Gibraltar Fever, early 19th century: diary
- Date:
- 1 September-28 December 1828
- Reference:
- MS.7816/2
- Part of:
- Gibraltar Fever, early 19th century
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
`Remarks and Occurrences Gibraltar'. Anonymous diary of the progress of the later epidemic, with statistics of mortality.
An edition of this diary was published by L.A.Sawchuk and S.Benady, in Diary of an epidemic: yellow fever in Gibraltar, 1828 (Gibraltar Government Heritage Division, 2003).
Publication/Creation
1 September-28 December 1828
Physical description
28 ff. foolscap 26-28 blank. Blue cardboard covers.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
Ownership note
The diary is almost certainly that of William Thornton (1783-1869), a member of the firm of Thomas Gamble & Co. Ltd, general drapers of Gibraltar (family information from the donor).