Small Pox Infections
Document 1795Need to have men stationed at Fort Fayette inoculated for small pox due to the widespread infections in its camps. Cited the clothing to be shipped down the Ohio river as possibly carrying the small pox virus. Ordnance from Gen. Wayne received.
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Type
Typed Document
Description
Need to have men stationed at Fort Fayette inoculated for small pox due to the widespread infections in its camps. Cited the clothing to be shipped down the Ohio river as possibly carrying the small pox virus. Ordnance from Gen. Wayne received.
Date
05/22/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Fayette
Collection
Document number
1795052253500
Note
Cited in Pickering to Wayne, 05/30/1795.
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Thomas Butler
troops
Secretary of War
Morgan
general
Notable locations
Fort Fayette
Virginia
Ohio river
post
fort
Notable items
clothing
ordnance