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Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library 
 Cin i op Seymour B. Durst Old York Liurary 
 
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 SEYMOUR DURST 
 
 When you leave, please leave this book 
 
 Because it has been said 
 " Ever' thing comes f him who waits 
 
 Except a loaned book." 
 
AH 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 MALIGNANT FEVER, 
 
 LALELY PREVALENT IN THE 
 
 CITY OF NEW-YORK- 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 2. A Narrative of its Rus. Pro- 
 crsss and Dec line, with the Opi- 
 nions of Tome Medical Gentlemen, 
 with refpeet to its Origin, &c. 
 
 II. The Mann r r in which the Poor 
 were relieved during this awful Ca- 
 lamity. 
 
 III. A List of the Donations, 
 which have been prefentcd to the 
 Committee for the Relief of the 
 Sick, and Indigent. 
 
 IV. A List of the Names of the 
 Dead, arranged in alphabetical Ot- 
 dir, with their ProfeQiori'i or Occu- 
 pations, and as far as was practicable 
 to obtain Information, the Nsmcsof 
 the Countries of which they were 
 Natives. 
 
 V. A Comparative View of the 
 Fever of the Year 1798, with 
 that of the Year 1795. 
 
 By JAMES HARD IE, A. M. 
 
 COPY-RIGHT SECURED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRF.SS. 
 
 NEW-YORK: 
 
 Printed by Hurtin and M'Farlane, at the Literary Printing Ojjice, 
 No. 29 Gold-Stree\ 
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 THE OTHER BOOKSELLERS, AND 
 THE PRINTERS. 
 
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T II E 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 SoON after the commencement of the late Malig- 
 nant Fever in our city, a fliort account of which is now 
 laid before the Public, two of my particular friends were 
 feized with all its fymptoms. On them, I thought it my 
 duty to attend, that I might render fuch afuflance as 
 lay in my power. A few days after the difcafe began 
 to fpread its direful influence in the vicinity of my place 
 of refidcnce, and I refolved to pay the fame attention to 
 my neighbours as I was willing to do to my friends. 
 For this refolution,however, I claim no merit: For as the 
 fituation of my family was fuch as to render it improper, 
 at leaft inconvenient to move, and finding myfelf fur- 
 rounded with peftilcncc, I firmly believed, that I was 
 equally fafe, while performing the common duties of hu- 
 manity, to the afflicted, as fitting ufelcfs in my own ap- 
 partment; nay more, had I remained inactive, my muid 
 might have become a prey to melancholy, and I mould, 
 in all probability, have been oppreffed with fear, than 
 which there is not a greater prcdifponent caufe to difor- 
 der, nor perhaps an equal caufe in making its termina- 
 tion fatal. Reafoning in this manner, and trufting in 
 Divine Providence for protection, I therefore determi- 
 ned to make no hefitation in vifiting any lick perfon to 
 whom I could be ufeful. 
 
iv THE PREFACE. 
 
 On the id September, the Health Cororr.l^onerj 
 having heard that I was not afraid of feeing the infe&ed, 
 wifhed me to enter into their fervice. I agreed, and 
 from that day continued employed by them, and after- 
 wards by the Health Committee, till the termination of 
 the difeafe. 
 
 In this Gtuation, I had daily opportunities of feeing 
 the progrefs of the fever, the treatment of the fick, the 
 manner in which the poor were relieved, Sec. and as 
 the Magistrates were fo obliging as to permit me to have 
 recourfc to their papers for information with refpect to 
 the . .js, and the names of the dead, I was induced 
 
 10 \ suture on the prefent publication. 
 
 My aim, in every page, has been truth and accura- 
 cy, without embcllifhment. How far I have fuccced- 
 ed, I cannot at prefent determine ; but of this I am cer- 
 tain, I meant well, and have ufed my utmoft endeavour 
 to render the work as fatisfa&ory to the public, as pof- 
 fible. 
 
 JAMES HARDIE. 
 New-York, 15th January 1793. 
 
AN 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 MALIGNANT FEVER, 
 
 LATETY PREVALENT IN 
 
 N E W - Y O R K. 
 
 State of New-York, previous to the commencement of the 
 Malignant Fever. 
 
 "WhEN, in the month of July laft, the public prints 
 announced, that a peftilential fever had made its appear- 
 ance in Philadelphia, the inhabitants of this city, received 
 the information with forrow. They felt for the diftreffes 
 of their fellow-creatures, whilft at the fame time, ihcy little 
 thought, that a calamity of a fimilar nature was impending 
 over themfelves. Our city was at that time reprefented, 
 and I believe, with truth, to be remarkably healthy. The 
 greateft attention was paid to cleaning our ftreets, and the 
 Health Phyfician was vigilant in the difchargc of his duty. 
 Hence as we apprehended no danger from the importation 
 of peftilence, much lefs did we think that it could be en 
 gendered amongft ourfelves. Our citizens in this ftate of 
 fuppofed fecurity, were chiefly bent on making prepare 
 tions to defend their liberty and independence againft the 
 aggreflions of a foreign foe. 
 
 For this purpofe military affociations were rapidly fotm 
 ed ; companies of infantry, cavalry and artillery, corn do 
 fed of citizens of every age and fituation in life, daily pa 
 raded to acquire the necclfary knowledge of the art of 
 war; whilft others were perfonally engaged in erecting 
 fortifications at the battery, that we might be enabled to 
 defend ourfelves againft the attacks of any invaders. Sub 
 fcriptions, likewife, were laifed to a great amount, for the 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 purpofc of buildins; vefTcls of war, to guard our coaft and 
 
 protect our commerce. 
 
 But in the mirlft of thefe mighty preparations, an enemy 
 more k irible than any foreign nation, made its appearance 
 and fpread havoc and deftruclion in every direction- I 
 mean the Yellow Fever. 
 
 Upon the approach of this awful diforder, the buftle we 
 were making for (clf-defcnce was fuddenly fufpended ; the 
 warlike looks, which our citizens had affuined, changed in- 
 to thofe of difmay ; the fortifications in a great meafure 
 neglected ; the military affociations difcontinued, and 
 death, fpeedy death, feemed to be the indifcriminate por- 
 tion of the inhabitants of this wealthy metropolis ; for as 
 it is well delcribed in one of our public prints, " parents 
 and children, hufbands and wives, brothers and filters 
 were fuddenly torn from the feeling bofoms of their rela- 
 tives, while the mourning furvivors were themfelves mo- 
 mentarily expecting the folemn call : The lifping infant 
 calling for its dead parents ; and none but ftrangers to af- 
 ford relief; houles- totally emptied of their inhabitants, 
 and the citizens flying in every direction from the infected 
 places, as from a conflagrated town, or falling tower ; the 
 conftant hearfe in fable melancholy, conveying the victims 
 of this direful calamity to their long home, and whole fa- 
 milies in many inftanccj cut off without a fingle individual 
 being left.*' Many women who enjoyed eafe and afflu- 
 ence, are bereft of their hufbands, and left to ftruggle for 
 the maintainance of numerous families of children, a lafk 
 for which they are but little qualified, and many orphans 
 deprived of their parents, mutt be brought up at the public 
 expence ; Divine Providence thus affording us an awful 
 leffon of the inftability of human affairs, and teaching us, 
 if we are not incorrigible, how ineffectual the exertions of 
 men are, unlcfs they be forwarded by the Deity. By this 
 remark, however, I would by no means be understood as 
 infmuating, that the meafures we were adopting for the 
 protection of our lives and property, and of our wives and 
 children, were improper ; on the contrary, I think it was 
 the duty of every good citizen, to exert himfelf to the 
 utrnoft on fuch an emergency ; but I fhall certainly be 
 excufed for making this obfervation, that when we are. 
 threatened with dangers of whatever nature, vrhilft we en- 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
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 deavour by every means in our power to avert thern, we 
 mould depend for fuccefs not on our own exertions, but 
 on the blefling of Heaven. 
 
 Having made thefe prefatory remarks, I mail now 
 proceed to the melancholy fubjeft I have undertaken, viz. 
 the hiftory of a peftilential dilbrder, which, though it ha.* 
 at different times appeared in this city, particularly in the 
 year 1795, was never productive of half the calamity as in 
 themonths of Augulr., September, and October, in the 
 year 1798. 
 
 Firjl appearance of the diforder — its progrefs and decline. 
 Opinions concerning it various and contradicloiy. 
 
 THE malignant Fever which committed fo dreadful ha- 
 voc amongft the inhabitants of New-York, made its ap- 
 pearance towards the end of July. Its full viciim. in all 
 probability, was Mr. Melan&on Smith, who died on the 
 281b or 29th of that month, after an rHnefs of a very fefv 
 days. His cafe was faid to be attended with the moil 
 malignant fymptoms; but fuchwasthe general opinion of 
 the inhabitants with refpeft to the healthinefs of our city, 
 that his death excited little or no alarm. Mr. Smith is 
 faid to have been taken fick at his More, in Front-ftreet 
 near Coenties-flip, and a few days after his death, le\ oral 
 perfons were attacked with ficknefs in that vicinity. The 
 fymptoms of their diforder, however, in general appear- 
 ed to be fimilar to that of a common cold : they wei e, 
 therefore, negligent in obtaining medical aid • hence the 
 difeafe got the afcendency before they were aware of their 
 danger, and the afliftance of phyficians was procure.: 1 > 
 late. From what has come under my own obferVattcift, , 
 with refpeft to this diforder, I eonfider it to be l.ighiy 
 proper for every individual, upon its appearance, to 
 fend for a fkillful phyfician the moment he feel* him 
 felf taken with any fort of ficknefs ; for the Yelivte- 
 Fever^ in its attacks, is peculiarly inhdious ; it aliumes 
 a variety of forms, and often that of a common cold, or 
 fome flight diftemper, for which moft people would tlliiii 
 there was no neceflity for feeking a remedy. 
 
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 AN ACCOUNT OP THE 
 
 Indeed, according to Doclor Rufii, of Philadelphia, 
 when a particular epidemic vilits any fpot, every other 
 complaint is at once abforbed, or loft with the then raging 
 hcknefs. This, I apprehend, is now the general opinion 
 of our mofl. eminent phy ficians ; and had it been generally 
 believed by the inhabitants of New-York, I am almofr 
 convinced that the havoc in our city would have by no 
 means been (o great as it was ; for I have little doubt 
 that more than one half of thofe to whom the difordcr 
 proved fatal, might in all probability have been now in good 
 health, had they, on the firft attack, applied the proper 
 remedies ; and Ihould this, or any other city in the Uni- 
 ted S"atcs, be again arfli&ed by a limilar calamity, (which 
 God forbid) as a friend to my fellow citizens, I would 
 ufe my utmoil endeavours, in prcfTmg this truth upon 
 their minds, that in hirh a fituation, delays are peculiarly 
 dangerous jUfa tQU< l " ■># 
 
 But to return to the progref. of the diftemper.^* man 
 
 Whether any cafes of peftilential fever exifted in the 
 earlier part of Auguft, remote from the place where it was 
 believed to have originated, I have not been able to 
 afcertain : But of this I am certain, that about the 20th 
 of the month, cafes of a highly malignant nature appear- 
 ed in various parts of the city, and in particular it began to 
 range with great violence at the New Slip, in Cliff-ftreet 
 and Johu-ftreet, but more elpecially in Eden's-Alley and 
 Rider- ftrcet, where not a family efcaped it, nor was there 
 a houfe in which it made its appeal ance, except two, viz. 
 that of Mr. M'Maftcrs and me, where it did not termi- 
 nate fatally to one or more individuals. About the fame 
 time it likewife fpread its ravages in Ann-ftreet, Fair-ftreet, 
 Cherry- ilreet, Auguftus-ftreet, and alfo at thefiiip yard*, 
 and about the beginning of September, I know of few 
 places in the city where there were notfome folitary cafes. 
 
 Our Health-Commiihoner» began to be fomewhat ap- 
 prehenfive with regard to the appearance of this peftilence 
 fo early as the 6th of Auguft, as may be feen from the 
 following letter addreffed to the Mayors — 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
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 Health-Office, Augujl 6, 1798. 
 TO THE MAYOR. 
 
 THE unfinifhed fituation of the docks in Front-ftreet, 
 between Coenties and the Old-flip, generally, was, in the 
 opinion of the Commiflioners of the Health-Office, a 
 fource of difcafe in that neighbourhood laft year, and oc- 
 cafioned the death of feveral valuable citizens. At that 
 period it became a fubject of remonftrance to the Com- 
 mon Council. 
 
 The Commiflioners cannot fufficiently regret, that they 
 have reafon to renew their remon {trances on this lubjeft, 
 and that its prefent fituation is likely to be productive of 
 (till greater evils than thofe of laft year. 
 
 Several perfons have fickened in the neighbourhood of 
 thefe unfinifhed grounds within a week, and with fyinp- 
 toms ftrikingly characteriftic of Yellow-Fever. 
 
 If the Common Council think proper to appoint two of 
 their members, the Commiflioners will meet them early 
 to-morrow-morning, to concert meafures adapted to the 
 exigency of the cafe. 
 
 I am refpe&fully, 
 
 uiiuoLaa ix>zv-MUhrii... xq*-* 'Sir*.-- ^r.t , ; t .m^^vhw^ 
 
 Your moft obedient fervant, 
 RICHARD BAYLEY, Health Officer. 
 
 On the fame day they itfued an advertifement, notifying 
 their determination to put the laws in force with relpect to 
 thole who fhould be delinquent in regard to keeping the 
 Itreets clean, before their refpe£tive doors, and in remov- 
 ing dirt from their yards and cellars, adding thjtt the ftreet 
 infpectors, whole immediate-duty it was to attend to that 
 buflnels, were directed to report all offences of this nature 
 to the police, and that the penalty .againlt 'offenders would 
 be rigidly exacted. ; t'.x*, ;itj&w^tb#Mi» 
 
 At the time of tiu^ advertifement,. however, it, was re- 
 marked both by citizens and -flrangei . •:, thai our flreets 
 were kept uncommonly clean ; but w ith refpect to yards 
 and cellars, I have realon to believe that, to the djlgrace of 
 fomc individuals, it was in I'omc cafes othci wife j — and I 
 may add, that where fucli nuilance* \u\> - edited, the ini 
 
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 A "a ACCOUNT OF TIJL 
 
 habitants of that vicinity have generally been the fevereft 
 
 fuffcters. 
 
 By fome people our Cornmiflioners have been cenfured 
 for neglecting to notify ihe citizens officially of the clanger 
 to which they were cxpoled, fo foon as they became ac- 
 quainted with the existence of any malignant or pe(ti- 
 lential fever in the city. Such cenfure, however, ap- 
 pears, to me to be very unjuft : for the exigence of 
 fome cales of fever was univerlally known towards the 
 middle of Augult, and became the fubject of general ccm- 
 verfation. The Commifhoners never denied it, nor did 
 they attempt to conceal it : But as it was the opinion of 
 mod people, that it was not probable the diforder would 
 fpread, and that it would vanifh after facriBcing a few indi- 
 viduals, as had happened in the years 1796 and 1797, fuch 
 a publication, whilft it could have been of no ufc to the 
 inhabitants, who were well acquainted with their hiuation, 
 might have been highly prejudicial to our commerce, by 
 deterring country people from coming amongft them, at 
 a time, when according to every appearance, they could 
 ul repafs to our city in perfect, fafety, and without 
 miming any rifque of receiving infection. 
 
 On the 12th, 13th, and 14th of Auguft, there was heavy 
 (bowers of rain ; that on the 14th, commenced at four in 
 in the morning, and continued without the lead intermif- 
 fion, until nine with conhderable thunder : The quantity 
 which fell during thefe five hours, was fuppofed to be 
 greater than had at any time fallen, during the fame fpace 
 of time for many years. The ftreets were covered with 
 water, in many places knee deep, and a vaft number of 
 cellars were filled with it. 
 
 It was at the time, generally believed, that this execflive 
 rain and thunder would fo purify the air, that our city 
 would in a few days be totally exempt from any cafes of 
 the diforder, but alas ! our expectations in this refpect. 
 were dreadfully difappointed : for from this day, it almoit 
 immediately began to fpread in every direction. But. 
 however erroneous, the ideas of manv have been with 
 refpect. to this circumftance, feverals thought very differ- 
 ently ; in particular, a writer in the Commercial Adverti- 
 ler, on the evening of the 14th, the day on which this 
 r xceHive rain fell, who feems to have forefeen what would 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
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 been the true confequences of it. His language is fc re- 
 markable that I cannot fen bear to quote ijt. M The im- 
 menfe bodies of water" fays he, " which have lately fallen, 
 whilft it feems to cleanfe the ftrccts, fhould excite a degree 
 of ferious alarm, when the efre6ts of its remaining llagnant 
 is confidered. Many cellars mult no doubt have bee;: 
 the receptacle for much of the rain which has fallen : it 
 therefore behoves every perfon, -without delay, to examine 
 iheir cellars and other places, which are likely to become 
 refervoirs of water, and mould any be found, immediate 
 fteps mould be taken to remove it. Stagnant water in 
 confined places, during this hot weather, will, in two 
 days, exhale a peftilent water, which may generate the 
 moll dangerous infectious diforders, to prevent which, af- 
 ter the removal of the water, a liberal ul'e of lime fhould 
 be made by fcattering it over the cellar. It is to be hoped 
 that a regard to fclf-prefervation will produce the moll 
 prompt and a6tive exertions towards this alarming object - t 
 thofe who neglefl it, will be amongft the fuit victims of a 
 ravaging difeafe, which a little timely attention might have 
 kept from our at prefent healthy city-" 
 
 A day or two after, in the iame paper, a writer, after 
 mentioning the late Hoods of water, obferves, that 4; If 
 immediate and vigorous meafures are not taken to oblige 
 people to have their cellars emptied and well ventilated 
 and dried, one week will produce in this city, a more 
 malignant ficknefs than Philadelphia now experiences, or 
 than New- York has witneffed fince its firlt feu lement." 
 
 My intention in quoting thefe extracts, is to put our ci- 
 tizens on guard againft an indolent fecurity, mould we be 
 again attacked by the Yellow-Fever : For heat and moif 
 ture combined will ever produce putrid vapours, ami 
 thefe, from the eailieft ages of phytic, have been almolt 
 univerfally allowed to be the fource of pcflilential dil- 
 orders. - •-, i ■: .■ * , U rifalkUffi ' 
 
 Our Health-Commilfioners, on this occahon, certain- 
 ly defcrvedwell of the public. Their uimolt endeavour- 
 were exerted to have every nuifance removed, and as far 
 as lay in their power, to prevent the fpreading of the dif- 
 eafe, with which we then began to be afllieled. Their en- 
 deavours, however, were ineffectual, as the number of 
 deaths from this time almoft daily encreafed. 
 
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 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 About the 24th numbers began to leave the city, and 
 many of thofe who had offices for the tranfa6lion of bufi- 
 nefs in that part of the city which lies towards the Eaft Ri- 
 ver, moved to Broadway, which was deemed more heal- 
 thy. The Cuflom-Houfe, likewife, in Mill-ftreet, and 
 the Infurance-Officc in Water-ftrect, were fixed for the 
 time in the Tontine-City-Tavcrn, in Broadway. During 
 the whole month of Augufl, the number of deaths amount- 
 ed to one hundred and thirty three men, fifty five womew, 
 and one hundred and forty one children, making in all 
 three hundred and twenty nine. As particular attention 
 had not been hitherto paid by the fox tons to diftinguifh 
 thofe who fell victims to the fever, from thofe who had 
 died of any other dfforder, it is difficult to afcertain their 
 prerife numbers. Perhaps, if it be fixed at one hundred, 
 we fhall not be far from the truth, particularly as it is 
 certain that by far thcgreatelt number of the children were 
 cutoff by the flux, a diforder which generally proves fa- 
 tal to infants at this feafon of the year. On the 1 5th Au- 
 gufl the deaths were 14, from which day the number was 
 hill progrelfing, lb that on the 1 ft September, they amount- 
 to 23. The daily average during Augufl was about 12. 
 
 On the 15th of Sent, the number of funerals were 38, 
 on the awful 19th, they were no lefs than 63, and on each 
 of the two days following, they were reduced to 40, from 
 which circumftance we began to entertain hopes that our 
 mortal foe was about to leave us, but we were again dif- 
 appointed, for the next four days it kept fluctuating be- 
 tween 41 and 50, and on the 26th rofe up to 60. The 
 total number of deaths, during this month, was eleven 
 hundred and fifty two. of whom nine hundred and fifty 
 foiir died of fever. Six hundred and forty eight, were 
 men, three hundred and fifty four women, and and one 
 hundred and fifty two children. The daily average thro' 
 the month was about 38. By the 15th of this month, our 
 iituation was known at a diftance, as on that day a procla- 
 mation was iflue'd by James Cahoun, efqr Mayor of Bal- 
 timore, prohibiting the entrance into the city of Baltimore 
 or within three miles thereof, of all perfons whomioever, 
 who had come f rom the cities of New- York or Philadel- 
 phia, or from Wilmington in the ftate of Delaware, and 
 forbidding the citizens of Baltimore from having any 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 communication with them, until they could produce an ap- 
 proved certificate of their abfence from thofe places at 
 Ieaft 15 days previous thereto." 
 
