The Melancholy State of Our City

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Although he and his family enjoy good health, Hodgdon mourns the deaths caused by the disease infecting Philadelphia.

Date

09/07/1798

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1798090728155

Page start

215

Note

Cited in Craig to Hodgdon, 09/14/1798; cited in Craig to Hodgdon, 09/15/1798.

Notable persons

Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
Colonel John Moylan
Mr. Fenno, the printer

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Notable items

solicitude on account of me and mine
protection of a kind providence
health
melancholy state of our city
[news] papers
press
the Books
drafts