Yellow Fever epidemic and events abroad

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

From near Philadelphia, discusses the timing of sending correspondence. Reports the disorder in Philadelphia [Yellow Fever epidemic] in a few days more will be like a summer's dream gone and hopes forever. Has not returned to the city yet. Mentions his brother [presumably clerk William Knox] and General Wayne's march. Mentions Duke of York being flogged before Dunkirk; Toulon given up with the French fleet in England. Mentions Genet's fleet as having again mutinied at Santo Domingo.

Date

11/08/1793

Recipient

Sent from

Near Philadelphia

Document number

1793110800001

Page start

1

Notable persons

General Henry Jackson
Henry Knox
William Knox
clerk
General Anthony Wayne
Duke of York

Notable locations

Dunkirk
Toulon
France
England
Genet
Santo Domingo
Boston
Near Philadelphia
Kentucky
Jeremie
England

Notable items

Yellow Fever Epidemic
lottery
march
nogotiations