 Our number of dead on the lft October wa s 1*3, and 
 this was the greateft numberduring the whole month. On 
 the 18th it was reduced to 16, and on the 2 lit it only a- 
 mounted to 9. After this, the number or deaths on any 
 one day during the exiftence of the calamity, did not ex- 
 ceed 15, and it is certain that had our abfent citizens at- 
 tended to the advice of the Health-Committee, as pub- 
 limed in the different newlpapers about this time, difluad- 
 ing them from a premature return, the death warrant of 
 the diforder might have been dated from about this day ; 
 but it is greatly to be regretted, that mrrrbers of our 
 valuable citizens, by not attending to this admonition, 
 are now tenants of the grave, who, had they only remain- 
 ed till after the froft, which took place in the latter end 
 of October and beginning of November, might have 
 now, very probably, been in good health. The whole 
 number of funerals for October, was five hundred and 
 twenty two, two hundred and nine of whom were men, 
 one hundred and fifty eight women, and feventy four 
 children. Of thefe four hundred and thirty one died of 
 fever. The average of the deaths, during this month, was 
 about 17. On the i.cth November, the deaths were only 
 5, and on each of the preceding days, they were, only 4. 
 The total number during thefe 10 days, were 83, of whom 
 41 were men, twenty two women, and twentty children. 
 Of thefe thirty nine died of the fever ; the daily average 
 was about 8. The following addrefs of the Committee 
 no.v made its appearance in all the new/papers : — 
 
 " The Health-Committee for the relief of the lick and 
 indigent in the city of New-York, beg leave, t o congratu- 
 late their fellow-citizens, that under Divine Providence, 
 this long afflifcted city is once more reftored to its ufual 
 Hate of general health, and with the molt heartfelt plea- 
 fure inform thofe who yet remain in exiie, that although 
 a few cafes of the pellilential fever exiles, yet that by the 
 late cold weather and froft, the. contagion is fo tar defray- 
 ed as to render the return of their families to the city per- 
 fectly fafe, provided they take the neceffary previous mea- 
 furesof cleanfmg and ventilating their long unaired dvvel- 
 
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 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 lings, and purifying the bedding and cloihing which may 
 have been left theiein during the prevalence of the fever. 
 
 It would have afforded the Committee much fatisfa&ion 
 could tlx y have given tlus invitation at an earlier period, 
 but they did not conceive themfelves warranted by the then 
 cxifting circumltances. There have, until the prefent 
 moment, been feveral new cafes of fever, particularly a- 
 mong thofe citizens who returned earlier than the Com- 
 mittee thought prudent; many of whom have fallen vict, 
 ims to the devouring pcftilence. This, among other cir. 
 cumflances, has induced the Committee to withhold this 
 invitation until the prefent time. The Committee beg 
 leave further to inform their fellow-citizens, that from the 
 numerous applications from the indigent for relief, they 
 find it absolutely neccirary to continue their labours fome 
 time longer.'' 
 
 The relult of the whole number of deaths, during this 
 awful calamity, was two thoufand and eighty-fix, viz. 
 eleven hundred and ten men, five hundred and eighty-nine 
 women and eight hundred and eighty-five children. Of 
 thefe, if we admit that one hundred died of the fever in 
 Auguft, its victims would amountjLo one thoufand five 
 hundred and twenty-four. A great many of our citizens 
 too, who fled, were likewife cut off by it, hence it is pro- 
 bable, that the fum of deaths would be between two thou- 
 fand four hundred, and two thoufand five hundred : An 
 awful number indeed ! Particularly if we confider that 
 more than one third, fome fuppofe that one half of the 
 inhabitants, bad left the city. 
 
 An opinion prevailed with many, that the progrefs of 
 the difeafe varied according to the Hate of the atmofpherc. 
 To this I have paid fome attention; but have not been 
 able toafcertain that the opinion is. correft. My readers, 
 • owever, by comparing the table of Meteorological Ob- 
 fervatioiv, \\ ith that which contains the daily returns of the 
 dead, will be able to fatisfy themfelves in this particular. 
 But, however doubtful J may be with refpect to the above 
 obforvations in general, I am certain, that cool mornings 
 and evenings, accompanied by hot days, contributed great- 
 ly to fpread the infection ; that in cafe of a yellow fever, it 
 is dangerous for thofe who have fled to return to their 
 homes till fioft has fet in ; and that a keen froft undoubt- 
 
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 edly puts an almoft inftantaneous termination to the pro- 
 grefs of the diforder. 
 
 Having thus given an account of the rife, progrefsj and 
 decline of the late fever, I (hall next Fay before my 
 readers, two communications with which I have been 
 politely favoured, with refpe6t to its origin Sec. 
 
 The firft is from Doctor Samuel L. Mitchell, Prc/ejfor 
 of Natural Hi/lory, Agriculture, and Chemijlry in Colum- 
 bia College, a gentleman whofe literary talents are not only 
 Celebrated in America, but iikewife in every part of civil- 
 ized Europe. Kis opinion is contained in a letter ad- 
 dreffed to me, in anfwerto one which I had written to him 
 on the 23d of November laft, and is as follows.- — 
 
 , , Ntw-Yosx, N'ovesnb-r « i? 1798, 
 
 IN your letter of ycfterday, you requeft me to furnifh 
 you with fuch hints as may occur to me concerning the 
 origin of the diftcmpcr, which, during the laft three months, 
 has afflicted the city of New- York. I with pleafurc com- 
 municate to you on this point, fuch general ideas, as in- 
 ftant recollection fupplies me with. The great difpute 
 which divides the citizens of the United States, whether this 
 difteraper is produced at home, or introduced from 
 abroad, appears to me to be more of a fpeculativc than of 
 a practical nature. The experience of the inhabitants of 
 ancient Rome, London, and indeed of moft large and 
 populous cities in Europe and Alia, have in the progrefs 
 of their fettlement, fuffered exceflively from mortal epe- 
 demics, Bafsorah has more than once been nearly depo- 
 pulated, and other great cities of the eaftcm world, have 
 from time to time, experienced a fimilar difafter. It is 
 fufficiently evident to me that the produ&icn and con- 
 tinuance of thele plagues are owing to an im per feci and 
 wretched police ; and I judge fo becaufe in all iituatioiu" 
 naturally healthy, where licknefs of that kind has prevailed, 
 it has been in all cafes mitigated, and in many almoft en- 
 tirely prevented, by the adoption of proper local regula- 
 tions. I think the experience of mankind is decifi 1 e on 
 this point. 
 
AN ACCOUN'T OF THE 
 
 New-York, and fome other cities and towns of North 
 America, are beginning to TufFer what other cities and towns 
 in ancientand modern times have undergone before them. In 
 this country we have as yet loft only our thoufands, but 
 in Europe and Alia, they have loft their tens of thou lands, 
 and hundred* of thoufands. A fate as fevere as theirs 
 awaits us, if we refufc to profit by their experience. It is 
 wifer and better to undertake reformation at once, than by 
 waiting fifty, or an hundred, or five hundred years, with 
 fuch decay of induftry and deftruQion of life, as has been 
 lately our lot, and after all be compelled to execute at 
 laft, that which is both our interelt and our duty to perform 
 without a moments delay. 
 
 I confider clcanlinefs in our perfons, clothing and habita- 
 tions, to be a matter of moral obligation ; and the punifh- 
 ment which providence has wifely thought proper to in- 
 flict upon thofe who violate this law is licknefs, not un- 
 frequently terminating in yellow-fever, pellilence and 
 plague. 
 
 There is a vulgar faying which I have often heard 
 " never mind it, one's own najlinefs is fweet." It is 
 certain that individuals endure patiently or even with- 
 out adverting to it, more of their oxdn dirt than of other 
 peoples' Mankind in almoft all places appear to have 
 a£lcd for a long time under the influence of this pernici- 
 ous error ; and accordingly when diftempers have broken 
 out in confequence of their own careleflnefs and indifcre- 
 tion, they have been fond of laying the blame on others. 
 Hence it has been aliened with the utmoft pofitivenefs that 
 the yellow-fever has been imported from the Weft-Indies, 
 and plague from the Levant, while at the very time thefe 
 aflertions are fo confidently made by fome among us, the 
 facl of local origin in thofe very places and countries is 
 flatly denied by the people who dwell there. They like 
 our own countrymen " think their own naftinefs fweet," 
 and cannot be perfuaded it has any thing unhealthy or 
 noxious in it. 
 
 But let us be candid and examine the fubjeQ; fairly : If 
 an army often thoufand or any other number of men is 
 encamped long in one fpot of ground, it often happens 
 that fevers and dyfenteries break out among the foldiers ; 
 the number of men fit for parade hourly diminiflies, and 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 the Hofpitals are crouded with the Tick. There can be 
 no queftion that in fuch cafes the caufes of thofe diftem- 
 pers are engendered there. Every prudent general knows 
 the way to ftopthe ravages of the difeafc is to quit the in- 
 fected fpot, and encamp upon a new and freih piece of 
 ground. And this ought always to be attended to in cam- 
 paigns, where the nature of the fervice will permit. In 
 this cafe the men move away and leave the nuifances be- 
 hind. 
 
 What now is a modern city but a vaft encampment ? 
 Are not the fame caufes of difeafc, daily and hourly accu- 
 mulating ? Ought it to be a matter of lurprize, that during 
 a.moilt and hot feafon venom mould be produced, rife 
 into the air, and render it too foul and poifonous to fup- 
 port life ? If it was poffible to abandon the contaminated 
 place, and change our ground, as a general changes his 
 camp, the inhabitants of cities would efcape difeafes as well 
 provided armies do. But feats of commerce, trade and 
 manufacture, are deftined to be the gtrfielnal reticence of 
 perfons engaged in certain kinds of bulinefs, who cannot, 
 without irreparable lofs and ruin, quit their improvements 
 and occupations. There is a necellity, therefore, as 
 they cannot move away from their nuifances, that 
 
 THEIR NUISANCES SHOULD BE MOVED AWAY FROM 
 
 tjiem. Both common fenfe and common decency de- 
 mand the pei Ibrmance of this. -^.fmf*? 
 
 To be a little more particular: If my information is 
 correct,- the exhalations from privies and links in many 
 parts of this city, have become not only intolerably oi- 
 fenfivc, but actually pcftilential, and the caufe of difeale. 
 The vapours iffuing from barrels of putrifying beef have 
 poifoncda number of our citizens. Many ftores, yards 
 and cellars abound with fubftances equally detrimental 
 to health; and in addition to this, it delerves to be men- 
 tioned that human carcafes, buried and accumulated for 
 a long lerics of years, have poifoned the air in many parts 
 of chriftendom, and that by the concurrence of both mu- 
 nicipal and fpiritual authority, the practice of interring in 
 cities and church-yards, has been ablolutely prohibited in 
 many parts of Italy, on account of the horrid mifchiefs 
 occahoned theie')y. Although the evil has not grown 
 to fuch an alarming laeight among ourfelves at this day, 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 yet it is certainly worthy of con fide rati on, whether it would 
 not be better at once ior chriftians to difcard the fuper- - 
 ftition which leads to this practice, and imitate the Jcwt 
 and Mahometans in conveying their carrion entirely out 
 of town and burying it in places remote from the habita- 
 tions of the living. A regard for the prefervation of po- 
 fterity, as well as our own prelent and perfonal fecurity, 
 inipofes on us the adoption of fome decifive meafures 
 upon this head. 
 
 ' So much for local origin in and about the habitations 
 of men on Jhorc. See next how the queflion ftands with 
 refpeci to importation. It is acknowledged, as has been 
 obferved, that cities, camps and houfes, mcv become pr- 
 ftilential and unfafe to dwell in, by reafon of poifonous 
 matter bred within them. Now, what is a fhip but a 
 houfe a-Jloat ? Every fea-veffel is, properly fpeaking, a 
 h.man habitation. And in this houfe or habitation are 
 frequently colle6ted all the materials which arc known to 
 produce peftilence on the land. Human beings, too of- 
 ten neglectful of clcanlinefs during health, arid in times of 
 ficknefs frequently wallowing in their own fihhinefs, are 
 the tenants of thefe floating houfes ; and they arc fomc- 
 timcs furrouded by the fickening exhalations emitted from 
 damaged provifions, hides, coffee, and whatever elfe 
 compofes their cargo, rendered active by moifture, quick- 
 ened by heat, and multiplied by being kept under hatches. 
 
 Of all the contrivances of art, a fhip feems the mod 
 completely calculated to concentre &work uptothehigheft 
 degree of virulence, all manner of plague-producing things. 
 The hiftory of expeditions boih for war and commerce, 
 by fea, furrtifhes abundant evidence of this truth. Im- 
 portation then ftands thus • the ficknefs of the crew may 
 be caufed by peftilential fluids, and thefe fluids are extri- 
 cated from foul and corrupt fubftances onboard the, vrjfel, 
 and is as much local in its origin there as in any place 
 that can be pointed out in this or any other city. Fur- 
 ther, I have it on the information of relpctlable mafters 
 of veffels, that in numberlefs inftances the men fell fick 
 on board, not only at fea, but in foreig'n ports and har- 
 bours without ever having been on thore, or having con- 
 nection with any perfon or thing that had come (Vom the 
 (hore. And what adds to the concl»f:veoefs of tka» ftate. 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 mcnt is, that when the men get Tick on board, the cuftom 
 in a number of the Weft-India iftands, is to fend them on 
 more to recover their health. 
 
 If then, by importation, is meant the taking on 
 board the feeds of Yellow- Fever, and conveying them like 
 grains of coffee or rice (for this is the language) from one- 
 region to another, the whole doctrine is indifputably fal- 
 lacious, being grounded on nothing better than a fuppof- 
 ed analogy between things exceedingly different in nature 
 from each other, and, on a mifreprefentation of facts.which 
 has, alas ! too generally and too long been countenanced 
 by phyficians and merchants of the higheft character. 
 
 My other engagements prevent my adding any more. 
 The contents of this letter are written with my own hand; 
 and if there was any body now with me to whom I 
 might dictate, I could eafily add a few paragraphs on 
 vention. This, however, mult make a part of a public 
 report on that fubject, in which I am engaged, with ieve- 
 rai gentlemen of learning, experience, and refpe&abiiity. 
 In the mean time, be allured, that no perfon wilhes greac- 
 er fuccefs to your labours, for the good of our fcilow- 
 citizens, than 
 
 SAMUEL L. MITCHILL. 
 To Mr. James Hardie. 
 
 The fecond communication I received in a letter from 
 Mr. Richardfon Underhill, a refpe&able merchant of this 
 city, on the 30th December, in anfv/er to one which I had. 
 written to him, on the 23d of the fame month. This 
 Gentleman is indeed no regular bred phyncian ; but as 
 hom motives of humanity, he had been very attentive to 
 the dillreffes of the lick, during the calamity of the year 
 I 795> and being a perfon of obfei vation, he foon became 
 acquainted with that mode of treatment ; which was molt 
 conducive to their recovery. Upon the commencement 
 of the fever of 1798, being agam aauated by the molt 
 philanthropic principles, he embarked in the fame hazard- 
 ous bufinelk, and was the happy means of mitigating the 
 forrows of many of the affliaed. To thefe he not only 
 prel'cnbed> but alfo affiftcd in adminift':::u<; fuch mcdi* 
 
SO 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 cincs as were deemed proper. He likewife took care, 
 that all thofe whom he faw in want, f-hould by fomc means 
 or other be relieved. A conduct like his, is above eulo- 
 gium. The poor and needy, whofe wants were fupplied 
 and whofe difeafes were cured by his means will no doubt 
 think, as long as they live, of their benefactor with gra- 
 titude, ui -• J'.y ',ptoqu .. :. i. 
 
 The communication with which Mr. Underhill, has fa- 
 voured mc, appears to me, to be imercftmg and as I am 
 convinced it will be conlidered in the fame manner by 
 moit of my readers, I lhall lay it before them without fur- 
 ther apology. 
 
 Niw-Youc, i2tb Mo. 30th 1798. 
 
 ESTEEMED FRIEND, 
 
 JAMES HARDIE, • . 
 
 THY favor o f the 23d. inft. I have the pleafure of ac- 
 knowledging. In this thou aikeft: my opinion, refpecung 
 the origin of the diforder, to which fomany of our citi- 
 zens have recently become vi£Ums ; the method of cure 
 purfued by me, and my opinion, what fhould be done by 
 the proper authority, to prevent a return ofthis terrible 
 peRilence. 
 
 In a mind, void of prejudice, it is more difficult, per- 
 haps, to form an exact opinion of the origin of this difor- 
 der, than mod people, upon a tranhent view of the fub- 
 ject, would fuppofe ; for my own part, neither my educa- 
 tion, nor my inclination, will permit me to form any theo- 
 ries, concerning the firft engendering of peftilence, from 
 combinations of gazes, or other caufes. The dens, in 
 which it is bred, and in which it lurks, until it iflues forth 
 to feize its prey, are more proper objects for perfons in 
 my fphere of life to enquire out and explore. To this 
 purpofe I have frequently revolved in my mind, whether 
 it was an imported or homebred diforder, feveral circum- 
 ftances concurring to produce an opinion of its bring the 
 latter. The rapid progrefs of it, during one of the ' oteft 
 fummers we have ever expenenceu. ju!t af\ . ~avy 
 fall of rain, which ftagnated in almoft an innumerable 
 number of coil<rrs and bad? vards ;"^the ir:ai;griaacy of: it 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 in the neighbourhood of fome of thofe cellars, many or 
 them (lowed with large quantities of putrid beef ; in the 
 neighbourhood of filthy fewers, or other nuifances, and, 
 alfo, from its fpreading on Golden-hill and Ciifr-ftreet, 
 which are in a northerly direction from fome of thofe dens 
 of peflilence I have juft mentioned, and of courfe liable 
 to be acted upon by the prevailing-fouth winds. But how- 
 ever well founded this opinion may be, with refpect to the 
 agency of thofe things, in producing the difcafc, yet with 
 all thefe, other fafts, which I will relate, has alinoft in- 
 duced me to believe, that all is not to be charged to therr. 
 They rendered the neighbourhood highly combalhble, but 
 perhaps a fpark of contagion might be neceflary to pro- 
 duce fo dreadful a conflagration. The fh ft appearance of 
 the diforder was in Front-ftreet, near Coenties-flip, where 
 Melan&on Smith died, about the 28th, or 23th of July, 
 and on the 30th Peter A. Schenk was taken feverely lick. 
 The following week, one Wilfon, M. Smith, jun. Peter 
 Duftan and wife, and A Adriance, had flight attacks, from 
 whence it fpread to other families in a very fhort time. 
 
 The next appearance of the fever was at the houle of 
 Henry Mead, at the lower corner on the welt lide of the 
 New- flip. Some time in July, the {hip Fame, laid to 
 have arrived from fome one of the Wefl-India iflands, 
 came to the wharf next below the New-flip, and lay there 
 fome time. About the 3d or 4th of Augull, fome people 
 went to di (charging the ballalt and pumping her out ; a- 
 mong the ballaft was a quantity of damaged coffee, ex- 
 tremely putrid, which, with the water difcharged from the- 
 pump, was fo offenfive to the fmell, that the neighbours 
 were induced to fhut their windows, especially while eat- 
 ing. About the 6th of faid month, the following perfons 
 /pent a confiderable part of the day at Mead's houfe, John 
 Taylor, Ebenezer Taylor, Sylvanus Seaman, Monmouth 
 Hubbs, Walter Davis, Auguftus Peek, and a young 
 man, clerk in a ftorenear the exchange : Mod of thefe 
 
 * The people of this neighbourhood laid me blame of uieir Bcknels to the 
 fclioone;- FoJt, which arrived from Jcrcmic between ihe middle and latter 
 part of July, and bawled to a wharf a little caft of Coei ::Js-lhp, where ill - 
 unloaded, and upon purrfping her out, her bilge-water was very cffenlivj ; 
 but I think the filth to be okferved in ihh parrt ofiiic town, oujic as likely 
 give then' fever as bilge-water and rttol^lks. 
 
21 
 
 A'y ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 dined there, and during their dinner, they were under the 
 neceffity of fhuttiug up their doors and windows, though 
 the weather was very warm, fo exceedingly were they au 
 noyed by the flench h orn ihe {hip. Oi this company, 
 collected from fcveral quarters, and who difperfed to their 
 lefpectiyc homes, not a fmglc one efcaped levere fic& 
 nefs, wbieh they were taken within from 4 to r days, and 
 of which John and Ebeuczer 'J'aylor died. Two perlons 
 belonging to the family \% ere alio hck. The next houfe 
 above this, (there being none below it) was at the lame 
 lime vifited, and of 5 pcii'om, three were taken dangcr- 
 cufiy ill and 2 died : In the fecond houfe above, 3 more 
 perfons were lick, at the lame time, and 1 died; and the 
 family of tlx houfe next to this, ihared a fimilar fate, 3 
 were lick, two of whom died in a very fliort time. Many 
 of the boatmen, whofe vellels lay in the Uip at this period, 
 fared no better, a number oi them being victims to this 
 flench, or the contagion it produced. On the call fide 
 of the flip, the inhabitants a: this time were as healthy as 
 ufual for the feafon ; but in the neighbourhood nortiicily, 
 the diforder fpread with great rapidity ; fcarcely a family 
 efcaped fevere lickuefs for fome diilaucc in that direction : 
 it is to be obferved that the wind w as w holly foutherly. — 
 Nathaniel Clark, who lives in Cherry -llrect, in this neigh- 
 bourhood, was on the wharf w here this fliip lay, and went 
 home to his farcijiy, complained much of the flench he 
 had fmelt ihere, and in 3 or 4 days was taken with the 
 fever, w hich he had fevercly : Several of bis family ficken- 
 ed fhortly after. From thele facts it appears that the fick- 
 nefs in this quarter was caufed by the fhip ; whether it was 
 created in her, or brought from another country, I cannot 
 undertake to determine ; but be it as it may, the fever was 
 undoubtedly there contagious; and fpread to diftant parts 
 of the town by means of the nek ; the bodies of the inha- 
 bitants having (as T fuppole) been rendered ripe for its re- 
 r : ;iiou. From here 1 can trace it to the neighbourhood 
 of Golden-hill, where a man named Harper, died in Gold- 
 ftreet on the inh of Auguft. One Fowler died the 1 8th 
 of fame month in John-ftreet ; and the 3d victim was So- 
 lomon Carl, wHb died cn the 20th, in Gold-flreet. Har- 
 per imputed the origin of his ficknefs to his having crofTe- l 
 the deck of the Imp beferuixnuoned three days before he 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. % *g 
 
 was taken ; a rcfpcftablc merchant was w ith hLm, who has 
 fmcc told me they were offended with a very difagrceable: 
 fmell. Solomon Carl was at the funeral of a woman na- 
 med Jones, who had died in the neighbourhood of the 
 New-Slip, about 3 days before he bekened hivnfeif. 
 
