Facts and observations, relative to the origin, progress and nature of the fever : which prevailed in certain parts of the city and districts of Philadelphia, in the summer and autumn of the present year, (1802) / by William Currie & Isaac Cathrall ; to which is added, a summary of the rise and progress of the disease in Wilmington / communicated by Dr. E. A. Smith & Dr. John Vaughan.

  • Currie, William, 1754-1828.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Facts and observations, relative to the origin, progress and nature of the fever : which prevailed in certain parts of the city and districts of Philadelphia, in the summer and autumn of the present year, (1802) / by William Currie & Isaac Cathrall ; to which is added, a summary of the rise and progress of the disease in Wilmington / communicated by Dr. E. A. Smith & Dr. John Vaughan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    We have also since learned, that three boatmen and a storekeeper, from Sherlock's mills, on the river Delaware, above Easton, had been under the necessity of crossing the St. Domingo Packet, to put some goods purchased at the store of Messrs. Thomas and Shreeves, on board their boat, and that two of the boatmen and the storekeeper were soon after at- tacked with unequivocal symptoms of the malignant yellow fever, of which two of them died, and one recovered. The names of the boatmen were John Simon, JElhannan Price, and John Hambleton ; that of the storekeeper, John W. Cotanch. [For the testimony respecting these facls, see the appendix, No. 1, 2, and 3.] From an account, dated July 19th, published in several newspapers of this city, by William David- son, who had gone out master of the St. Domingo Packet, it appears, that this vessel was placed under a guard at the Cape, on the 11th of April, consist- ing of a coporal and six privates, and that captain Davidson was imprisoned till the 29th of the same month, when he was released, and returned to the ship, and found the same guard on board and the same number of seamen as when he left it, all ap- parently in good health. Ten days after this, captain Davidson left the island by order of Gen. Le Clerc, and came to the United States in another vessel. The day after he left the ship he says, (and he refers to letters from merchants and to the ship's log-book for proof of his assertion) the guard was removed, and the crew proceeded to take on board the remainder of her cargo, &c. which they completed by the 10th of May. Mr. Bender the mate, then began to clear the ship out, but while he was in the custom-house, performing that duty, he was taken ill, and imme- diately repaired on board, where he continued sick four days, and died on the 14th of May. Mr. White, a passenger, who had gone out in the ship, was taken ill on board the 11th, and died pn the 15th of May.