

Outcome

not more than one in thirty dies of the disorder

Event Details

Various accounts of the fever at Philadelphia are more favorable than before, though it continues to spread with curing methods discovered. Precautions taken in all large towns. Pestilential sickness rages in Windward and Leeward West-India Islands. Vessels ordered to stop in Delaware for examination; similar order issued by Governor of South-Carolina.