 The methods I purfucd to cure the dilbrder were gene- 
 rally very fimple, fuch as were ditiated by nature, and a 
 fmall fhare of experience I had in the year 1795. I en- 
 deavoured always to purge the patient, bring on a genvh* 
 pevfpiration and continue it, which treatment of itfclf I 
 may fay cured hundreds ; the medicines I feleeTcd to 
 bring about thofe ends, were fuch as I deemed mildeft and 
 raoft efficacious in their operation : for die firtt pilrpofe I 
 ufcd caftor oil, and for the other, warm teas of cat-nip or 
 balm; In obltinate cafes, or cafes attended with delirium, 
 I ufed hot applications of alhes, bricks, Szc. wet with vi- 
 negar andfpirits, and if I could raife a perforation a cure 
 generally enfued, particularly among middle aged perfons 
 of good conftitut ions. Thofe were the methods moil: ufed, 
 tho' I found it ncccflary to varv and ufe other Dinahs at 
 times, according to the conftitution of the pdtlent, or ftage 
 of the difeal'e, when 1 firlt began my prefcript ions. 
 
 • My opinion concerning what is neeefTary to prevent a 
 return of thisdiforder is formed fromthefacts I Have before 
 related. I think it neeefTary to abfolutely prohibit flagnant 
 waters and to compel thole pcrfons who have wet cedars, 
 to keep them ccnUantly pumped out and cleaned ; ro £11 
 up the docks and (lips, if not entirely, at !er.(t Cuch parts 
 of them as are too far from running water, or are e? peicd 
 to- the fun at low-water ; to prevent provi lions from being 
 ftored at all in town, during certain feafons of the year. 
 Aftho' this may bethought a great inconvenience, yet let 
 it be remembered that the health of die whole ought not 
 to berifqucd for the convenience of many, much leXs'for 
 a few > at all events provi (ions ought to be kept ovt of 
 damp cellarsin hot weather, for whervthty aTe lVpt abfo- 
 lutely fpoiled, their pickle fometimes frrrtrllS very ofjen- 
 five, and I judge all air to be noxipus thatoffendwmy nple, 
 at leaft, I know of no ( rule of judging whi.h adu.iii of 
 fewer exceptions ; to fill up the common fewciis v. here 
 practicable and let the filth winch they' are I e e ' d to 
 hide appear to tUo eye in all us jfcfcnttit**, wbkb v. ill 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 mfure a more fpeedy removal ; where they cannot be fil- 
 ler] np with propriety from the particular fituation of the 
 ground (if any luch iituation exift) let lime be frequently 
 put in them; to prevent veflels which may arrive from 
 warm climates during certain months in the year from 
 coming to the city at all, until they have landed their car- 
 goes at fome convenient place, remote from the centre of 
 pop citation,* where ware-houfes might be prepared for 
 the reception of their goods and from whence they might 
 be transported at little expencc to their refpective con- 
 lignees, after having been duly examined by a proper 
 officer appointed for that purpofe, whofe duty it Uioald 
 alfo be to fee that the (hips were cleaned by admitting 
 clem water in them and pumping it out, and afterwards pro- 
 perly fumigatingthem, after which they might freely be ad- 
 mitted to load at the ufual wharves. I alfo think (from 
 converfations I have had with feveral judicious perfons 
 upon the mbje£l) that it would be proper to introduce the 
 ufe of coal altogether as fuel in the low parts of the city, 
 where the ground has been made wholly, or in part by co- 
 vering marines and (loughs, with a few feet of harder earth : 
 The method to be fallen upon to caufc coal to be generally 
 ufed in thofe lituations , would perhaps require much 
 con fi deration, by thofe whofe province it is to conhder on 
 it ; but I am inclined to believe, if it fhould be found up- 
 on due enquiry to be necefiary, the general good fenfe of 
 the people would lead them to adopt it without compulh- 
 on. If to all thefe regulations, it were polfible to add the 
 falubrious influence of a dream of frelh water, clcanfing 
 the furface of our ftreets, I think this city may yet be blef- 
 fed with a good general ftate^of health. I have been thus 
 particular becauie thou requeued it : If, from what I have 
 written, thou canft glean any thing of fervice to thyfelf 
 or.the public, it will give fmcere pleafure to thy real 
 friend. , - , 4**:$fimm** i • 
 
 RICHARDSON UNDERHILL. 
 
 * I think ni or near the Watering- p'.acc. on Sra:cn-Tflan<3, v.'ould be a 
 proper fi:ua;ion - r thh purpofe. 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 The prevalence of the fever in New-York, is accounted 
 for as follows, in the Philadelphia Gazette ofihe ±th inii. 
 under the New-York head ; 
 
 " FEVER. 
 
 A very confiderable alarm having taken place among 
 the citizens, anil the molt exaggerated reports circulated 
 about the country, of the Lcknefs with which certain parts 
 of the city are afihfcted, we have thought it a duty to make 
 fttch enquiries as might enable us to place the matter in a 
 point of view, as near the truth as pollible. 
 
 *' About the beginning of Auguft, in eonfrquence of 
 the foul, unfinished Itate of feveral water-lots, on the Ea(t 
 river, between Counties avid the Old-flip, upwards of 20 
 perfons were atticked nearly about the fanre ttme, wjoh 
 what appeared to be com-mon cold*,, fome flightly, others- 
 more feverely; but the general occurrence of the fact in 
 that neighbourhood, led to a belief that it arofe from a local 
 caufe, and threatened fomething more ferious. The Jbul-> 
 nefs of the lots, and efpccially two vacant ones, being re- 
 ceptacles of every kind of filth, was confidered as that caufe; 
 and in purfuance of odictal arrangements, they were im- 
 mediately covered with wholefome land ; The effect was # 
 a general reftoration of the fick. 
 
 in the neighbourhood of the New-0ip> where the build- 
 ings for the molt part are fmall, and many of them inhabi- 
 ted by poor people, who live in a crouded manner, and 
 in foliations incapable of proper ventilation, difeafes oc- 
 curred about the 12th — a number of perfons died — but 
 at prcfent there appears to b*e no great caufe of alarm in 
 that quarter. * 
 
 " About the fame period, or a little later, two or three 
 perfons were feized at Bruce's wlaarf, with fufpicious 
 lymptoms, and fome deaths have taken place there and in 
 its vicinity, o*ving, it is generally thought, to the ex- 
 treme jy foul condition of Bruce and Marlton's i unfilled 
 lots, bounding on the Ealt-river, at the foot of Pine-Iti^ec 
 the efffuvta ilfuing from thorn bei ig highly putrid and of- 
 fculive. Meafures have been taken, and are now in ope- 
 ration, to cover them with wholefome earth) by v\ Inch 
 means it is hoped the evil in that quarter, • it it ha* anien 
 from this fource, iuav be collected. 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 " About the 20th, fcveral perfons were feized in ClifF- 
 Itrect, nearly in the fame manner as thofe between Cocu- 
 ties-llip and the Old-dip. At firft they generally consider- 
 ed their complaints to be mere colds taken by flccping 
 with open windows in the violent hot weather which then 
 prevailed — Unfortunately, it was a more ferious cafe. 
 The patients rapidly grew worfe, and fcveral died as well 
 there as in John, Gold and Rider-drcets, and Eden's-AI- 
 lics, all lying within the vicinity of Burling-flip fewer. 
 Theft complaints, on inveftigation, were thought to pro- 
 ceed, in part, from the offenfive (late of that fewer ; 
 which had, for fome time, become a receptacle for vari- 
 ous fpecics of putrid matter, and of which the mouth lies 
 nearly oppofite John-dreet, commonly called Golden-hill 
 ftreet — fo that whenever a South or S. E. wind prevailed, 
 it blew through the fewer, and bore a column of effluvia 
 up John, ftreet, and through that into Cliff and the adja- 
 cent ftreets, rendering the atmofpherc intolerably bad. 
 The belt informed phyficians are of this opinion. The 
 head of the fewer has lince been clofed by a valve-door, 
 and a confiderablc quantity of quick-lime thrown into it, 
 with a view of neutralizing its contents. A fimilar door, 
 with the fame intention, has been added to the Ferry- 
 ftreet fewer. 
 
 " Other caufes are alfo alledgcd, and with great plau- 
 fibility, at lead, if not certainty. 
 
 " It is well known that the ceffation of our commer- 
 cial intercourfe with the French iflands, in confequence 
 of their hodile violence, has greetly lelfcned the demand 
 for provifions ; of courfe large quantities of beef remain- 
 ed in many cellars, particularly among the merchants of 
 Pearl-ftreet. Much of this, from what is now feen to be 
 an improper mode of packing, as directed by a late law, 
 has lately become tainted, emitted a very putrid effluvi- 
 um — corrupting the air and contributing its (hare as a 
 caufe of difeafe. We learn that the cdmmiffioners of the 
 health-office have taken meafures to have it all infpeQcd, 
 and the fpoiled removed out of town. Much already has 
 been lent awav, and the remainder is going as fad as pof- 
 fible. 
 
 " Thefe caufes, with the immenfefall of rain, and vi- 
 olent heats, experienced in the courfe of Augud, are fup- 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 27 
 
 pofed to have originated the difeafe which has fpread fuch 
 panic as to drive many families into the country. 
 
 " On the nieft diligent enquiry, however, we cannot 
 find out, that any great fubject of alarm exifts, except 
 in the neighbourhood of the New-flip — in the vicinity of 
 Burlivg-fiip-fewer — and at the foot of Pine-flrect, at 
 which places feveral perfons have died. 
 
 " Individual cafes have alfo occurred in other parts of 
 the town, but, as in 1795, they remain infulated, and 
 without communication to the attendants, as far as we can 
 difcover. Thefe, it is generally thought, were taken at 
 one or the other places before mentioned. 
 
 " An opinion has been avowed by fome, that the dif- 
 eafe has been imported, or arofe from damaged coffee^ 
 thrown out of a lhip on Kelly's dock, weft of the New- 
 iiip. This, in the prefent inftance, is utterly groundlefs, 
 and cm lerveno purpofe but that of delufion. The quan- 
 tity of refufe coffee, alluded to by our advocates for im-* 
 ported contagion, did not exceed half a peck, and was 
 the mere fweepings of the hold. 
 
 " We are informed by a gentleman who has been at the 
 pains to colled a lift of the perfons interred in the feveral 
 burial grounds, that during the lafl week they averaged 
 about 12 per day — and that previous to Sunday laft, there 
 was no very unufual mortality for the feafort. 
 
 " With refpett to new cafes, enquiry at the bed four- 
 ces, enables us to fay they have very much declined with- 
 in the laft 24 hours, and that the difeafe yields more readi- 
 ly to medicine. 
 
 41 How far this ftatement authorizes the extreme a- 
 larm which precipitates fo many citizensout of town, we 
 do not know; but it would at lcaft be advifeable that all 
 who remove fhould leave their houfes, cellars and yards 
 in a cleanly condition — that fuch as remain may not be ex- 
 pofed to the bad effects of their careleffnefs and indifcre- 
 tion. 
 
 " The fyftem of cleanlinefs adopted by the commitTi- 
 oners of the health- office, we are happy to obferve, is pur- 
 fued with encreafed vigour ; and indefatigable elforts are 
 daily made by that board, to preclude every fource of im- 
 pure air in the city. 
 
 " This ftatement may be depended on — it is the refult 
 of enquiry of the firft authority." 
 
AN ACCOUNT Of THE 
 
 To thefe opinions I (hall add another, which my readers, 
 w ill no 'doubt, conuder as being very refpeclajble ; I 
 n n that of our Health -Officer, iJoaor Bay ley. 4 • I 
 have extracted what follows from a late very lnterelt- 
 ing publication of his, entitled, " Letters 'from the 
 Ihalih Qjfiu to the Common CcyncU." 
 
 To the Comme-n Covncil of the CUy of Xexv-York. 
 
 JlEALTH-Ot Ficc, J)etcn>t<cr 4, 1798. 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 IN addition to thefacis which arc contained in the cor- 
 tefpondence between, the Health Couuniluoners and the 
 Common Council tor the year 1798, I fhall oiler to your 
 confederation a few remarks upon the origin and progrefs 
 of the pellilential difeafe which ha* lately prevailed in this 
 city; and in order to corroborate what I may a'a\ance, I 
 fhall, in the lirlt place take a retrafj-ect of events winch 
 have annually taken place in this cny, during the warm 
 months fince the year 1795. 
 
 According to the records of the Health-Office, .the yel- 
 low fever appeared in 1796 at White-hall, at the foot of 
 Fine-ftreet, at Burling-flip, and in the neighbourhood of 
 Roofevelt-flrett fewer. 
 
 In 1797 between Coenties and the Old flip, in Front- 
 ftreet, at the Fly-market in feveral infiances, in Fletcher- 
 ftree.t, ai Burling-llip, in "Water-ftreet, adjoining Roole- 
 vek ftrcet fewer, in George-fireet, and at the foot of Pine- 
 iireet. 
 
 In 1798 the difeafe firft appeared about midway be- 
 tween Coenties and the Old-flip, in Front itreet, be- 
 tween the ill and 7th of Auguft. On the 7th of Auguft 
 about twenty-three were reported fick to the Health-Of- 
 fice. From that period feveral others fickened, and of the 
 whole number one died. By the 26th of Augult, the com- 
 plaint had difappeared in that quarter in confequence of 
 the meafures taken to remove thecaufe, by covering the 
 olFenfive lots with clean, wholcfome earth. 
 
 Qn the 12th of Auguft, it appeared at No. 283, Watcr- 
 ftreef, in the cafe of Mr. Taylor, in. an old broken build- 
 
MALIGNA XT FEVER. 
 
 -'9 
 
 mg, on an unfinithed lot at the foot of Dover-fheet, in 
 which 11 perfons died early in 1795, and which has hnce 
 been repeatedly reprefented as a nuifance. 
 
 ,Augu(t 12, alto, thedifeafe appeared in the cafeof Jo ; ; ;s 
 Hender foil, corner of James-ftreet, and 2atavia-lane. On 
 ail fides of his refidence, which was a fniall crowded build- 
 ing, there were funken lots in an unlinilhed Itate. 
 
 Again, on Augutt 12, the difeafe appeared in William 
 Whitlock, Card-maker, No. 51, Cherry-ltreet. In the 
 rear and to the fouth of his refidence, the lots are very ge- 
 nerally below the level of the itreets, and without drains. 
 
 Augult 13. Murdock M*Lcan, Bruce's wharf, /was 
 feized, where the difeafe has regularly made its appear- 
 ance every warm feafon fincc the year 1795. 
 
 The full arrival of lick in this harbour, (to the know- 
 ledge of the Health-Olfice) from Philadelphia, was on the 
 13th of Augult, in the New- York and Philadelphia 
 Packet. The Captain died on the paflage — the mate was 
 tick and was fent to Bellevue. 
 
 *7< 
 18. 
 
 20. 
 
 21. 
 
 22. 
 
 Auguft 17. Tho. Collard fickened in Banker-ftreet. 
 
 Nehemiah Fowler, John-ltreet. 
 
 Fletcher-ftreet. 
 R. Whitmore, George-ftreet. 
 A. Sharplefs, corner of John and Cliff -ftrect 
 
 From the preceeding ftatement, the yellow-fever made 
 its appearance in different parts of the city on the fame 
 day, and in the courfe of fix or eight days, in different 
 ftreets, remote from one another. 
 
 On the 8th Auguft the mercury in Farenheit's Thermo- 
 meter, at an elevation of 40 feet above the ground, and in 
 the made, at two P. M. flood at 91 degrees."* 
 On the 9th. 96 
 
 10th. 
 11th. 
 12th. 
 13th. 
 
 90 
 89 
 86 
 83* 
 
 > 
 
 The higheft to which the mercury rofe in July 1 795, was 83 ") 
 
 Auguft, 93 r 
 
 July, 1796, 88 \ 
 
 Aug.jft, 8y J 
 
3° 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 On the morniftg of the 14th, the heavieft rain fell of any 
 tiint during the year. It began at 5 A. M. and continued 
 without intcnniinon till nine. Numerous cellars, parti- 
 cularly thofe in the low pans of the city, were filled with ' 
 water. Liip^nard's meadow, which may be confide) ed at 
 v i thin the lirtiis of the city was entirely overflowed. In 
 div.i it had not fubfided above ten inches ; and the wa- 
 ter did not pals off, till a large drain was opened for that 
 purpole, by order of trje Common Council. 1 H 
 
 After the immenfe fall of rain on the 14th, the Ther- 
 mometer, which had fallen on that day to 78 role, 
 On the 15th, to 82" 
 1 6th, 85 I 
 
 17th, 90 [ £»Ji 
 
 1 8 tli, 90 
 
 The fudden and great increafe of heat immediately alter 
 the violent rain, appeared to have a proportionately in- 
 fluence in producing fever. Between that period and the 
 2 2d Augult, upwards of twenty perfons in Cljff-ftreet, 
 ■were feized with flight indifpofitions, which they attributed 
 to fleeping with open windows during the preceding hot 
 and moid weather, but which appeared rather as the fore- 
 runner of yellow fever, for, not only the perfons thus in- 
 difpofed, but a number of others in the fame ftrect, had 
 that dileafe in the courfe of a few days. 
 
 From this period the difcafe became more general; but 
 its fatality was principally felt in ClifF-flreet and its neigh- 
 bourhood, at Catherine flip, in Water-flreet and on the 
 unfinifhed groutids in the fouthern part of the city. 
 
 X ow having feen that the yellow fever had made its ap- 
 pearance in New- York every year, for feveral years paft, but 
 has prevailed in very different degrees, it becomes a matter of 
 great importance to determine, why the difeafe was fa 
 generally prcvalenton the low new-made grounds in 1795, 
 vhilii it was fcarcely feit in the n.ore elevated fituations ; 
 why, in 1796, and 1797, its appearance was limited to 
 particular ipots ; and why, in 1798 it not only prevailed 
 
 July, j 797, -»iL*9°.\ 
 
 Augufl, 82 J 
 
 July, 1798, 94 1 
 
 Auguft, 96 / 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 on all the new-made grounds, but alfo in parts of the city 
 which had before been exempted from the difeafe. 
 
 Toanfwer thefe queflions in fuch a manner, as to prove 
 fatisfactory to every one, might be a very difficult talk. 
 I (hall, however, ofFei fomc rcafons which may tend to 
 fhew why the fever was more prevalent this year, than in 
 the preceding years. 
 
 It is well ascertained that in the year 1795, there was an 
 unufua'l degree of heat and moifkire in the atmolphere 
 during the warmer months — that the Thermometer was 
 confiderably higher than in 1796 and 1797, but that in 
 1798, the heat greatly exceeded that of 1795. 
 
 Now, as heat and moilture are powerful agents in pro- 
 ducing peftilential difeafes, fo muft the fame caufes necef- 
 farily promote theextenfion of thole dileafes. 
 
 In the year '98, there were belides, local caufes of fever 
 in this city, which did not exift in the other feafons, and 
 which, co-operating with the weather, ferved to extend the 
 difeafe beyond the limits, to which it would probably have 
 been otherwife confined. I have reference to the immenfe 
 quantities of fpoiled beef, fifh, and other articles of a 
 perifhable nature, which were ftored in different, parts of 
 this city. The noxious exhalations arifing from thefe 
 fourccs, in my apprehenfion, was a great caufewhy the 
 difeafe arole and raged with great violence in particular 
 fituations : And when we confider the fudden appearance 
 of the fever at Golden-hill and in ClifF-ftreet, and the great 
 number which fickened nearly at the fame time, there is 
 great reafon to believe this opinion well -founded. 
 
 About the 20th of Auguft, a report was made to the 
 Health Office, that great quantities of fpoiled beef were 
 ftored in Pearl-ftrcet, between Burling and Beckman-flips. 
 The llench which iffucd from fome of the cellars in this 
 fituation, was fo confiderable, as to prove very offenfiveto 
 thofe who paffed by, and became a fubject. ©f general ob- 
 ferVation. Letters, in confequence,from the Health-Office, 
 were addrefied to owners of provifions in that quarter, en- 
 joining them to have the beef examined, and to have fuch 
 as was fpoiled, fent out of the city. Inltead, however, of 
 adopting this plan, the beef was brought from the cellars 
 into the ftreet, the barrels opened, and the putrid pickle 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 thrown into the gutters. In fome inftanccs the examina- 
 tion was made in the cellars, and the pickle dilpofed of in 
 the fame manner. The gutters which conveyed away 
 this putrid pickle, led to Bnrling-flip fewer. 
 
 The relative fituation of this fewer, and ClifT-ftrcet is 
 fuch that the foutherly and fouth-eaftcrly winds, force a 
 currentof air through the fewer, carrying with it the exhala- 
 tions arifing from the noxious matter collected together in 
 that place, and having a direction topafs more immediate- 
 ly up Golden-hill, and into Cliff-ftreet ; and every perfon 
 in that ncighbonrhood with whom I have converfed, agrees 
 as to the oifenfive fmcll of the air, previous to the appear- 
 ance of the fever. 
 
 On the 20th of Auguft, the wind, which had been blow- 
 ing from tl>c north and weft fome days previous, fhifted to 
 the Couth- calf, and continued to blow from that quarter 
 fome time. In 48 hours after this, there was fcarcely a 
 houfe in Ptail-flreet, near where the ipoiled provilrons 
 wet ftored, in the lower end of John-ftrect, and in Cliff- 
 ftrect, which did not contain fick. 
 
