Covered With a Thick Gloom, Etc.
Document 1798Hodgdon urges Smith to see that the pattern articles of clothing reach their final destination as quickly as possible. He laments that Philadelphia is still covered with a thick gloom due to the fever that is ravaging the city.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon urges Smith to see that the pattern articles of clothing reach their final destination as quickly as possible. He laments that Philadelphia is still covered with a thick gloom due to the fever that is ravaging the city.
Date
10/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798100228055
Page start
236
Notable persons
Melancton Smith
Samuel Hodgdon
stage proprietors
Jonathan Jackson
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Boston
Notable items
box containing the pattern articles of clothing
delay
thick gloom
heartbreaking scenes
sackcloth