Concerns Regarding the Deserted State of the City
Document 1798Hodgdon discusses the dangers to the public stores due to the deserted state of the city resulting from the outbreak of yellow fever. He considers the threat from France much greater than that from the fever.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon discusses the dangers to the public stores due to the deserted state of the city resulting from the outbreak of yellow fever. He considers the threat from France much greater than that from the fever.
Date
08/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798081528355
Page start
184
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Major Donald
General Knox
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
enclosed certificate
deserted state of the city
nightly watch over the stores
enemy without
Terrible Republic [France]
yellow fever