 The fudden appearance of fever in this part of the city, 
 and the great number which were in fo fhort a time affec- 
 teJ, proves the local nature of thecaufe ; and to the one 
 which 1 have jufl mentioned, I have no hefitation, in 
 afcribing all the ef Feels which were experienced. 
 
 If what we have alledged, be admitted fufficient to ex- 
 plain the appearance of fever which took place in Cliff- 
 flreet, &c. we have made fome advances towards account- 
 ing for the general prevalence of the difeafe in 1798.* 
 
 But, gentlemen, we have further to remark a particu- 
 lar difference in the warm feafons of 1798 and 1795. 
 
 In 1 795 the weather was warm and moift, but there 
 was but very little rain. 
 
 In 1798 the weather was not only much warmer, but 
 was accompanied by fudden and heavy rains. 
 
 Immediately after the rains the public papers teemed 
 with addrefTes to the citizens, entreating them to empty 
 their cellars of the water which had collected in them, or 
 the moft fatal effe&s would be felt from neglect, or inat- 
 tention to this circumftance. It is not my intention to 
 difpute the opinion advanced by thefe writers, But, if 
 
 * Vide the H. OfF.ce correfpondenc on the ful)jc£t of fpoiltd proviii«nr. 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 33 
 
 the production of difcafe, was to be apprehended from the 
 lodgment of water in places where the fun's rays never en- 
 ter, what effects were to be expected from the ponding of 
 water in thofe numerous lots and yards within this city, 
 which are feveral feet below the level of the ftreets., con . 
 tainirig dead animal and vegetable matters, and to which 
 the rays of the fun have full accefs ? I wifh you, gentle- 
 men, to reflect ferioufly upon tius companion, and be- 
 lieve, that whilft thofe fun ken, undrained lots are fuffer- 
 ed to remain in their prcfent ftate, unlefs caufes ceafe to 
 produce their effects, difeafes muft inevitably refult. 
 
 . On examining the records of the legiflature of this ftate, 
 it will be found, that petitions have been preferred t o that 
 body, for permiffion to erect mill-dams on certain ftreams 
 %■ of water in fome of the northern counties, and the prayer 
 of the petitioners has been gianted. The confequence 
 was, that confiderable tracts of low grounds in the neigh- 
 hood of the mill-dams, were overflowed in the fpring, and 
 after the water had paffed off, and the furface of thofe 
 grounds \\ ere expofed to the influence of the fun, exhala- 
 tions of fo baneful a nature arofe, as to produce a fever 
 of a bilious type, which attacked airnoft every body with- 
 in a certain difiance from their fource, and proved very 
 mortal in its effects. The caufe of this ficknefs being fo 
 obvious, petitions were prefented to the legiflature, pray- 
 ing for a redrefs of the grievances. To correct the evil, 
 it of courfe was neceffary to deftroy the mill-dams, a»d as 
 foon as the waters were unobfiructed, and allowed to (low 
 in their ufual channel, the country became as healthy as 
 before. 
 
 Permit me, gentlemen, to afk the following queflions: 
 If the- refult of exhalations arifing from grounds which 
 have been covered with water in an open country, has 
 been the production of bilious remitting fevers, attended 
 with confiderable mortality, what refult ought we to ex- 
 peft from thofe exhalations which arile from the ponding 
 of water on 150 acres of low grounds and funken yards 
 and lots in a crouded city, and of a fouthern afpett ? 
 
 Before I conclude, I fhall take the liberty of noticing 
 fome of the public meafures that have been adopted for 
 the removal of caufes of difeafe in this city. I (hall con- 
 fine myfelf to two principal objects -. 
 
21 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 Fir p.. The "want of a fufficicnt defcent on the low 
 grounds along the ealt-rivcr, to cany off the waters from 
 the fircctA, is generally admitted. A con fid erable quan- 
 tity of water rr.uft neceifarily Magnate in the gutters of thefc 
 ltreets, and alfo in the fun ken pavement. In dry weather 
 this lodgement contorts piincipally of water which has been 
 fifed for culinary and other family purpofer, and muit 
 therefore, befuppolcd to abound with matters to afford 
 noxious exhalations. 
 
 By an ordinance of the Corporation for cleaning the 
 ftreets, the inhabitants are directed to fcrape out the dirt 
 and filth colle6ced in the gutters, and heap them up in 
 the ftreets, to be removed by the fcavengers in the courfe 
 of the day. 
 
 Now, does this regulation in any degree fubferve the 
 purpofes for which it was ordained ? Does not the fpread- 
 ing of this dirt and filth, and expofing new and greater 
 fut fates, increafe the mifchief which the raeafure was in- 
 tended to correct ? I believe, gentlemen, there will be 
 found no other means to rid the low grounds of this city, 
 from the baneful effects of ftagnant waters, and an accu- 
 mulation of noxious matters, than their being freely warn- 
 ed by currents of water flowing over them. 
 
 Second. In the fame ordinance, the citizens are pro- 
 hibited from throwing into the ftreets, from their refpect- 
 ive houfes, cellars, or yards, any dirt, filth, of- offals 
 whatever, except on certain days. How will this be found 
 to operate in removing the caufes of difeafe ? Should we 
 not rather afk, how this will be found to operate in in- 
 creajing the caufes of difeafe ? One moment's reflection, 
 I prefume, will convince us that fome means ought to be 
 adopted to remedy a fyftem fo fraught with mifchief, and 
 for thefe means I take the liberty of referring you to letter 
 70,. addreffed by the Commiffioners of the Health Office 
 to the Common Councii. 
 
 I have the honor to be, 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 Your mod obedient and 
 Humble fervant, 
 
 R. BAYLEY, Health-OJicer. 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 35 
 
 From the preceding ftatements, it will appear to u / 
 readers, that the caofe of the origin of this diiorder, is itiH 
 a matter of queflion amongft the learned ; and that it Us 
 not a$ yet fully decided, whether the calamity, with which 
 the cities of the United States have within thefe few years 
 been repeatedly afflifcted, has been imported, or that it is 
 engendered in our own country. Several reafons, how- 
 ever, induce me to incline to the latter opinion. 
 
 Firjl. We are fituated in the fame latitude with thofe 
 places of the old world, where pettilential ziiforders annu- 
 ally predominate. • With thofe places we £re alike expof- 
 ed during the fummer months to the united effects of 
 heat and moiiture, and from fimilar caufcs fimilar effects 
 may be always expected. 
 
 Secondly. The fever with which we tvere lately affil- 
 ed, although its firft appearance was at one particular fpot, 
 viz. Coenties-flip, yet it was foon afterwards feen in f» 
 many different parts of the city, and fo far remote from 
 one another, that it is by no means probable that the cor». 
 tagion could be communicated fo fpeedily. Indeed, if 
 the contagion was imported, it would feein to me, that 
 there mull have been at lead feven or eight different forir- 
 ces of infection, or it could not have appeared in every di- 
 rection from the fhip-yards to the battery, almoft about 
 the fame time. 
 
 Thirdly. As a proof that this fevermay be engendered in 
 our climate, it may be added that it had at different time* 
 made its appearance in the vicinity of low marfhy grounds 
 both in this and the neighbouring ftates. (See Webfler's 
 Collection of Papers on the fubjefil of Bilious Fevers preva- 
 lent in the United States for a few years paft) and t'.iat ft 
 appeared in the flate of New-Jerfey during the hit 
 autumn, is pretty evident from the two following extracts- 
 of letters from two eminent phyficians in that Hate : 
 
 Extract of a letter from Dr. Jonathan Elmer, of Bridge- 
 town, Alew-Jerfy,to a Phyfictan in Philadelphia, dated 
 December 6. 
 
 " From many fafts I am induced to believe (tho' very 
 reluctantly) that there were cafes of the yellow-fever in 
 this place during the lalt autumn, which originated on the 
 fpot, and that its propagation was occasioned, or at lealt 
 
AS ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 promoted, by local infcflion, or generated in the place 
 of its origination." 
 
 ExtraB of a letter from Dr. Lummis, of Woodbury, dated 
 Dec. \to a Phyfician in Philadelphia, 
 
 " Duiing the late autumn, in the months of September 
 and October, I vifited feveral perfons affected with the 
 bilious yellow-fever, who had no poflible opportunity of 
 deriving tl iir difeafe from any foreign iburce. Knowing 
 that this dilVafe might hive been of domcftic origin, and 
 probably ii.tro'iuced among them from the city of Phila- 
 delphia, I was exceedingly particular in my enquiries on 
 this point, and being fatisfied from the teuimony of the 
 perfons attacked, and of the families in which they refided, 
 of their not having any communication with the city of 
 Philadelphia for a long time previous to their fuffering 
 with the difeafe \ and ot their having avoided, in the molt 
 ^areful manner, all mtercourfe with families affected with 
 the yellow-fever in their own neighbourhood, I have no 
 brntatioo in believing their difeafe to have been the offs- 
 pring of local caufes. The Majority of thefe cafes have 
 occurred in families living on farms fituated on the Jerfey 
 fhore of the Delaware. The molt valuable part of thefe 
 farms confitt of meadow ; the proximity of thefe fituation3 
 to the Delaware, and large tracts of meadow land lead me 
 to afcribe their difeafe (aided by a peculiar ftate o! the 
 air) to the exhalations or marfh efiluvia, arifing from the 
 low grounds fituated near the banks, and the meadows in 
 the vicinity of the Delaware. The peculiar difpohtion 
 of thefe exhalations to produce difeafe and death, was 
 evinced early in the feafon by the mortality which pre- 
 vailed among the fowls and cats in this neighbourhood. I 
 am not alone in having feen cafes of yellow-fever which 
 cannot be tra.ced to contagion. Similar fa£ts have been 
 witnefled this feafon by other Phyficians, in various parts 
 of New-Jerfey." 
 
 I have already obferved that our climate being the fame 
 with thofe places in the old world, whieh are annually ex- 
 pofed to peltilential diforders, we cannot expert to be en- 
 tirely exempt from them. But at the fame time I am 
 fully perfuaded, that if we make ufe of thofe means, 
 which Divine Providence has put in our power, we have 
 
 rtle to apprehend, on the fcore of their return or fpread- 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 37 
 
 ing in this country. In Turkey where peftilentia! «ifor- 
 clers are exceedingly prevalent, fuch is the indolence of 
 the inhabitants that little or no attempts are made to pre- 
 vent their return or to Stop their ravages : for to ufe the 
 words of Mr. John Payne, in his excellent fyflte&i of Ge- 
 ography, now publishing in this city, by John Lo^, 
 Bookfeller, at the Shakefpeare's Head, No. 332 Water- 
 Sheet, 44 The doctrine of predeftination and Rill more the 
 barbarifrn of the government have hitherto prevented the 
 Turks from attempting to guard againft this definitive 
 diforder, (meaning the plague) : the fucceD however, of 
 the precautions taken by the Franks, has of late began to 
 make fome impreffions upon many of them. The 
 Chriftians of the country, who trade with European na- 
 tions, would be difpofed to (hut themfelves up iike them • 
 but this thev cannot do without the authority of the 
 Porte. It feems indeed, as if the Divan would at lair, pay 
 fome attention to this object, if it be true that an edicl was 
 iflued in 1783, for the eftablifhment of a I azaretto at 
 Constantinople and three others at Smyrna, Candia, and 
 Alexandria. The government of Tunis adopted this wife 
 meafurc fome years ago ; but the Turkiih police is every 
 where fo wretched, that little SucceSs can be hoped from 
 thefe eftablifhments notwkhftanding their extreme impor- 
 tance and the fafety of the Mediterranean States." ' 
 
 The above is the State of peftilent'al diforders artioh'gSt 
 them; but furely with us it is widely afferent. Many 
 of our citizens, indeed, believe in the doctrine of predefti- 
 nation as well as the Turks ; but at the lame time, almoft 
 every individual in cafe of any calamity, thinks it his du- 
 ty to make ufe of ihofe means which Providence has put 
 in his power, to avert it. Our police is likewife, by no 
 means, wretched. Our magistrates, to whom the health 
 of our citizens is confided, are men of intelligence, and 
 when the Sources from which peStilence arife in our cities 
 is better underftood, which from the meafures lately taken, 
 we may Soon expect, there, is little doubt, that our cities 
 Shall in a fhort time be cither wholly exempt from, or at 
 kaft partially vifited by the direful calamity of the yellow- 
 fever. 
 
 To prevent its return has not only been an object of 
 defirous enquiry with the magistrates of different cities, 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 but alfo with our national government ; for the Prefidcnt 
 
 of the United States, in his fpeech on the opening of the 
 lad feflion of Congrefs, thus addreffed himfelf to the Se- 
 nate and Houfe of Reprefentatives : — 
 
 " While with reverence and refignation we contem- 
 plate the difpenfations of Divine Providence, in the a- 
 larming and deltruftive peflilence with which feveral of 
 our cities and towns have been vilited, there is caufe for 
 gratitude and mutual congratulations, that the malady has 
 difappeared, and that we are again permitted to aflemblc 
 in fafety, at the feat of government, for the difcharge of 
 our important duties. But when we reflect, that this 
 fatal dilorder has, within a few years made repeated rava- 
 ges in l'ome of our principal fcaports, and with increafed 
 malignancy, and when we confider the magnitude of the 
 evils ariling from the interruption of public and private 
 bu finds, whereby the national interefts are deeply affected ; 
 I think it my duty to invite the legiflature of the union to 
 examine the expediency of eltabhfhing fuitablc regulati- 
 ons in aid of the health laws of the refpefrive flates ; for 
 thelc being formed on the idea that contagious ficknefs 
 may be communicated throughout the channels of com- 
 merce, there fcems to be a neceflky, that Congrcfs who 
 alone can regulate trade, fhould frame a fyftem which, 
 while it may tend to preferve the general health, may be 
 compatible with the interefts of commerce, and the fafety 
 of the revenue." 
 
 The Governor of Pennfylvania, likewife in his addrefs 
 to the legiflature of that ftate, recommends to their feri- 
 ous coniideration, fuch mcafures as he believed moll 
 likely to prevent a like vifitation as that of the autumns 
 of 1793, 1797? an d 1798 ; and I am happy to add, that 
 the bufinels will no doubt be taken up by the general go- 
 vernment of the Union, as a committee was appointed 
 to report on that part of the prefident's fpeech, which 
 refpected this truly important fubjeft. To this I may add 
 that the Common Council of New York, anxious to 
 guard our city againft the return of peflilence, addreffed . 
 the Medical Society, foon after the decline of the difor- 
 der requeuing them to give their opinions with refpeft 
 to its origin, bell method of prevention, Sec. and that in 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 39 
 
 confequence the fociety appointed a committee of their 
 own body, confifting of Doctors Samuel L. Mitchell, 
 James Tillary, and John B. Rodgers, to confider the mat- 
 ter, and to report accordingly. The literary talents of 
 thefe gentlemen are well known, and their Zeal and anxi- 
 ety to prevent the fufferings of the diftrefl'ed, will never 
 be called in queftion. We may, therefore, fpeedily ex- 
 pect, from their united efforts, a publication, which will 
 be read by moll of Our citizens with the greateft avidity j 
 and which I have no doubt will be productive of the high- 
 eft utility. 
 
 The fituation of our fellow-citizens in Philadelphia, was 
 not very different from thofe of New- York. What, there- 
 fore, might be ufeful.to prevent the return of the fever 
 in one place, may be of equal utility in another. I fhall, 
 therefore, lay before my readers the opinion of the aca- 
 demy of medicine of Philadelphia, addreffed to the go- 
 vernor. 
 
 On the Origin and Means of preventing the return of the 
 Yellow Fever. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 IN order to comply with your requeft to the academy 
 of medicine, communicated by Dr. Samuel Durfield, 
 the confulting phyfician of the port, reflecting the means, 
 of preventing the return of the epidemic fever which has 
 lately afflicted our city, the academy have conceived the 
 hiltory of its origin, neceffarily ' connected with their 
 anfwer. 
 
 We believe it was derived from the following fources : 
 ti The exhalations of the alleys, gutters, docks* and 
 common fewers of the city ; and from flagnating water in 
 its neighborhood. 
 
 2. The foul air difcharged with the ballad of the (hip 
 Deborah, and the cargo of the brig Mary : the former of 
 which arrived from Hil'paniola on the 18th of July, and 
 the latter on the 29th of the fame month. We reject the 
 opinion of an imported human contagion in either of the 
 above veffels. It has not been alferted that any perfon 
 died of the yellow fever on board the Mary, during her 
 voyage; and if it be faid 3 that feveral perfons died on 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 board the Deborah of that difeafe, on her paffage to this 
 city, wc cannot admit that they contaminated the timbers 
 or contents of the Ihip in fuch a manner, as to fpread the 
 difeafe to perfons at feveial hundred feet diftance from 
 the wharf at which ftie was moored. The improbability 
 of this opinion will appear from two confiderations. 
 
 Firft — The difeale is not contagious in the Weft Indies; 
 and rarely, if ever fo, in the United States in hot weather, 
 at which time only it makes its firlt appearance in our 
 country. Sn general is this opinion, that fome phyhcians 
 have unfortunately refufed to admit the exigence of the 
 fever in its commencement in our city, only becaufe it was 
 not contagious. 
 
 Sfcojul — The difeafe was in no inftance propagated by 
 thofe perfons who were fuppofed to have derived it from 
 human contagion, adhering to the timbers and contents 
 of the Deborah and Mary, and who died with it in parts 
 of the city remote from the influence of the foul air of 
 thofe reflet*. • 
 
 It is laid that the contagion of the yellow fever is not 
 uniform in its effects, it ought, at lcaft, to be admitted, 
 thatita£ls with mod certainty where it exifts with moft. 
 force; but a reverie of this took place in the fuppofed 
 origin of our late fever, from imported contagion. We 
 are the more determined in our opinion of the foul air of 
 the Deborah and Mary being the caufe of many cafes of 
 our fever, from fimilar cafes of fever having been often 
 produced from fimilar caufes, in fiances of which were 
 mentioned in our letter to you laft year. 
 '• In fupport of our opinion of the difeafe being deprived 
 from the exhalations of our city before enumerated, we 
 fhall mention the names of the following perfons, who had 
 the fever before the arrival of the Deborah or Mary in our 
 port, viz. Benjamin Jones, from Berger's court, June 2d 
 Mary Wrigglefworth, near the comer of Walnut and 
 Tenth ftreets, June 6th; Rebecca Trefted, in Front be- 
 tween Spruce and Union ftreets, June 1 ithj Eliza Curran, 
 Fourth below South ftreet, 27th June ; Mark Miller, 
 Callowhill ftreet, and Molly Zeller, Race ftreet, July 
 2d; Mifs Byrne, Spruce, between Second and Third ftreets, 
 July 11th; Mr. Yannoft, Shannon ftreet wharves, July 
 1 2th. We obferved. moreover, and heard of a confiderable 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 4» 
 
 number of perfons who had the difeafe in the weftern 
 parts of the city, and in Southwark and the Northern Li- 
 berties, who had not been expofed to contagion, nor 
 hreathed the air in the neighbourhood of Water-ftrect for 
 many weeks, and in fome inftances for feveral months be- 
 fore they were attacked by that fever. 
 
 In addition to the arguments in favour of the domefiic 
 fources of the fever that have been mentioned in our for- 
 mer letter, we fhall add four more that we think cannot 
 be refuted. 
 
 r. The atmofphere of our city, during the prevalence 
 of the fever, produced ienfations of pain or ficknefs in ma- 
 ny people who came into it from the country; the fame 
 atmofphere became the caufe of the difeafe aftd death i'i 
 others who vifited the city, and who carefully avoided 
 lodging, or any intercourfe with perfons infected by the 
 fever. 
 
 2. The difeafe prevailed in many inland towns of the 
 United States, which had no intercourfe with fea-poit 
 towns in which it was epidemic. Thofe towns were, in 
 every mftance we have he^rd of, fituated near to putrid 
 fubitances, or ftagnating water. 
 
 3. The difeafe was rarely contagious, even when it ter- 
 minated in death, when carried into the country, or into 
 towns not expofed to putrid exhalations. 
 
 4. The general extinction of the difeafe by froft, clear- 
 ly proves that it exifts chiefly in the atmofphere ; and that 
 it is not derived, in the lirft initance, from human conta- 
 gion ; for froft, it is well known, does not act in the an 
 tumnal months upon the bodies of the fick, nor upon 
 their beds, cloathing, or any other fuppofed receptacle of 
 contagion. " ii'.jPP 
 
 We wilh to direQ the attention of our fellow-citizens to 
 the hiftoiy of the caufes and remedies of pcltilential dif- 
 eafes in foreign countries : In the ages of medical fuper- 
 ftition, when thofe difeafes were believed to be imported, 
 they nearly depopulated cities for many fucceffive ■years. 1 
 Frequent and accumulated fuffering at lalt begat wifdom. 
 The caufes of peltilence were dilcovered to exift in all 
 countries, and domeitic remedies were applied to remove 
 them. The eflect of this change in the opinion antk con- 
 duit of the natious of Europe, has been the almolt gene* 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 ral extirpation of malignant fevers from their cities and 
 lea-ports. We have many documents to prove that the 
 recurrence of the yellow fever has been preventer; in the 
 cities of Europe by clcanlincfs. It formerly prevailed in 
 Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Holland, and occafion- 
 aily, in Britain and Ireland, under the names of putrid, 
 malignant, and bilious fevers, alfo of the gall-Jicknefs and 
 of the black/ever. The laft name was derived from the 
 black vomiting, which is fo often the fymptom of ap- 
 proaching death in billious fevers. 
 
