An epidemic is raging to an alarming degree in my garrison...
Document 1799"...I am extremely sorry to inform you sir that an epidemic is raging to an alarming degree in my garrison, and on that account it is very fortunate that so many men have been sent away out of the way of it. My nephew Lieutenant Lawrence fell a victim to it yesterday after only four days of illness. I shall this day give orders to have the men encamped at a distance from the barracks and shall remove my family immediately..."
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
"...I am extremely sorry to inform you sir that an epidemic is raging to an alarming degree in my garrison, and on that account it is very fortunate that so many men have been sent away out of the way of it. My nephew Lieutenant Lawrence fell a victim to it yesterday after only four days of illness. I shall this day give orders to have the men encamped at a distance from the barracks and shall remove my family immediately..."
Date
09/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort McHenry [Baltimore, Maryland]
Collection
Document number
1799092360000
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Staats Morris
Lieutenant Thomas John Lawrence
[First Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
Fort McHenry
Baltimore, Maryland
Notable items
epidemic
illness