Autograph Letter Signed

Yellow Fever; Smoking of the Infected Clothing

Expresses sorry for the state of his family from Yellow Fever epidemic. The smoking of the clothing, thought to be infected with Yellow Fever, Craig notes is a dreadful piece of business and conceives it to be altogether unnecessary. Neither the China nor sugar have arrived; the wagoner left the load at Harrisburg and returned to Philadelphia.

Yellow Fever; smoking of the infected clothing

1793

09

13

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

Cited in Hodgdon to Craig, 09/21/1793.

Cited document addressed to the War Office

Samuel Hodgdon

Isaac Craig

Mrs. Hodgdon

Carson

wagoners

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Harrisburg

disease

repacking

smoking

china

sugar

wagon

tumbrils

clothing

Yellow Fever epidemic

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Pittsburgh 13th September 1793

Sir

Your letter to the 35t[h] Ultimo and 9th Instant

are both Received, but I have so engaged, that I have not had one
Moment to Acknowledge Them, I am Extremely Sorry for the Affective
State of your Family. I hope however your disease has abated, and that
Mr Hodgdon and you are out of danger. I have enclosed you a
Copy of your former Letter. I shall attend to your directions particu-
larly, but this Repacking and Smoaking is a dreadful piece of
Business, from what has been Opened, I Conceive it altogether
unneccessary. ---
Neither the China nor the Sugar are yet Come to hand
I am told that [ ] the Waggoner, by whom you sent the China
left his load at Harrisburg, and returned to Philadelphia
and [Pimbrells] no. [1] and [ ] [ ] not yet come to hand
a part of the [ ] Sub Legion Cloathing is still on the way. Some of these
Waggoners ought to be punished, for Example to others ------

I am Sir
your most Obedt
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr Humble Servt

Philadelphia Isaac Craig