 We are the' more confirmed in the opinion we have de- 
 livered, that the yellow fever is a native difcafe of our 
 country, by difcovering that the fame opinion is held by 
 moll of the phyficians and citizens of our lifter liates. We 
 lament the prevalence of an opinion, that the admiflion 
 of truth upon this fubject, will injure the credit of our ci- 
 ty. Truth, upon all fubjefts, is ultimately friendly to 
 k neral intercft and happinefs, while the remedies of the 
 ( ils of error, are always of a partial and tranfitory nature. 
 We conceive that the report of the cxiftence of a nature 
 fo fubtile as to elude the utmoft force of the health-laws, 
 and the greateft vigilance of health-officers, will be much 
 more injurious to our city, than a belief of its being deri- 
 ved from caufes which are obvious to our fenfes, and 
 which by active exertions might be eajily and certainly re- 
 moved, without oppreffing or injuiing our commerce. 
 
 We fhall repeat, in this place, the means recommended 
 by us in our former letter, with the addition of fome o- 
 thers for preventing a return of the difcafe. 
 
 1 . " Removing all thofe matters from our ftreets, gut- 
 ters, cellars, gardens, yards, ftores, ponds, vaults, &c. 
 which, by putrefaction in warm weather, afford the moft 
 frequent caufe of the dileafe in this country. For this 
 purpofe, we recommend the appointment of a certain 
 number of phyficians, whole buiinefs it fhall be to infpecfc 
 all fuch places in the city, the northern-liberties, and 
 
 , Southwark, as contain any matters capable by putrefacti- 
 on, of producing the difcafe, and to have them removed. 
 
 2. ft We earneftly recommend the frequent warning of 
 all impure parts of the city in warm and dry weather, by 
 means of the pumps, until the water of the river Schuyl- 
 kill can be made to wafh all the ftreets of the city : a mea- 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 lure which we conceive promifes to our citizens the mod 
 durable exemption from bilhous fevers of all kinds, of 
 domeftic origin. 
 
 3. " To guard againft the frequent fourcc of yellow 
 fever from the noxious air in the holds of veflels, we re- 
 commend the unlading fuch veflels as contain cargoes li- 
 able to putrefaction, and the difcharging the ballad of all 
 veflels at a diltance from the city, during the months of 
 June, July, Auguft, September, and October. To pre- 
 vent the generation of noxious air in the holds of veflels, 
 we conceive every veflel Ihould be obliged by law to carry 
 and ufe a ventilator, and we recommend, in a particular 
 manner, the one lately invented by Mr. Benjamin Wyn- 
 koop. We believe this invention to be one of the molt 
 important and ufeful that has been made in modern times, 
 and that it is calculated to prevent not only the decay of 
 mips and cargoes, but a very frequent i'ource of peftilen- 
 tial difeafes of all kinds in commercial clues." 
 
 4. The filling up, or cleaning the docks in fuch a man- 
 ner, that no matters capable of putrefaction, fnall be ex- 
 pofed to the lays of the fun at low water. St^M 
 
 5. The doling the common fcwers, fo as to admit wa- 
 ter only, and the daily removal of the filth of the city, de- 
 ftincd to flow into them, by means of covered carts or 
 waggons made for that purpofe. 
 
 6. The prevention of the filth of the city from being ac- 
 cumulated, and itagnating in its neighbourhood. 
 
 7. The prohibition of allies and narrow ftreets in the 
 future improvement of the city. 
 
 8. An alteration of the prefent health law, which, by 
 detaining veflels with perifiiable cargoes for ten days at 
 the hofpital, in hot weather, is calculated to increafe the 
 foul air in their holds ; and we recommend alfo, that no 
 veflel, owned by a citizen of Philadelphia, be permitted 
 to leave or to enter our ports, that is not provided with a 
 ventilator. 
 
 We lhall conclude our letter by deprecating, in the moft 
 folemn manner, the continuance of a belief in the fuppo- 
 fed importation of our fever, an opinion which has led to 
 the total negligence of the means of preventing its return ; 
 alio by humbly hoping, that a merciful Providence may 
 not correct our ignorance and pi ejudices by frequent re 
 
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 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 turns ofa calamity, which in five years fwept away ten 
 thoufand of our inhabitants, and which in a few years 
 may, if not obviated by the only proper remedies, (under 
 the influence of the prcfent inflammatory conftitution of 
 the atmofphcrc) annihilate our city. , 
 Signed by order of 
 The academy of medicine 
 of Philadelphia, 
 PHILIP SYNG P1IYSICK, Preftdent. 
 JOHN C. OTTO, Secretary. 
 
 DESULTORY OBSERVATIONS and REFLECTIONS. 
 
 • THE following obfervation made by Mr. Charles 
 Holt, in his account of the yellow fever as it appeared 
 at New-London, in the fall of 1798, is equally applica- 
 ble to this and to every other city attacked with peftilence: 
 * : What Unking inltances of the tranfitorinefs of life does 
 fuch a difeafc afford ! We fee men exulting in the bloom 
 of youth and prime of health and ftrength, in three or 
 four fhort days numbered with the dead. Our gayeft 
 companions, our lovelicft friends, in lefs than a week, are 
 laid in thetluft. When we are daily witnefling thefe fcenes 
 around us, who can avoid reflecting often, and feelingly, 
 that, his turn may be next ! yet the mind, when habitu- 
 ated to the moft afflictive and extraordinary events, be- 
 comes hardened, and views them with unconcern and in- 
 difference. Difeafe, and death, the moft dreadful acci- 
 dents that can affiicl the human frame, when made fami- 
 liario the fight, ceafe to infpire dread, and arc ranked with 
 the moft common occurrences. 
 
 L^pon the firft appearance of the fever, many of our 
 inhabitants had recourfe to fome fort of fuppofed preven- 
 tatives againft infection. Thus, fome chewed garlic, o- 
 thers fmoaked tobacco, and others hoped to avoid the dif- 
 ordcr by having recourfe to fmelling-bottles. handker- 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 45 
 
 chiefs dipped in vinegar, camphor bags, &c. fo that few 
 individuals could be fecn in the ftreets, without one or 
 other of the fe applied to his noftrils. At laft, however, 
 experience had proved, that theie were inefficacious. A 
 reliance on divine Providence fuccecdcd, and in the moft 
 terrible ftages of the diforder, the citizens di (covered the 
 moft decent fortitude, and the greatelt refignation. Thcfe 
 imaginary preventatives were therefore thrown alide. 
 
 It has often been faid, that temperance was the bed 
 prefervative againft infection. The obfervation, in gene- 
 ral, is certainly juft j but it may, and, during the late 
 calamity has, been carried too far. For my part, 
 from whut has come under my own knowledge, I have 
 no hefitation in afTerting, that to perlons, who had been 
 accuftomed to live freely, nothing could be more danger- 
 ous, than to become remarkably abftemious upon the ap- 
 pearance of this diiorder. Perfons of the above defcription^ 
 fhouldin my opinion, have continued to live in their ufual 
 manner ; by which means, they would have been more 
 likely to repel infection, or if infefted, they would have 
 more ftrength to rehft the attack. But whHft I confider 
 abftinence in luch a htuation, as being highly improper, a 
 ftate of intemperance is certainly more fo, for were it ne- 
 ceflary, I could mention the names of feveral individuals, 
 who, whilft in a Itate of intoxication, were attacked with 
 the fever, and in two days after, were tenants of the grave. 
 The fate of fuch people might be pronounced almolt with 
 certainty : they were feized with fymptoms of a peculiar- 
 ly malignant nature, and their death itemed unavoidable. 
 
 Mr. Carey, in his account of the Yellow Fever in Phi- 
 ladelphia, in the year 1793, mentions fome diftrefling 
 fecnes which took place, in that city, in confequence of 
 fome women in labour, being greatly at a iofs for want 
 of affiftance. Difficulties of the fame fort, occurred in 
 New York, during the ficknefs of 1798, but by no 
 means in the lame degree. There were however feveral 
 inltancesof diftrefs, in this particular, of which I Ihall only 
 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 fele& one. My wife was takwi in labour on the 20tk 
 Sept. about § in the evening. I applied to many Doctor* 
 and Midwives. Some were really fick ; fome pretended 
 to be fo, and others candidly told me, that in confer] uence 
 of the peftilencc, which prevailed in my vicinity, they 
 would on no account attend. At five in theenfuing morn- 
 ing, I applied to Mrs. Bunting, a midwife at Deans dock 
 Greenwich Street, who immediately came with me. I 
 would not have mentioned this circumitance ; but that it 
 afterwards came to my knowledge, that Mrs. Bunting, in 
 cafes where the dilbrdcr raged with the utraoft malignity, 
 never hefitated to attend any perfons in that fituation, and 
 that too in many cafes Where (he mull have been con- 
 vinced, (he would never receive any emolument. Such 
 inftances of dihnterefted philanthropy, ought not, in a pub- 
 lication of this fort to be omitted. They do honour to 
 human nature. 
 
 No difcafe has, perhaps, on any previous occafion 
 been more fatal to phylicians, than that with which we 
 were lately afflicted : lor during its prevalence, exclufive 
 of medical Undents, no lefs than fixteen phyficians have 
 been fwept off", in difcharging the perilous duties of their 
 profcHion. Thefc are Doctors Andrews, Brooks, D. 
 Chickering, Disgley, Peter Faugcrcs, John B. Hicks, 
 ]ohn B. Jones. Mclchcn Caldwell, Lamb, Millegan, 
 J. B. Scandella, Elihu H. Smith, Teller, Tredwell, Va- 
 rick. and Young. As ail thefe gentlemen fell facrifkes 
 to their endeavours to relieve the diftreffed, it might 
 appear invidious, were I to point out thofe, who in my 
 opinion were molt uleful and eminent in their profeflion. 
 I {hall therefore only mention the cafe of J. B. Scandella, 
 who, being a foreigner of diftinguifhed literary abilities, 
 and poffeffed of the molt philanthropic principles, along 
 with the others, fell a facrifice to his humanity. This 
 gentleman was a native of Venice, and defcended of 
 one of the molt noble families in that country. He *as, 
 however, more diftinguilhed by the fpelndour of his ta- 
 lents, than by the nobility of his birth. A liberal curiofi- 
 ty had led him to this country, when he had jult rinifhed 
 his refearches, and was preparing to embark for Europe, 
 
MALIGNANT FEVER. 
 
 77 
 
 'when motives of humanity led him back to Philadelphia, 
 in the height of the late Epidemic. From thence he re- 
 turned in fix days, having previoufly contracted that fatal 
 difeafc, of which he expired, after a dart, though very 
 painful illncfs, in the bloom of his age, and the vigour of 
 his faculties. The great attention which was paid to this 
 unfortunate ftranger, by Dr. Elihu H. Smith, was like* 
 wife in all probability, the immediate caufe of his death. 
 
 It is very remarkable, that although, there were, during 
 the time of this peftilence, about 800 people in the 
 Alms Houfe, no more than 24 died in all, and of thefe, 
 only 7 of the difordcr. It is likewife certain that thele 7, 
 Caught the pidemper in the city, and that, in no initance, 
 eon agion was communicated from one to another in that 
 building. This uncommon healthinefs in a place, where 
 there were fo many people together, may, in all probabili- 
 ty be attributed to its airy fituation, the fpacioufhefs of 
 the rooms, the remarkable cleanlinefs infilled upon by 
 die manager Mr. Dodge, and the liberal ufe of lime. 
 
 It has been remarked, that during the feveral vrfitations 
 of yellow fever, with which different cities of the United 
 States have been affli&ed, that more men than women 
 have died of the diforder, in the proportion in general of 
 about fonr to three ; but during the peffilence of laft au- 
 tumn, in this city, the proportion of the men who were 
 cut off was ftill greater; there being very nearly about 
 two men for one woman. This difpropottion, however, 
 of the fatality to the two fexes, need not appear ftrange, 
 when we conlidcr that men, by the nature of their employ- 
 ment, are more expofed to infection than women. The 
 man having occahon to buttle about from one place to 
 another, whilft the woman's particular province is the fu- 
 perintendance of the family concerns. 
 
4« 
 
 AN ACCOUNT OF TILE Sec. 
 
 It has been formerly a ffer ted by feveral phyficiam of 
 eminence, that the blacks were much lefs futfjr.t to the 
 ravages of the Yellow Fever, than the whites. This opin- 
 ion was no doubt productive of confiderable utility to the 
 citizens of Philadelphia, during their affliction of tnc v C -ar 
 1793, as lnc people of colpur were almolt exclulivcly the 
 only perfons, who would venture to nurfe the fck. The 
 idea, however, that they ran no rifque of receiving; infec- 
 tion appeared fallacious,as many ofthem died in that city, 
 during the time of that ficknefs. I may add. that during 
 o*.ir late calamity, I have every reafon to believe that the 
 fatality was fully as great amongft the blacks, as the whites 
 in proportion to their numbers. This, however, may not 
 appear to a number of my readers, when they find in my 
 lift containing the number of perfons interred in each of 
 the burying grounds of this city, that I have only men- 
 tioned 41 negroes. It ought therefore to be obferved, 
 that exclufive of thefe 41 who were buried in what is call- 
 ed the Negroes Burying Ground, there were no doubt, 
 fix times that number buried in the Potter's field, at Belle- 
 vue, and in fomc of the grave yards of this city. 
 
 Some extracts of letters from Philadelphia, publifhed 
 in our newfpapers in this city, announce, that there are 
 ftill feveral cafes of yellow f ever amongft them. There 
 are alfo reports to the fame purpofe with refpeel to its ex- 
 igence amongft us, Jan. 16th; but upon the moft particular 
 enquiry of a number of refpeclable Phyficians, and others, I 
 cannot find a fingle inftance of its having been feen here for 
 thefe feveral weeks paft : And I am almofl convinced, 
 that the fituation of the Philadelphians is as healthy at 
 prefent as ours. 
 
 Many publications have been iflucd on the fubject of 
 the Yellow Fever, by gentlemen of literary talents. I have 
 it from good authority, that another will foon make its ap- 
 pearance, written by Doctor Hitchcock. 
 
[ 49 3 
 
 The POO R, 
 
 AND THE MANNER IN WHICH 
 THEY WERE RELIEVED, 
 
 In the City, at Bellevuc, and in the Debtors Appartment- 
 
 In a calamity fo terrible and unexpected, the diftrefs 
 of the labouring poor were unavoidably great. The 
 general Itagnation of bufinefs had deprived them of their 
 ordinary means of fupport and rendered them unable to 
 remove where employment and fubfiflence might be had. 
 To add to their difficulties, their employers, and more 
 affluent acquaintances, who might have been difpofed to 
 relieve their wants, had in general fled. 
 
 But the fe were not the only objecls of commiferation. 
 Many, who had fupported themfelves and families in an 
 eafy, though not affluent manner, were from the impoflj- 
 bility of earning any thing, the difficulty of recovering 
 their little debts and the heavy expences incident to a ftate 
 officknefs, reduced to the moft extreme diflrefs, whilft 
 others, in opulent circumftances, having remained in the 
 city, after their connexions had removed, being fuddenly 
 feized with the prevailing diforder, were left helplefs by 
 themfelves, without a friend to confole them, a phyfician 
 to prefcribe for them or a nurfe to adminiftcr the pre- 
 fcription. 
 
 The Health Coram iffioncrs, appointed by authority of 
 the State Legiflature, had hitherto exerted their utraoft 
 endeavours to alleviate the various afflictions of the dif- 
 treffed, but the Common Council being informed that the 
 number of lick had become fo great and were Hill encreaf- 
 ing, that the Cotnmillioners could not take care of them 
 all, that the accommodations at Bellevue were infufficicnt 
 and that many of the poor fick were fo circumflanced as 
 to render a removal there both inconvenient and impro- 
 per, on the 10th September appointed Gabriel Furman, 
 John B. Coles, Theophilus Beekman, Jacob de la Montag- 
 nie and Richard Furman, Efqrs. five of the Alder- 
 men, together with John Bogcrt and Philip I. Arcularius 
 Efqrs. two Afiiftant Aldermen, a committee of their own 
 board denominated the Health Committee of the City of 
 
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 RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 New-York, "with full powers to make fuch other build- 
 ing for the Tick at BelUvuc, as they, with the advice of 
 the Commimoners of the Health-Office might think ne- 
 cc'iLuy ; and to take into their charge and furnifh with 
 medical aid, and every neceflaiy, all fuch of the fick 
 poor as could not be accommodated at Bdlevue, or the 
 (ituation of whofc perfons or families were fuch as to ren- 
 der their removal to Blllevue improper or inconvenient." 
 
 The gentlemen fo appointed, totally dil'regarding their 
 o j/nprefervation, and only intent on arrcfting the progrefs 
 of die diforder and relieving the diftreffed, with a magna- 
 nimity and patriot ifm meriting the highett eulogiums, rea- 
 dtty Kept forth and by their generous, ftedfaft and bene- 
 volent exertions, undoubtedly laved many of their fel- 
 low citizens from peuury, difeafe end death. As foon 
 • I cy accepted the appointment to this arduous under- 
 u.'.ing, they immediately proceeded to bufinefs and ap- 
 pointed Alderman Gabriel Furman their chairman, a 
 gentleman, who together with Alderman Beekman had 
 been on the committee for the relief of the fick and indi- 
 gent in the years 1793 an< ^ r 734' ant ^ during "the pef- 
 tilential diforder of 1795. I nave already obferved, that 
 one of the objects for which the committee was appoint- 
 ed was to make fuch further buildings and accommodati- 
 ons for the nek at Bellevue as they with the advice of the 
 Commifhoners of the Health-Office might think neceffary. 
 They accordingly gave orders for the erection of two 
 buildings, one of which mould be fixty feet in length by 
 twenty in breadth, for the accommodation of the fick, and 
 another of the fame extent, but two (lories in height, For 
 the reception of the convalescents ; and fuch was the dif- 
 patch of the workmen employed in that bufinefs, that 
 both were compleated in about eight days. 
 
 Previous to this the lick, the convalefcent and the dying 
 were all ciowded together, and the apartments were by 
 no means fufheient for the number of the difeafed ; but 
 by this humane attention, the convalefcents were feparat- 
 ed from the fick, and from that time the number of thofc 
 who recovered at that hofpital was much greater in pro- 
 portion than it had been before. There was likewife other 
 circumft ances which no doubt greatly contributed to this 
 happy change. The attendants and nurfes, at firit ap- 
 
RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 4 1 
 
 pointed for the care of the Tick, were in general perfons 
 of rather indifferent character, and of courfc that attenti- 
 on was not paid to the fick .which the CommifTioners 
 could have wifhed. The truth is that at the commence- 
 ment of this melancholy bufinefs, fear pervaded the Rout- 
 ed heart and terror was depicted in the countenances of 
 mod people ; hence many perfons of irreproachable cha- 
 racter and humane difpolitions, who in other circumfiianees 
 would have been very willing to aflift their fellow crea- 
 tures, were deterred from entering on fo perilous ?n un- 
 dertaking. The Health Commiflioners, therefore, to 
 whom the care of this Hofpital was committed, had no 
 choice. Nurfes and attendants nmft be had, and as they 
 could not procure the mod proper perfons, they were 
 obliged to be contented with fuch as they could obtain. 
 
 The cafe, however, was now changed. People began 
 to recover from the panic with which they had been ft ruck, 
 and notwithstanding every difcouraging circumftance, ma- 
 ny were found whofe humanity would not permit them to 
 withhold from their fellow creatures that afliftance which 
 they in a {nnilar fituation had a right to expect ; nuffes 
 of good character were accordingly found, and the Former 
 improper perfons were difmifled. Doctor Byyley, tlio 
 I lea 1th -Officer, whofe character as a phyfician is too well 
 known to require any panegyric, aided by two aflift ants, 
 viz. Doctor Douglafs and Doctor Gregory, attended on 
 the fpot, and in a fliort time the greatcfl order and regu- 
 larity was introduced; the patients were treated with the 
 utmoft care and tendernefs ; the nurfes and attendants 
 difcharged their refpefctive duties with fidelity ; and Belle 
 vue inftead of being conhdered as the ami-chamber of the 
 grave, began to be viewed by many of the afflicted as a 
 place where they flood a greater chance of recovery than 
 any where elfe. 
 
 That cleanlincfs is not only very conducive to health, 
 but that it contributes greatly to the removal of diforder 
 from thofe who are afflicted, and alio very much tejidfc to 
 prevent the fpreading of infection amonglt their attendants 
 will i'carcely be denied. The experience of every one 
 who has been converfant amongft thofe afflicted with pe- 
 {lileniial diforders, in every age and in every country 
 abundantly confirms this fact ; and furcly this excellent 
 
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 RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 prefervative and remedy was never better obferved than 
 here. 
 
 Upon the com miffi oners taking poffefllon of this place, 
 the walls, timber, and every part both iniide and outfide 
 were whitcwafhed, and the practice of whitewashing the 
 infide every week, ten days or fortnight, according to the 
 feafun of the year, and number of lick, was fteadily pur- 
 fued finpc its firit cftablifhmerit. Another prac tice never 
 omitted was, that if at any time in the courfe of a perfon's 
 being confined with fever, his bed, fliirt or linen were 
 ilained or foiled by vomiting or otherwife, they were 
 immediately removed and replaced with clean ones; be- 
 iides the linnen and bed clothes of the Tick were ufually 
 changed every day or two, if even thofe extraordinary 
 circumflances did not occur. Thefe means, as a fyttem 
 of cleanlinefs, were fteadily adhered to by the attendants 
 at this Hofpital. 
 
 The whole number of perfons admitted from Auguft 
 ill to 3d. November, fince which time none have been 
 received, was three hundred and eighty-nine, of whom 
 two hundred and eighty-nine were from the city and one 
 hundred feamcn ; of the former one hundred and leventy 
 two died and one hundred'and feventeen were difefvarged. 
 The latter were more fortunate, for of them only thirty- 
 three died and the other fixty-feven were difcharged. 
 
 From the above ftatement, which may be depended up- 
 on as correct, the following quefliun n.-.turally occurs. 
 How came it that a much greater proportion of feamcn 
 recovered at this Hofpital, than of thofe fent thither from 
 the city ? The anfwer is this. The feamen were in ge- 
 neral fent therein the firfi fiage of the diforder, whereas 
 :nany of our citizens f rom the fears which they entertained 
 of that Hofpital, could not be prevailed upon to be re- 
 moved thither till they were puff recovery. In confirma- 
 tion of this I may add that of a good many people whom 
 I myfelf have leen previous to their being carried thither, 
 by far the greater part of thofe who were removed on the 
 firft attack recovered, whereas to thofe who remained till 
 the diforder had acquired a greater degree of malignancy 
 little elfc was to be cxpecled but death. Indeed fevcral 
 died within a few hours after their entrance in the Hofpi- 
 tal and more than a thiid in two days. There is one 
 
RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 53 
 
 thing very remarkable with refpect to the attendants at this 
 Hoipital, which ought not to be omitted. Their fituati- 
 on to mod people muft no doubt have appeared peculiar- 
 ly dangerous, as they were literally {unrounded with pefti- 
 lence. It fo happened, however, that neither nurfes, nor 
 washerwomen caught the infe&ion. The boatmen too be- 
 longing to the Health-Office, who entered the Hoipital at 
 all times and were not only engaged in bringing the Tick 
 from the city and (hipping, but likewife in removing them 
 from place to place, enjoyed a ftate of perf*tt health ; and 
 of thofe perfons who accompanied their friends and rela- 
 tives, ftayed with them and nurfed them, there is not a iin- 
 gle inftance of an individual being infecled. In fhort, Dr. 
 Douglafs was the onlyperfon refiding there who was feized 
 with fever j but he had been in the habit of occafionally 
 vihting his friends in the city, and three days previous to 
 his being taken ill, had flept in a houfe the vicinity of 
 which was highly infe&ed j and it is more than probable 
 that his ficknefs was occafioned by that caufe. 
 
 From the above, and many other fads which might be 
 mentioned, it amounts to a certainty that this fever will 
 not fpread in a pure air. For this reafon the inhabitants 
 of the country have little or no reafon of being afraid to 
 receive the lick who remove from town , nor of thofe who 
 are taken ill with fever after leaving the city . for, as is 
 obferved by Mr. Noah Webfter, junior, in his conclud- 
 ing observations to a collection of papers on the fubjcEl of 
 bilious fevers, publifhed in the year 1796. " The panic 
 that fcized the whole continent, when the difeafe in Phi- 
 ladelphia, is now found to have been needlefs and with- 
 out juft caufe y and it is prei'umed, that fuch inhuman 
 caution and barbarous meafurcs as were adopted on that 
 occafion, will never again difgrace our country." 
 
 Having thus given an account of the Hofpital at Bclle- 
 vue, and of the treatment of the lick, I now proceed to 
 point out the manner of adminiftcring relief to fuch Cck 
 perfons as could not be accommodated there, or the fili- 
 ation of whofe perfons or families rendered their removal 
 improper or inconvenient. 
 
 With refpett to accommodations there was no doubt 
 a confiderable difficulty previous to the ereftion of the two 
 additional buildings which I have already mentioned; but 
 
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 RELIEF OF THE TOOR. 
 
 thefe being eompleated, that difTiculty was entirely re- 
 moved. 
 
 When individuals, who had no families were feized with 
 the diforder, and were uicapable of providing for thcin- 
 felves thenecclLry relief, ii was the wifh of the commit- 
 tee that they mould be removed to Bcllevue as fpeedy as 
 polnble. By which means the progreis of the diforder 
 might be at : cited, whillt the chance of their recovciy was 
 as great at k ad it not greater irian il they had remained in 
 the city. BvJ to fepaiale children from their parents, huf- 
 bands liom their wives, or wives from their hufbands, or 
 in fhoi t to have removed contrary to their inclinations, a 
 fingle individual from any family, where perhaps they had 
 refolded to rc main by each other, to the laft extremity, 
 would have been an act of the greateft inhumanity. For 
 fuch, therefore, it was neccfTary that provifion lhould be 
 made by the committee. 
 
 They accotdingly being fenfible of the miferable fitua- 
 tion to whic\ the poor muff be reduced by the fufpenfion 
 of all budneTi and tlie diilrefs tbey muft fuffer when at- 
 tacked by difealc, devoted their fole and undivided at- 
 tention to their reliie£ j+ 
 
 l ev this purppfe tney advertifed in the public prints, 
 that the more caidy and, effetlually to anfwer the end of 
 their benevolent appointment, they would daily attend at 
 the Alms-Houle [torn 9 to 1 and from 3 to 6 afternoon, 
 to receive the applications of the fick, the widow and or- 
 phan, or their friends in their behalf, and to grant fuch 
 relief as the liberality of the Common Council of the city 
 had directed. ,. 
 
 The Common Council, at an early period of the dif- 
 order, had borrowed a fum of money to be appropriated 
 towards the above benevolent purpofe, and about the lat- 
 ter end of September, Mr. John Murray, junior, a re- 
 fpecrable merchant of this city, generoully offered to the 
 Committee to guarantee a farther loan of ten thoufand 
 dollars, if it mould be wanted; but the charitable donati- 
 ons received from different parts of this (late, from New- 
 jcrfey and Connecticut ; and alfo from many of our own 
 wealthy citizens rendered this meafure unnecefiary- By 
 their beneficence and humanity the Committee were en- 
 abled to2riord to die nccciTitous a confiderablc degree of 
 
RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 55 
 
 comfort, of which they would otherwife have been de 
 pvived. Liberal donations of money, produce, &c. (a lift 
 of which is annexed) were daily received and distributed 
 as each particular cafe feemed to require. 
 
 As during the ravages of this dreadful diforder, medical 
 aid was an obje£t of the firft concern, it may not be im- 
 proper to mention the manner in which the poor were ac- 
 commodated in this refpefct. Early in the i . koefs many 
 of our molt eminent phyficians Had left the cit) , and fevp,- 
 ral of thofc who remained had paid the laO; debt to nature. 
 Hence the bulinefs of practitioners was greatly increaied, 
 and the fituation of the indigent .became peculiarly dif- 
 trefljmg. The committee, therefore, employed three 
 phyficians to adminifter to the relief of Tuch nek as unfor- 
 tunately became objects of their appointment, viz. Doc- 
 tors Hugh M'Lcan, Daniel M. Hitchcock, and Adolphus 
 C. Lent. 
 
 The extreme afTiduity and humanity which thefe gentle- 
 men difplayed in the difcharge of their duty, is well known 
 to the afflicted poor; and places their conduct in fuch a 
 point of view 7 as to be far above any panegyric of mine. 
 Tonoperfon could their diligence be better known than 
 to me, and in juftice to them I think it my duty to declare 
 that notwithstanding the great fatigue and danger to which 
 they were continually expofed, they with thegreateft ala- 
 crity daily fuftained the perilous talk of viftting and admi- 
 niftcring the neceffary medicine to hundreds of their afflic- 
 ted fellow creatures. From morning to night they were 
 inceffantly engaged; nor did any of them, when called up- 
 on to fee a patient, even at the molt unfeafonable hours, 
 hefitate a momentto wait upon them, let the diforder be 
 ever fo malignant. Thanks to heaven their valuable lives 
 arc lpared, and long, very longj may they live in the 
 grateful remembrance of their fellow citizens. How ma- 
 ny owe their fafety to their {kill and attention it is not eafy 
 to determine j but this far may be fafely aliened, that 
 there are many now in good health, who but for their fkill 
 and attention would have been tenants of the grave. But 
 had the attention of the committee been confined to pro- 
 curing phyficians fos the fick, it would have been produc- 
 tive of little good, for I have known many cafes where 
 the hufband and wife with fome others of the family were 
 
56 
 
 RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 fo grievouiiy afflifted as to be incapable of furnifhingeach 
 other even with a cup of water. 
 
 For fuch perfons nurfes were therefore to be provided 
 at the public expence ; and here the fame difficulty at 
 firft occurred in procuring good ones as at Bellevue. 
 This, however, was foon got over, as the committee hav- 
 ing advertifed that nurfes of good character were wanted, 
 to whom generous wages would be paid, a fufficient num- 
 ber of decent people readily offered their fervice. Some 
 indeed were found to act improperly ; but when the cafe 
 was reprefented to the Committee, they were difmiffed 
 and others fubftituted in their ftead. 
 
 But befidesprocuringnurfes for thcreliefofthe poor, the 
 committee were frequently under the necefTity of geting 
 them for fomcofthofe in affluent circumftances,whofe friends 
 had probably fled, or who, if they remained, knew not 
 to whom they fhould apply for the neceffary help. To 
 thefe, likewife, the committee directed their attention. 
 
 Before I quit this article, it may not be improper to lay 
 before my readers the fituation of the City Difpenfary du- 
 ring this time of general calamity. The following is 
 An exact return of patients admitted at that humane injlitu- 
 
 tion 3 from the ljl of Augujl to the 2gth November, 1798. 
 
 Admitted - - 418 
 
 Cured - - 340 
 
 Died - 23 
 
 Relieved 4 
 
 Removed to Bellevue - - 16 
 
 Removed to New-York Hofpital 10 
 
 Removed to Alms-IIoufe - 2 
 
 Eloped - - 3 
 
 Under cure November 20 - 20 
 
 Total - - 4 l8 
 
 Of the above number 270 were ill with the Yellow Fe 
 ver, of which the following is an accurate return : — 
 Admitted - - 270 
 
 Cured - - 235 
 
 Died - - 17 
 
 Removed to Bellevue for want oH 
 
 convenience at their own dwel- > 16 
 lings - - J 
 
 Eloped - 2 
 
 Total - 270 
 
RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 57 
 
 The trufiees of the Difpenfary in their report cn this 
 interefting fubjecl, make the following very judicious re- 
 mark, " The great proportion of cafes of the Yellow Fe- 
 ver in this ftatcment, whillt it affords the molt undeniable 
 evidence of the utility of the inlticution, is alfo an honor- 
 able proof of the talents and afiiduity of their phyncian 
 Do&or Hugh M'Lean, more efpecially when k is confi- 
 dered that the obje&s confifted of the poorell and molt 
 deftitute clafs of citizens." 
 
 As the diforder continued to make faither progvefs, the 
 committee found the calls on their humanity daily 
 encreafe. 
 
 The indigent fick were indeed (applied with medical 
 aid and nurfes j but it was nccellary that provhbn ihouhl 
 be made for their maintainance, and alfo for a number of 
 families, the heads of which not being, able to find any 
 employment, were in the greateft diftrefs. 
 
 With a view to relieve fueh pcrfons, the committee 
 •eftabliflied three repositories and cook (hops, pne at ClifT- 
 ftreet, another at No. 159 Chatham-lirect and the thud at 
 the head cf Divifion-ftrcet, from whence fuch indigent and 
 diftrefled fick, as were deprived of the means of providing 
 for themfelves, were liberally fupplied with foups, boiled 
 meat, bread, candles, and other proper and neceffai y arti- 
 cles fuitable to their Situation. 
 
 Perhaps, in fuch a calamity, r.o oilablifhments could 
 have been devifed of more general utility than thefe cook 
 houfes ; the-fituation of many of the fick being fuch, as 
 would not admit of their nurfes leaving them to drefs the 
 neceffary provifions • to v/hich it may be added, that if 
 money had been given to fome of them for the purchafc 
 of ncceffaries, it would have very probably been expended 
 for articles, which, inftead of contributing to the relief of 
 the fick, might have been highly detrimental, or it might 
 have been appropriated to their own ufe. I may likewife 
 obfervc, that if pecuniary aid had been been afforded to 
 fome of the more thoughtlefs and difjipated poor, they 
 would very probably have fpeni it, in procuring for them- 
 felves a temporary gratification, whillt their itarving fami- 
 lies remained neglected. ilJMlj " 
 
 In confirmation of this, I fiiall adduce one inftance out 
 of a few others, of a fjnailar nature which came -under my 
 
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RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 own obfcrvation. The wife of a petfon whom I had oc- 
 trifion to fee, in the difchargc of my duty, w as dangeroufly 
 )U of the prevailing fever. She lay in a damp cellar and 
 was ddtitute of every neceflary and comfort. Of money 
 entrtifted to me by the committee for the relief of the dif- 
 trefled, I therefore left with the hufband two dollars, one 
 of which I wifhed to be appropriated to the purchafc of 
 half a load of wood, and the other for fuch little articles as 
 might be immediately neceflary for his wife and child. I 
 called again at the houfe a few hours after, but in Read of 
 finding the money applied as I expe&ed, I found the man 
 in a ftrtc of intoxication-, and totally regardlefs and infen- 
 fiblft of the fituation of his afTlided wife, who was then in 
 the agonies of death. She died foon after ; the funeral 
 was conducVd by flrangcrs, by whom I ike wife their child 
 about fix years of age, was carried to the Almshcufe, 
 whilft the unhappy hufband remained in a Mate of infenfi- 
 bilify, knowing or caring very kittle about what had hap- 
 pened. fQiiulMpd . }> . . 
 
 I :m hippy, however, in obferving, that fuch remarks 
 muft be undcrflood as applying to very few, for almoft in 
 every iuflanc?, parents .ind children.; hufbands and wives, 
 and in fhort all thofe li\ ing in the fame family were difpo- 
 fed to contribute to the very utmoft in their power, to- 
 wards the relief of their afflicled relatives. 
 
 The number of thofe, who received their daily fubfift- 
 rr.ee from thefe cook houfes, during the greatelt part of 
 the calamity, amounted to between 1600 and aooo per- 
 fons, of whom many were helplefs fick, widows and or- 
 phans • whilit eight hundred people were, at the fame 
 time, fupportcd in the Alms-houfe. out of funds provided 
 by law. I^W^jwdy^ . cs*j.;- 
 
 But the ample donations and very liberal contributions, 
 wfych as I have already obferved, we>e collected in many 
 places, for our relief, whilfl it reflected the higheft honour, 
 on the donors, and demanded our warmeft gratitude, alfo 
 enabled the committee to relieve many of the diftrefied in 
 a different manner. 
 
 The cook-houfes were certainly highly ufeful ; but 
 there were many fick and indigent, who lived at a confider- 
 able diftance from either of them, to whom it would have 
 been very inconvenient to have procured from thence the 
 DecefTary provifions ; and the circumftanees of others 
 
RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 59 
 
 teemed likewife to require afliftancc of a different na- 
 ture 
 
 The produce which came from various parts of the 
 country for the relief' of the indigent, except what was font 
 to the cook-houlcs by order of the committee, was depo- 
 fited in a ftorc oppohte the Alms-houfc; from whence 
 upwards of live hundred families were from time to time 
 relieved by donations in neceffaries, fuch as beet, po 
 mutton, flour, fowls, indian meal.potatoes, turnips, <!>rc. For 
 the relief of thefe, the committee likewife expended a great 
 deal of money, by giving them occasionally fuch (mail 
 funis as the btuation of their fam.lies feemed to require; 
 and fcvcral widows, who upon the death of their hit (bands, 
 wifhed to remove to that place in the country where thcir 
 relatives and friends refidcd; being deftitute of the means 
 of carrying themfclves and children thither, were alio 
 affifted.' 
 
 I have already mentioned, that the committee when firft 
 organized, had advertifed, that they would meet daily 
 at the Alms-houfe, from 9 to 1, and 3 to 6, for the pur- 
 pofe of attending to the benevolent object of their ao- 
 pointmcnt ; but, in a {hart time the applications of the 
 rick and indigent became fo exceedingly numerous, that 
 they were not able, during thefe hours, to determine on all 
 their requells. They, therefore, allembled during the 
 greateft part of this awful vifitation at about eight in the 
 morning, and continued their fitting, till feven, and fcniie- 
 times eight, in the evening, allowing themfclves only a bare 
 half hour for dinner. For my part, when I think of the 
 extreme fatigue and dangerwhich thefe gentlemen encoun- 
 tered, and theconftant lifquethey ran of catching infec- 
 tion, many of thofe individuals who came thither to fclieit 
 affiftance, having fever upon them; 1 confider their prefer- 
 vation, if not miraculous, at lea ft highly providential. Tw'y 
 of them, indeed, viz. Alderman Gabriel Furmun and 
 Alderman Theophilus Reekman, as alio our worthy May- 
 or, whofe attention to the duties of his olfice dunno- this 
 diffreffing period, is above all praife, were attacked by 
 the peftilence, but, thanks to the Almighty, they loon re- 
 covered, and rcgardlefs of danger, immediately repaired 
 to their poft, and along with their colleagues went through 
 the fatiguing bufmel's of their appointment with alacrity to 
 the laft. } 
 
RELIEF Or THE POOk. 
 
 It need fcarcely be obferved, tnatlhe- talk of ih$ coi;> 
 fnittce in adminillering relief, in fuch a (itualion, would 
 in many cafes be delicate, embarralling and dify^rccablc ; 
 for had they given indifcriruin;>t<:ly to every perfon who 
 foliated aid, liberal as the contributions of our lellow ci- 
 tizens were, they would have been productive of little 
 utiiity to thole who were really in need. 
 , The donations were certainly given for the relief of the 
 indigent lick, and for widows and orphans of this descrip- 
 tion ; but fuch was the mcannefs of foine polfelfed of con- 
 iidcrabk- property, and even proprietors of houfes, that 
 they too became applicants for part of a fund exclufively 
 intended for the relief of the helplefs. , r . ..-„ ; 
 
 It was fortunate that every individual of the Committee 
 were either natives of this city, or at leafl had a long time 
 refidedin it. They were, of courfc, generally qualified to 
 judge how far the tales of woe related by many of the ap- 
 plicants for charity were true. There were, however 
 numbers with whom they could not be acquainted, parti 
 cularly foreigners, who had only for a fhort time refided 
 in this country. H - ' f \f tfjf^^Jjiitf t%i^M r r » y 
 
 To afcertain the truth of their complaints, when they 
 appeared doubtful, the Committee had fcveral attendants, 
 part of whofc bulinefs it was to repair to the refpe&ivc re- 
 sidences of fuch applicants, to enquire into their circum- 
 ftances and to report accordingly. It was, likewile, the 
 duty of thefe perfons to vifit the indigcqt fick, to examine 
 into their fituations, to rcprefent their cafes, to relieve 
 their immediate wants out of money cntruftcd to them 
 for that purpofc, and in fhort to do every thing which tjacy 
 might be directed by the Committee, or their own pru- 
 dence might fusgeft, towards the mitigation of the fuffer- 
 ings of individuals, cr to flop the progrefs of the deadly 
 peftilcnce. 
 
 The fituation of thefe men was, no doubt, perilous in 
 the extreme ; but fuch was the goodnefs of Divine* Pro- 
 vidence, that out of eleven fo employed by the Health 
 Committee and the Health CommifiionerSj one only loft 
 his life, viz. Mr. Wynant Mitchell, whofe character can 
 be fummcd up in a very few words. He was an inuuftri- 
 ous, benevolent and honeft man, and has left a wife and 
 three children to lament his lofs. Mr. Munmouth Purr.y, 
 who volunteered in the fame Service iikewife fell a viclim 
 of his philanthropy. 
 
R1.I.1EI- OF THE POOR. 
 
 Gi 
 
 Having thus defcribed the manner in which ifce poor 
 were relieved througliout the city, it may not be improper 
 to dircft the attention of my readers to the fituation of the 
 poor prifoners in the Debtor's Apartment, or what is com- 
 monly called the New Gaol. The' di (order, which pre- 
 vailed more or lefs, in the city, likewiie in;i(tc its appear- 
 ance here : It, however, in a fhon time cniiiely fubhded, 
 owing in a great mcafure to the indefatigable itujuftry of 
 Mr. William W. Parker, the jailor, in cleaning and warn- 
 ing the different apartments, by which means the farther 
 fp reading of the infection was prevented. 
 
 The fuuation of the debtors at the commencement of 
 the general calamity afforded a piQure of diiirels and 
 horror fcarcely equalled by any thing we have hitherto 
 feen reprefented. Their number at hrft amounted to 163 
 and whilft others were enjoying advantages rcfulting from 
 the wholcfome lawsof the (late, thefe individuals were pent 
 up in the midft of peflilence, deprived of the privilege of 
 feeking their felf prcfervation, expofed to the unfatiated 
 revenge of individuals, and fcemed in every rcfpecl deli- 
 vered up as viciims to the malignancy of the common 
 enemy. 
 
 But the danger of infection was not the only evil to 
 which thefe unfortunate men were expofed ; for it is well 
 known that though a perfon confined for crimes is fupport- 
 ed by the ftate, a poor debtor has no other depender.ee 
 than on the benevolence of his friends and the charity of 
 the Humane Society : But upon the approach of this ge- 
 neral diftrefs, many of their friends, who would have wil- 
 lingly afTjfted them had fled, others were lick, and fever- 
 als n« doubt fo reduced by the gcner.il calamity as to be 
 fcarcely capable of fupporting them'el vs. In this fitua- 
 tion, therefore, not only peflilence, with fcarcely a proba- 
 ble chance of efcape, but alio famine flared them in the 
 face. 
 
 Their cafe was reprefented to the Committee by Mr. 
 Parker, and they were immediately fupplied with plenty 
 of provihons ; and this was Rom time to time repeated 
 during the exiftence of the fever, as often as their necefli- 
 ties feemed to require 1 . MbM)'. 
 
 But the prifoners were indebted to Mr. Parker for exer- 
 tions ofa different nature. By his perianal afiiduities— e- 
 
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 RELIEF OF THE POOR. 
 
 by hi'. "feeling reprcfentations to humane creditors, the 
 number of the prifoners, which, as I have already menti- 
 oned, amounted at firft to 163, were towards the clofe of 
 the diforder reduced, to 39, by which means their num- 
 bers were leflencd and consequently tJie danger. Nor was 
 his benevolence confined to perfonal exertions ; for he 
 not only in moll inftanccs facrificed his own exertions to 
 the general good, by relinquishing his fees, which were his 
 chief fupport, but in fcvcral inftanccs he did the duty of 
 others by contributing himfclf towards the payment of 
 lawyers fees, where they only detained the poor. 
 
 Such tender treatment, fuch humane care of indigent 
 and afflicted prifoners cannot be too highly applauded, and 
 whillt it is the lot of unfortunate individuals to be imprifon- 
 cd for debt, it muft be a great confolation to them to be 
 -placed under the care of a man poffefTed of fo much hu- 
 manity as Mr. Parker. Certainly fuch conduti ought to 
 be mentioned not only as a tribute of applaufe; but as a 
 ftimulus to others who may be fimilarly fituatcd, to do 
 the fame. In a word, Mr. Parker's treatment of his pri- 
 foners, whemknown, "will ever meet with the approbation 
 of all good citizens.* 
 
 1 fhall now conclude this article,with refpect to the poor, 
 by a few general observations. During the whole of this 
 calamitous period, fuch was the extraordinary liberality 
 of our fellow citizens in granting donations; and fuch the 
 unremitting attention of the Committee in diftributing 
 them, that notwithflanding the diftr'effed were by far more 
 numerous than at any previous period in this city; yet 
 there was no individual at a lofs for the necefTaries of life, 
 for medical aid, or for nurfes, provided the cafe was made 
 known to the Committee, Avho not only fat with unweari- 
 ed patience from morning to night to liften to the inceff- 
 ant applications of hundreds ; but as has been already ob- 
 ferved, had people employed to feek out for objects of 
 diftrefs. ' 
 
 * Part cf this, with refprft to Mr. Parker's humanity, arpwed in fome 
 . rFour public prints under an anonvmour, fignature ; but from fuch a fourcc 
 nothing can be averred with certainty. It, however, gives rne pleafure to 
 inform my readers, that from what I have learnt from gentlemen of .erac>;y, 
 who. rlnr.ng part of (his awful period were prifcr.ers ; no man couic have 
 ed better than Mr. Parser in fuch a fifnation. 
 
RELIEF OF THE TOOR. 
 
 . There is one clafs of diftreffcd objcfts, whom, as I 
 omitted to mention in the preceding pages it may not be 
 improper to introduce here, viz. the children of neceffi- 
 tous p'erions, whofe parents were cut off by death. Mr. 
 Mathew Carey, in his hiftory ofthe Malignant Fever preva ; 
 lent in Philadelphia in the year 1793, ohferves, that the 
 Bettcring-Houfe (Alms-Houfe) there, in which 'fuch help- 
 left objecls had been ufually placed, was- barred Sgainft 
 them ; " Many of thefc little innocents (fays he) were ac- 
 tually fufFering for want of even common ncccllkries. The 
 death of their parents and protettors, which fhould have 
 been the ftrongeft recommendation to public charity, was 
 the very reafon of their diftrefs, and of their being fhun- 
 ncd as a pestilence. The cafe, however, was widely dif- 
 ferent with us ; for no fooncr had the parents of thefe lit- 
 tle or.es expired, than if they were not taken care of by 
 fome of their friends or relations, there was always fome 
 pcrfons of humanity who would reprefent their cale to the 
 Committee, by whofe orders they were immediately re- 
 moved to a part in the Alms-Houfe appropriated to their 
 reception. 
 
 By the above remark, however, I would by no means 
 wifhtobe understood as throwing any reflection ugainit 
 the citizens of Philadelphia for being deficient in point of 
 humanity. On the contrary, many of the inhabitants dif- 
 played a benevolence and philanthropy which info awful a 
 period may be equalled, but never caji be furpaffed. But 
 the Yellozo Fever was at that time a new diforder, or at 
 Jeaft little known in the United States : anil terrific as it 
 really was, both in its appearance andeffect?, it (liil excited 
 more terror than was neceffary or juft. Hence in many 
 cafes humanity, friendfhip, parental and filial affection 
 were all fwallowed up in a regard to felf prefervation ; and 
 this will ever be the cafe in any country when an all de- 
 vouring pcflilcnce makes its ft rfl appearance. But in the 
 lad autumn the diforder was b* iter known, as it had re- 
 peatedly vifitcd fome of on r molt populous cities, and ex- 
 perience had fulficiently evinced, that fuch perfons as con- 
 fined themfelves to their houfes,vun little, if any greater 
 rifquc of infection than thofe who were constantly converfant 
 amongftthe fick. Hence, if it fhould be the Divine plea- 
 fure, that wc fhould again be vifitcd cither here or in any 
 
RELIEF OF -THE rOOIt. 
 
 Other place of the United State s, by this awful diforder, 
 its horrors will, in all probability, be greatly alleviated, 
 as few will be found fo timorous as to be unwilling to dif- 
 charge.the duties of humanity to the diftrefTed. 
 
 Before I conclude this article, I cannot help taking no- 
 tice of the diftrefs in which fome poor people were involv- 
 ed in confcquen.ee of the rigid maimer in which fome un- 
 feeling landlords have exacted their rents. Forgetful that 
 their poor tenants had been fick, that they had large fami- 
 lies and that they had been able to earn nothing during a 
 calamitous fcafon of three months, they notwithstanding 
 infilled on the immediate payment of the original ftipula- 
 ted bargain; In confequence of which, the little property 
 which thefc poor people poifefled were fold by the confta- 
 ble at vendue, and they cxpofed in confequence thereof 
 to the utmofl diftrefs. It was natural in this time of ge- 
 neral calamity for every unfortunate individual to look 
 up to the committee for relief j the donations, were in- 
 tended for the immediate exigence of the indigent and lick, 
 not for the payment of houfc-rent > for, liberal as they were^ 
 had the committee thought proper to appropriate them in 
 this manner, they would have fpcedily been abforbed in 
 fuch a maimer «s to fill the pockets of the rich, whilft. the 
 poor would have remained in the fame ftate of mifery and 
 diftrefs. 
 
 But whilft fome landlords acted with the utm oft rapa- 
 city, the conduft oC many was fuch as reflects the greateft 
 honour upon their characters. Of thefe fome forgave the 
 rent for one quarter altogether ; and others have confider- 
 ably indulged their tenants by procraitinating the 
 payment till fuch time as they fhould find it convenient. 
 Men of this laft defcription have the ineffable fatisfacUon 
 of having contributed to the relief of the diftreifcd, whilft 
 the former being aftuatcd by an infatiable defire of gain, 
 feek only for happinefs in their gold, which, it" they had 
 not been determined to be blind, they could have eafily 
 feen, would contribute very little towards relieving them 
 from Iheyelloxo fever or any other pe/lilential diforder. 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 Sept. 25. 
 
 ECEIVED from Walter Bowne, dols. 10 
 
 28. A Friend at Albany by the Mayor, 50 
 Bartholomew Cowan, 10 
 
 29. James Van Dyk, fen. 10 
 
 30. Mr. Henry Vanvalin, dols. 10 
 October 1. Fiom Mr. G. G. Bofett, 12 bottles fyrup of 
 
 vinegar, and 2 do. vinegar of four thieves. 
 From Mr. Delaunier, 6 bottles fyrup of vinegar 
 
 and 6 do. rafberry vinegar and 4 pots of 
 
 Weft India fweet meats. 
 From Mr. Hendrick Malton, of Poughkeepfie, 
 
 1 lamb and 6 fowls. 
 From a Gentleman of this city, Cafh dols. 50 
 
 2. Garret Vanhorn, 10 
 John Segar, 5 
 Bobncn Graves, by Aid. Coles, 100 
 Ifaac Torbofs, 1 barrel fuperfme flour. 
 
 3. John Jacob Lan'ing, MS dols. 25 
 A Friend, dire6ted to Aid. G. Furman, 30 
 Mr. John M'Vickar, 100 
 Mr. Thomas Lowndes, 40 loaves of bread. 
 The Inhabitants of the town of Weft-Chefter, 
 
 by Thomas Franklin and Doctor Seaman, 
 a cart load of herbs and roots.' 
 Captain Obadiah Congaf/iW dols. 10 
 
 A. B. by the hands of Mr. John Bogert, 20 
 Mr. Samuel Campbell, 4 large bagof potatoes^ 
 • • • ' 'beets,' <9rc, •''"MWRfff' t 
 
 Si Mr. Jofeph Rofe, 1 hogfiiead'of Molaffes. 
 4 MelfieursM'Comb, by Aid. T. Bogart,dols. 20. 
 The Rev. J. H. Livinglton, 50 bulhels of 
 potatoes, 1 cart load of turnips, cabba^s 
 .and ©th&r vegetable. , 
 1 
 
56 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 Qclsb. 4. Capt. Thomas Smith, '51 heads of cabbages^ 
 1 bafket of carrots, 2 bufhels turnips, rad- 
 difhes, thyme, Sec. 
 
 Mr. Ifaac Kibbe, by R. Underhill, 1 bbl.pork, 
 5. Mr. George Oofman, 90 fowls, 11 ducks, 
 20 lb. of butter, and dols 30. 
 
 A Citizen A. K. by M. B. to Alderman Beek- 
 * man. dols. 26. 
 
 A widow, by Aldr. De la Montanyc, dols. 5. 
 
 Mr. George Lindfay. dols. 30. 
 
 Mr. John P. Roomc,by G. Furman, dols. 10. 
 
 Ifaac L. Kipp. by do. P^rdols. 20. 
 
 The inhabitants of the town of Bergen by the 
 Rev. John Cornelilbn 8 fheep, 92 1 cabbages, 
 28 bags and 1 cart load of potatoes, 9 bags 
 and 1 cart load of apples, 21 fowls, 2 hams, 
 4 pieces of pork, 4 bags of flour, 10 lb. 
 of butter, 2 loads of pumpkins and dol. 1. 
 
 A Lady by Mr. J. Bogert. dols. 8. 
 
 6 Mr. Ephraim Hart, by G. Furman, dols. 25. 
 
 Meflrs. Thomas Pearlall and Son. dols. 100. 
 
 Mr. Andrew Morris, by G. Furman. dols. 50. 
 
 Mr. Alexr. M'Donald by;I. Bogert, dols. 10. 
 • n A Friend, by Aid. I. Bogert, dols. 10 
 
 Mr. Huybert Van Wagenen, dols. 50. 
 
 Meffrs. David Hunt, and John Holdron, at 
 Powles hook ferry, 80 fowls. 
 
 Mr. Dominick Lynch, 1 ox, 2 pigs, 2 lambs a 
 and 16 bufhels potatoes. 
 
 J. K. B. lent to the alms houfe, 44 fowls. 
 
 The inhabitants of Bergen point by Mr. C. 
 
 Reuellhonmes 20 bufhels of potatoes, about 
 50 cabbages, fome carrots and pumpkins. 
 
 The inhabitants of the town of Rahway by 
 Mr. William Shotwell 3 barrels, and 1 cwt. 
 Indian meal, 3 do. rye meal, 23 fheep and 
 lambs, 366 fowls, 58 and a half bufhels of 
 apples, 20 ducks, 20 pumpkins, 1 barrel of 
 . vinegar, 163 bufhels potatoes, 2 barrels 
 corn, fome beets, ftraw and catnip. 
 
 The Inhabitants of the town of Flufhing, by 
 Meflicurs Effingham Embree and Abraham 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 OHob. 6. Franklin, 26 fheep. 78 fowls, 37 bufhels of 
 potatoes, 16 bhls. Indian meal, 5 do flour, a 
 quantity of vegetables, draw, catnip and &c. 
 alfo, the following, directed to the Mayor, 
 45 fheep, 74 buffi, potatoes, 87 fowls, 2 1 bis. 
 Indian meal, 8 barrels rye meal, 4 barrels of 
 flour, 4 barrels apples and 85 cabbages. 
 
 8. Flaman Ball, Efq. by the Mayor, dols. 10 
 Mr. William Williams, by G. Furman, 30 
 The Congregation and Inhabitants at the 
 
 Scotch Plains, Elfex county, Mate of New- 
 Jerfey, by the Rev. Mr. Vanhorn and Je- 
 dediah Swan, Efq. 3 barrels of Indian meal, 
 43 bufhels ©f potatoes, 6 fheep and lambs, 
 38 fowls, 18 cabbages, % cwt. rye meal, 7- 
 lb. pork, and 10 pumpkins. 
 
 The Inhabitants of the city of Albany, part of 
 a donation advifed of before 7 doz. bottles 
 of caftor oil, by Mr. Thomas Eddy. 84 bar- 
 rels of flour, 1 do. rye, 1 bag fuperhne do. 
 i barrel of pork, 1 bag of beans, 3 calks po- 
 tatoes, a chec fes, and 3 pair of ffioes, by 
 Mr. Barrent Bleecker. 
 
 The Inhabitants of the town of Troy, by Mr. 
 E. Morgan, 5 barrels prime pork, 1 do. 
 mefs beef, 14 do. flour, 1 do. middlings, 1 
 do. Indian meal, 1 do cheefe, 1 do. lhad, 
 5 firkins and 2 tubs of butter. 
 
 The Inhabitants of Pleafant Valley, town of 
 Clinton, Duchefs county, by Meilieurs John 
 Wood, Jacob R. Duryce, and William Ely, 
 4 barrels Indian meal, 42 lb. of butter, 8 
 cheefes, 13,8 fowls, 3 turkeys, 2 ducks, 3 
 fheep, 30 lb. of pork, 1 bag of corn and a 
 parcel of potatoes. 
 
 9. The Inhabitants of the city of Huclfon, by 
 
 Thomas Jenkins, Efq- Mayor, directed to 
 Mr. R. IJnderhill, 18 barrels rye meal, 8 
 do. Indian meal, 1 do. bcajis, 3 do. wheat 
 flour, 1 do. herbs, 26 fheep, 12 cheefes, 3 
 hams, 24 bufliel of potatoes, 7 bottles caf- 
 tor oil, 2 cords of wood and 8 fowls. 
 
68 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 Ottob. 9 The Inhabitants of the town of Fifhkill, by 
 WWefTieurs Jofeph Jackfon, W. B. Ver- 
 planck, and John Drake, Jun. 184 fowls, 
 83 bufhels potatoes, 63 cabbages, 50 lb. of 
 beef, 3 bufhels of corn, 15 fheep and lambs, 
 5 turkeys, 2 barrcis Indian meal, 55 lb. of 
 pork, 1 load of wood, 1 barrel of cyder, 
 4 cheefes, 30 bufhels of apples, 20 lb but- 
 ter, 3 hams, 41-2 bufhels wheat, 41 lb. of 
 flour, 8 ducks, and calh, 71 dols. 37 cents. 
 The Inhabitants of the town, of Fifhkill, 
 by Mcliieurs Dan. C. Vcrplanck and Mar- 
 tin jWiltz, 30 fheep, 2 pigs, 123 fowls, 1 
 turkey, 98 bufhels potatoes, 3 bufhelJ and 
 
 2 barrels apples, 1 barrel rye-meal, 31-2 
 bufhels Indian meal, 1 5 pound butter, 3cwt. 
 flour, and x barrel do. with dols. 57 and 
 
 lifciM 1 "'«i* ;t 'Jst*JE)rfi4*te*i**^W #'Wtof*l} «. 2 5 cents - 
 The Inhabitants of the town of Poughkeepfie, 
 
 Wafliington and Standford, by Meffieurs 
 
 Wm. ifmmot and James Bramble, 8 cheefes, 
 
 13 fheep and lambs, 40 1-2 bufhels and a 
 
 parcel potatoes, 18 cabbages, 1-2 bufliel 
 
 beans, 12 do. beets, 6 lb. bacon, 42 fowls, 1 
 
 ham, 4 bufh. wheat, 1 tub and 1 pot butter, 
 
 3 bbls. Indian meal, 1 do. rye, 5 do. flour, 
 2 do. apples, 1 load of wood, 2 turkeys, 1 
 bufhel corn, 1 do. rye, with 50 cents cafh. 
 
 Mr. Jacob Sherred, by Alder. G. Furman, 
 
 dols. 50. 
 
 Mr. Cuffy Cerf, by do. ui dols. 5. 
 
 The inhabitants of the town of P^ughkephe 
 by Capt. Abel Smith, 57 fheep, 1 ox, 1 
 heifer, 3 cheefes, 2 barrels Indian meal, 
 2 do. flower, 2 loads wood, 24 bufhels 
 potatoes, and a parcel of pork. 
 
 The Gentlemen Boarders at New Utrecht 
 Mount, by Mr. J Pater, inclofed to Aid. 
 G. Fin man, dols. 81. 
 
 The inhabitants of the townfnip of New Ut- 
 recht, by Meflrs. Simon Cortclyou, Aurt. 
 Van Pelt, and William Cropley, 6 fheep, 
 
DONATIONS. I9 
 
 OEtob. 9. 159 bufhels potatoes, 30 clo. apples, 124 
 fowls, 140 cabbages, 350 eggs, 2 1-2 cwt. 
 rye meal, 4 bufhels turnips, 1 barrel (had, 
 2 gecfc, with a parcel of pumkins. 
 10 Mr. A. B. at Norfolk by Mr. David Harriod, 
 
 f >?■ ^MbBB^^^I^^^S^ dols. 5 
 
 An afflicted widow, by the Mayor, dols. 20 
 Mr. Archabald Gifford, Newark, an excellent 
 
 fide of beef 370 lbs. 
 Meffrs. J. and N. Remmey, 162 pieces of 
 
 earthen-ware. 
 The inhabitants of the town of Schcnactady 
 
 1 barrel of pork, 2 hhds, and 1 tierce with 
 
 2 loads of potatoes, 38 bufhels of peafe, 1 
 bag of beans, 1 barrel of onions, 2 do. flour, 
 and 8 pumpkins. 
 
 Mr. John Goodcve, 1 waggon load potatoes, 
 turnips, cabbages, beets, carrots and rad- 
 difhes. 
 
 The Inhabitants of New Baltimore, county of 
 Albany, 4 bags of flour, 2 do. rye meal, 
 and 2 loads of wood. 
 11. Mr. Jofhua Waddington, by Mr. W. Bayard. 
 
 dols. 150 
 
 Mr. Henry Waddington, 100 
 Mr. Herman Le Roy, 100 
 Mr. William Bayard, 100 
 Mr. Henry Seaman, by Aid. Coles, 50 
 Charles Roach, Efq. (of Newtown, L. I.) 2 
 hams, a parcel of onions and parfley, with 
 cafh, dols. ist 
 
 The Inhabitants of the weftern diflrict of 
 Newton, by Charles Roach, Efq. 6c bufh- 
 els potatoes, 12 do. turnips, 12 do. apples, 
 2 do. onions, 1 cwt. rye meal, 3 do. Indian, 
 2 bafkets beans, 2 quarters of beef, 6 fheep, 
 with a parcel of cabbage, pumkins, and 
 • : . 1 , . beets. 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Fox, (Brooklyn, L. I.J by Mr. 
 
 Watkiesj dols. 5 
 
 The Inhabitants of the town of Coxfakie, by 
 '. > Leonard Bronk, and Robert Burrcl, Efq. 
 
7° 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 Octal. 11. 2jfhcep, no bufhels of potatoes, io do. 
 
 whea^ io do. rye, 34 fowls, 70 1-2 lb. of 
 fork, 161-2 lb. of butter, 3 1-2 bufhels 
 corn, 3 1-2 do. beam, 1 barrel (had, 1 do. 
 wheat, 114 lb wheat flour, with a quantity of 
 vegetables and cafh, dols. 1 1 
 
 Mr. James Stuart, 20 doz. 6d. loaves of bread. 
 
 12. Mr. John Town of Hobocken ferry, 100 
 
 very excellent cabbages. 
 Mr. Thomas Cauticr of Bergen point, to 
 
 Aid. I. Bogcrt, 50 cabbages, 2 bags wheat 
 
 flour, and 5 bags potatoes. 
 Mr. John Angus, of the city of Penh Amboy, 
 
 1 cart load of potatoes, 2 doz. cabbages, 
 
 with fomc raddilhes and herbs. f" dols. 
 
 Mr: Pafcal N. Smith, by Aid. G. Furman, 30 
 Mr. Jarvis's porter-room, 80 
 
 13. The Gentleman Boarders at Mrs. Anthony's, 
 
 at Col. Willet's place, Coerlcars hook, by 
 .Mr. Nathaniel Bloodgood, dols. 50 
 
 Mr. Daniel Babcock, by Dr. KifTam, 100 
 Mr. George Rem fen, 9 very good fhcep. 
 
 14. Mr. Thomas Buchannan, 2 bbls. oatmeal, 
 
 and cafh, dols. 100 
 
 A. G.-of £liz. Town, by Aid. G. Furman, 10 
 J. N. S. ditto by do. 10 
 
 The Society of Caldwell parifh, New- Jerfey, 
 by Thadeus RufTel, and John Corby, 135 
 fowls, 3 bags potatoes, 1 bag quinces, and 
 1 tub of butter. 
 The Inhabitants of Elizabeth town, by Jona- 
 , than Hampton, Efq. 1 bbl. cyder, 6 bufhels 
 apples, 4 bufhels potatoes, 1 bufhel beets, 1 
 bufiiel carrots, fukory, horfe raddifh, and 
 fome turnips, with dols. 20 
 
 The Inhabitants of Newtown, L. I. by Dr. Ri- 
 chard Lawrance, directed to Alderman G. 
 Furman, 20 bufhels Indian meal. 35 bufhels 
 potatoes, 8 cabbages, 1 bafket beets, 10 
 pumpkins, 7 1-2 bufh. of apples, and 1 cwt. 
 fine flour. 
 
 Elizabeth town, N. J. by Elias Dayton, Efq. 
 1 keg rice, 4 cheefes. 2 bags meal, 5 loads 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 Qtiob. 14. potatoes, 1 load of cabbages, 8 fheep, 1 
 load apples, 1 load pumkins, 30 bunches, 
 onions, fome loofe beets, 3 quarters mut- 
 ton, 1 piece of beef, 4 pieces of pork and 4 
 bundles herbs. 
 16. The Inhabitants of Lanfingburgh, by Mr. Ezra 
 Hitchcock, and forwarded by Mr. Henry 
 r. WyckofF, directed to the Mayor, dols. 175 
 The Gentlemen boarding at Mr. Tyler's, 
 prefented by Wm. Robinfon, dols. 100 
 Mr. Manaflah Salter, by Aid. I. Bogert, 50 
 Mr. Sigifimund, Hugget, by Aid. Furman, 25 
 Mr. Alex. Peacock, 1 waggon load potatoes, 
 and dols. 10 
 
 John Watts, Efq. 1 fat ox, 4 fat fheep, and 4 
 
 bbls. Indian meal. . 
 The Inhabitants of the North-eaft part of 
 the town of North- Eaft, and the South-eaft 
 part of the town of Livingfton, by James 
 Winchel, Martin E. Winchel, and Thomas 
 Haywood, their committee, 196 fowls, 17 
 cheefes, 2 bufhels corn, 20 bufh. potatoes, - 
 
 1 tub butter, 1 lamb; alfo by Captain 
 North, 46 fowls, 11 ducks, 5 turkies, 1 
 bufhel dried apples, 1 piece of pork, 8 bufh- 
 els of potatoes, 1 bbl. do. 20 cabbages, 18 
 lb. butter, 1 ham. dols. 3 75 cents. 
 
 The town of Fifhkill, by Wm. B. Verplank, 
 Jofeph Jackfon, and John Drake, jun. their 
 committee, 12 fheep, 33 bufhels potatoes, 
 
 2 do. apples, 70 fowls, 4 turkeys, 3 ducks, 
 2 lb. butter. 
 
 The town of Beekman, 1 cwt. wheat flour, 
 1 cheefe, 6 lb. butter, 38 fowls, 26 bufhels 
 potatoes, 451b. rye meal. 
 
 Newton (L. I.) by Siman Rcmfen, 14 bbls. 
 indian meal, 1 fine do. 2 bbls wheat flour, 
 41 fowls, 95 bufhels potatoes, 21 do. ap- 
 ples, 32 cabbages, 6 lb. butter, and a quan- 
 tity of pumkins, and dols. 15 
 
 Rhinebeck and Clinton towns, Dutchcfs coun- 
 ty, by Wm. RadclifF, Evcrardus Bojardu?, 
 
 1 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 1 6. Hans Rienftend and Cyrus Hart, their com- 
 mittce, a heads of cattle, 59 fhcep, 356 
 fowls, 246 bufhels potatoes, 161-2 bufhcls 
 turnips, 29 pumkins, 21 cabbages, 15 bar- 
 rels apples, 16 bufhels do. 1 bufhel rye, 1 
 pig, 131b. butter, 2 bbls. middling, 5 pieces 
 pork, 6 barrels flour, 2 turkeys, 19 bufhels 
 corn, 61-2 loads wood, 4 barrels rye meal, 
 6 cheefes, 2 bufhels flour, 2 do. buckwheat, 
 1 barrel indian meal, 2 1-4 cwt and 1 2 tierce 
 rice, 1 tub butter, 2 bufhels wheat, 2 geefc, 
 27 dols. 84 cents, and an order on Thomas 
 Maul, Efq. from A Marwreller for dols. 10 
 
 17. Frederic Guion, New Rochelle, directed to 
 
 Nicholas Carmer, 2 bis. indian meal, 2 bis* 
 and 2 bags potatoes, 1 bbl. vinegar. 
 
 Newark, directed to Nicholas Carmer, pota- 
 toes, pumkins, apples, indian meal, fowls, 
 24 pairs of (hoes, and dols. 3, cents 56 
 
 Mr. Abraham Labagh, by Mr. Samuel Bur- 
 row, , dols. 15 
 
 David Hunt, of Powlcs Hook, 8 bufhels po- 
 tatoes, 300 carrots, 50 cabbages. i5pum- 
 kins- 
 
 South part of Newton, forwarded by Garret 
 H. Van Waggcnan, 73 bufhels potatoes, 16 
 bufhels apples, 11 1-2 cwt. indian meal, 2 
 barrels do. 27 cabbages, 14 pumkins, 3 quar- 
 ters beef, 1 fheep, 33 lb. fait beef, 3 fowls, 
 
 dols. 10 
 
 Mr. John Turner jun. dols. 50 
 
 9. Mr. John Dennis jun. of N. Brunfwick, dols. 5 
 
 The inhabitants of Bergen, by the Rev. John 
 Coinelifon, 17 bags meal, dols. 93, cents 62 
 
 Staten Ifland, a collection made by the Rev. 
 Richard Moore, rector of St. Andrews 
 church, Richmond, by Mr. John M'Vickar, 
 direttcd to alderman G. Furman, dols. 100 
 
 Capt. Leonard Davis, Poughkeepfie, 24 bufli. 
 potatoes, 4 cheefes, 2 fheep, 1 bag flour, 
 9 fowls, and 11 cabbages. 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 72 
 
 Oftob. 19. A fmall number of the inhabitants of Phillip's 
 town, Dutchcfs county, by their committee, 
 ohn Lecklcy, and jofhua Morton, 3 tubs 
 utter, 8 or 10 buihels fauce, 8 fowls, and 
 1 bag indian meal. 
 The inhabitants of the tow n of Claverack. and 
 Hudfon. forwarded by S. Edwards, Efq. 
 4 barrels rye (lour, 1 1-2 barrels wheat flour, 
 3 1-2 barrels indian meal, 47 bufhcls pota- 
 toes, 1 bufhel carrots, 3 Iheep, 15 fowls, 
 30 pumkins, 1 barrel beans, 1 ham, fome 
 cabbages, Sec. 
 The Mechanic fociety of Hudfon, forwarded 
 by Samuel Wigton, their lecretary, 20 
 fheep. 
 Peter Remfen, 1 Iamb. 
 
 The inhabitants of the town of Kinderhook, 
 forwarded by Nicholas Kettle, "Hendrick 
 A Van Dyck, John J. Van Alftyne, Ifaac 
 Vanderpelt, and Cornelius Silvefter, their 
 committee, 84 bufliels potatoes, 8 flieep, 
 30 fowls, 13 barrels meal, 1 Itear, and 
 
 dols. 39 
 
 An unknown perfon, dols. 20 
 
 The inhabitants of Connecticut farms, by Mr. 
 Jonas Wade, a quantity of vegetables and 
 15 fowls. 
 
 A gentleman of New- York, who during the 
 ficknei's, reuded in New- Jerfey, by Aid. G. 
 Furman, dols. 100 
 
 Captain Brown, of the floop Maria, from 
 Peekfkill, 1 load potatoes, 3 tubs butter, 2 
 cabbages, 8 fowls, 1 bag indian meal. 
 Mcffrs. John and Jofeph Stevenfon, and Dr. 
 White, from the fhip Sarah, captain Cow- 
 
 per, 4 flieep, and 4 pigs. 
 Sir John Temple, by Mr. Salter, dols. 50 
 
 Mr. John Writes, dols. 2 
 
 Mr. Jk-dediah Olcott, dols. 3 
 
 Mr. Bryan Little, dols. 5 
 
 Mr. John M'Leod, dols. 10 
 
 Mr. Collin GiKefpic, dols. 50 
 
Olhb. ig. i i.<_ irjii:i>iijnta or Sheneclady, dircflcu to tlic 
 
 • i , m Wj f \ iX'n. clols - 433 
 
 The inhabitants of thn upper pail of the town 
 
 ol RhirfclJeck, Dutchefe county, forwarded 
 Ly c; ptaiu IlLtac Stoutehburgi),- junr. 3 bar- 
 rels rye Hour, 16 fheep, 161 buflicls potatoes, 
 
 3 hog:, 123 (o*»ls, 36 buftiels of apples, 45 
 cabbages, 7 1-2 bu.'hcL turnips, 7, gcefe, 
 i hhd. vinegar, 1 {'at cow, 4 load wood, 53 
 11). bacon, an i dols. 121, cts. 70 
 
 A few of the inhabitants of lieekinan town, 
 Dutchcfs county, 42 fowls, 1 iheep, 3 tur- 
 keys, 61b. butter, 7 cabbages, 22 bufhcU 
 potatoes, and 2 chcefes. 
 
 Cai t. Abihu Fiiikham of Hudfon, 1 barrel 
 Hour. 
 
 The town of Charlefton, county of Saratoga, 
 forwarded by Thomas Brown, Alexander 
 Gilchriit, Henry Cael, jun. Afhcr Cook, 
 and John Taylor, their,committee, 11 bar- 
 rels Hour, and 5 firkins butter. 
 
 A number of the inhabitants of Jamaica, (L. 
 I.) by Eliphalet Wicke , Efq. directed to 
 the mayor, dols. 400, cts. 17 
 
 32 An abfent citizen on Long llland, G. F. 
 
 dols. 20 
 
 Dirck Tea Brock, Efq. 20 fat (beep. 
 
 The town of Franklin, Dutchcfs county, by 
 Meflrs. Matthew Paterfon, Samuel Towner, 
 George Burtch, Jofhua Nicherfon, and Sa- 
 muel Cornwell, their committee, 34 fat 
 fheep. 
 
 Michael Price, by Alderman G. Furrr.an, 
 
 dols. 50 
 
 Mr. James Arden,by do. dols. 20 
 
 / The towns of Pawling and Beekman, Dutchels 
 
 county, 17, bufhels potatoes, \q 1-4 do. rye 
 and corn, 2 do onions, 3 cheeks, s£ fowls, 
 
 4 i-2lb. butter, 1 bag Hour, 2 pkxes pork, 
 and 10 cabbages. 
 
 A part of the inhabitants of the town of Book- 
 man, Diuchefs county, by MeCr?. JeiTe 
 
D O N A T I O K S. 
 
 75 
 
 Oclob. 22. Oakley, Hczekiah Collin, Martinus Ove- 
 rocker, Samuel An ftin Barker, o. l jnfe-jh 
 Porter their committee, 4 barrels wheat flour, 
 a do. indian meal, l do. rye do. l i (beep, 
 72 buflicls potatoes, 6 do. wheat, 12 do. 
 corn, 21 i-i do. buckwheat, 3 do. rye, 17 
 checfes, 38 fowls, 1 turkey, 2 pig>, 2ll>. 
 butter, 1-2 bufhel turnips, 721b. buckwheat 
 meal, 2olb. fait pork, with dols 3, cts. 50 
 The parifh of Springfield, New Jeriey, by 
 Win. Steele, ETq. Mr. Denman, Major 
 Woolley, and Mr. Smith, their committee, 
 1 fat cow, 4fatfhcep, 106 fowls, 4 dftcks, 
 
 1 bag buckwheat meal, 75 bufsrels potatoes, 
 
 2 do. turnips, 2d0.com, 2 do. apples, gi 
 pumkins, 30 cabbages, arid fonie" beets, 
 
 A lady, by Aid. Ecekman, dols. 25 
 
 Mr. Thomas Tom, by Mr. Nathaniel Blood- 
 good dols. 30 
 
 An unknown friend, 2 doz. bottles caftor oil, 
 and dols. 40 
 
 Johns Town, Montgomery county, by Rich- 
 ard Dodge, Wnp.Egan and James M'Donald, 
 .^^'JL' , dols. 60, cts. 55 
 
 The city of Albany, by the Rev. John Eafiios 
 to the mayor, balance of their donatk>s. r 
 * dols. 417, ets. 53 
 24 Fart of the inhabitants of the town of Clinton, 
 Butchefs county, 11 fheep, 140 fowls, * 
 turkeys, 28 loads of wood", '8 buflicls of 
 corn, 50 do. potatoes, 3 do. Apples, 4 do. 
 rye, 2 do. buckwheat, a barrels flour, t do. 
 rye meal, 1 1-2 do. indian meal, 11 pieces 
 pork, with 3 checfcc. 
 The inhabitants of Buffiwick, (L. I.) by Pctcr 
 I. Schenk, and John Skiilman, Efqrs. 42 
 bafhclsindian meal, 143 do. potatoes, 44 do. 
 turnips, 149 1-2 do. apples, 120 cabbages, 
 36 pumkins, 16 fowls, 21b. butter, aolb. 
 pork, 100 do rye meal. 1 fmall bundle of 
 tea, and dob. 38, cts. 75 
 
 A friend, by T. B. 25 cent*. 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 Oclob. 24. The inhabitants of Fifhkill, 1 load potatoes, 6 
 fowls, 8 cabbages, and 1 roll of butter. ' 
 
 The inhabitants of Union village, in Armenia 
 town, Dutchefs county, by Mr. Solomon 
 Hitchcock, 2 barrels wheat flour. 2 do. 
 rye, 17 checks, 1 bufhel wheat, 2 do. corn, 
 2 do. potatoes, and dols. 6, cts. 25 
 
 Enos Nathrop, Efq. of Wafhington town, £ 
 bufhcls potatoes, and 2 do. com. 
 
 A Lady of Rhinebeck by Capt. Peter I. B. 
 Meyers, one fat cow, 8 barrels Dour and 
 
 dols. .53. 
 
 Mr. James Thompfon of this city 16 blankets 
 and 16 green rugs. 
 27 The inhabitants of Kingfton Ulfter county 
 by Peter Mauris Given, Peter Vander Lyn, 
 Tarch De Wilt, Jeremiah Dubou and Sam- 
 uel Fieers, on board of capt. Willinm Swait, 
 who generoufly gave the freight of all the 
 dona'ions fent by him, 107 1-2 bufhels tur- 
 nips and potatoes, 3 barrels apples, 2 do. 
 flour, 5 do. buckwheat meal, 9 do. rye 
 meal, 7 1-2 bufhels indian corn, 10 1-400. 
 buckwheat, 2 1-2 do. rye, 5 1-2 <;o. wheat, 
 8 fheep, 29 loads of woo ,and 36 fowls. 
 
 The inhabitants of Marble Town by capt Wil- 
 liam Swan 40 1-2 bufhels potatoes, 212 do. 
 wheat, 2 barrels rye: meal, 3 barrels flour, 5 
 do. buckwheat Meal, 1 do- indian meal, and 
 1 bag buckwheat. 
 
 The Town of Rochefter bv the fame convey, 
 ance 1 bbl. middlings, and » bufhels apples, 
 
 The Town of Hurley, by the fame forwarded, 
 by Mefl'rs. Cornelius Elting, Richard Ten 
 Eyck, and Cornelius .Newkirk 3 bufLeis 
 
 * wheat, 3 do. rye, 16 go. jcorn, 45 dp. pota- 
 toes, 16 do. turnips, 5 barrels flour, 1 . 
 and 1 cafk apples. 
 
 The inhabitants of Schenectady 20 barrels 
 flonr, 1-2 barrel beef, 1 hogfhead and 2 bar- 
 rels patatoes, 22 cheefes. 
 
 General Gordon, near Albany a barrels flour. 
 
D O N A T I O N 5. 77 
 
 OTiil. 27. Flatbufh (L. I.) by judge Lott and John Van- 
 derbilt Efq. 3 bag* indian meal, 3 00. rye. 1 
 pecjc of beans, 1 pig of 70 pound, 41 bulhels 
 turnips, 140 do. potatoes, • 3 do. apples, 12 
 fowls, 36 cabbages, and 100 pumpkins. 
 From Col. Aquilla Ciles, at Flatbufh, 101 dols. 
 colle&ed from the following perfons . — 
 
 Aquilla Giles, dols. 25 
 
 Charles tlarkfon, . 10 
 
 Peter Strykcr, 10 
 R. MariHen, 10 
 John Nagct, 5 
 John Coiteiyou, 5 
 Samuel Garrc'ton, 5 
 ji Adrian Martifen, 5 
 Michael Striker, - 5 
 
 A Lady, 5 
 Phcbe LcfFerts. 4 
 Win. B. Gilford, 2 
 Adrian Mortifen, jun. 2 
 Adrian Mortifen, 1 
 John Bennum 1 
 Frederic Cleveland, 2 
 " - j ; D'oFtor Beek, . 2 
 Jacob Lefferts. 2 
 General Horatio Gates, by Aid. Coles, 50 
 Capt. Henry Trcdwell, by Mr. }. Provoft 25 
 Mr. Archibald Grade by Aid. Coles. 50 
 Mr. Hugh Zindon, by Aid. Bogtrt, 2 
 Sundry inhabitants of Fredcrictown, Dutchefs 
 county, by Mclfieurs Oonfider Cufhmon, 
 and Rowland Bailey, 2 bbls. flour, 1 do. rye 
 meal, 72 fowls, 1 tub butter, i cheele, 7} bulh- 
 cl, com, and 12 cabbages. 
 Robert R. Livingflon, pfClefcpiont, Dutchefs 
 county, 2 very excellent fat cattle, 5 fheep, 
 and <iols. 20 
 
 Mrs. Stevens. Clermont, 20 
 Sundry inhabitants of Clermont, 8 bufhels pota- 
 toes, 2 1-2 do. com, 1 1-2 do. 'wheat, 19 1-2 
 do potatoes, 3 do. turnips, 1 do. wheat, 4 
 do. buckwheat, 8 do. corn, 1 ham, 2a 1-2 
 budie!, buckwheat, 13 do rVe 3 17 1-2 d#. 
 
DONATION S. 
 
 Otlcb. 27. corn, 23 1.2 do. potatoes, 14 fowl*. 10 lb. or 
 pork, and dols. 20, *o.c'cnts. 
 
 The village of Pleafant Valley, by,Mr. keipy 
 Walters, 1 bbl. rye meal, 141-2 bufliels pota- 
 toes, 12 do. turnips, 14 fowls, 12 cabbage*,!.* 
 bufhel dried apples, and 1-2 do. buckwheat. 
 The town of Florida, Montgomery county, by 
 MwfEeurs Stephen Reynolds, D. Csriy, Dani- 
 el M'Mafter and Chriftian Service, to the 
 Mayor, on board of Capt. James Moore, 54 
 dollars, with the farther fum of 52 dollars 
 . , and 32 cents, being the nett proceeds of 54 
 bufhcls of wheat, fold by Capt. Moore. — 
 Alfo. from fevcral citizens of Albany, by the 
 fanr- conveyan ce, being the nett proceeds of 
 10 bufhdj wheat, dols. 9, 68 cents. 
 
 4 bufhels of rye, 2 do. corn, 6 do. potatoes 
 and 1 do. turnips. 
 
 Mr. Mofcs Rogers, by Aid. Coles, dols. 50 
 
 Thos. Macanals, Efq. by the Mayor, 50 
 
 Sundry inhabitant, of Throgneck, Wcflcheltcr 
 county, forwarded by Mr. Robert- Heaton, 
 35 bulhels potatoes, b" do. turnips, 9 do. ap- 
 ples, 59 cabbages, 1 bbl. vinegar; 2 pieces of 
 
 . pork,o fheep and 1 quarter of beef. 
 
 The confutory of the Reformed Dutch Church 
 in Albany, being the amount of a collection 
 made in (aid church, tranfmitled by the Rev. 
 Mr. Bairett, to the Mayor, dols. 246 
 
 A Citizen of New- York at Albany, by the 
 Mayer, dels. 25 
 
 Cozen Rycrfs, Efq. Siatcn I Hand, 2 fheep, 10 
 bnflids potatoes, 6 do. turnips, and 25 pum- 
 kinr, addreiTed to Aidcrruan Coles. 
 
 The inhabitants of Dutcbcfs count}', by MrfiYs. 
 30 William Emir.ot, John Mott, James Bramble, 
 Zephaniah Piatt, <k Solomon Sutherland. Efq? « 
 of the town of Stanford. 5 bbls. rye meal, 1 do. 
 Indian meal, 1531b. of pork, 12 bufbels pota- 
 rc es 3 1-2 do. corn, j tierce potatoes, 1 tub 
 butter, 6 cheeles, and Zepheaiah Piatt and 
 
 5 lomon Sutherland, Efqs. caeii 4 quarters 
 of beef. J 
 
DONATIONS. ?v 
 
 QZoh. 30 Failings town. Dutchefs county, 12 bufhelj 
 potatoes, 3 1-2 do. corn. 
 Poughkeephe, Dutchefs county, 61 bufhcls 
 waeat, 6 1-2 do. corn, 3 do. rye, 49 cheeles, 
 1 bbl. rye meal, 1 pot and 1 firkin butter, 1 
 do. pork, 8 fowls, 10 buihels potatoes, 2 
 iheep and fomc beets. 
 The towns of Flat'ands and Gravefend, Kings 
 county, L. I. by Henry L Lott, and John 
 Gurritfon, Elq. i3o buihels, potatoes, iisr- 
 nipo and apples, 35 fowls, 4 bags Indian, 
 meal, 1 1 lb. of butter and 50 cabbages. 
 Mr. Benj. Strong, by Aid. G. Furman, dols. 25 
 Mr. John Poft, by T. B. 30 
 Jeremiah Vanderbilt, Efq. of Brooklyn, h. I. 
 one fat (boat, 6 bufhels, potatoes, 6 do. tur- 
 nips, i bag of apples arid 20 cabbages. 
 The conuftory of the church of Orange town, 
 in Rockland county, n 1-2 cu t: rye meal, 
 77 bufhels potatoes, 6 do. apples, 1050 wt. 
 Indian meal, 300 wt. buckwheat meal, 16 
 loads of wood, 107 pumkins, 12 cabbages, 
 and vi-Ui dols. 100, 72 cents. 
 • ; Mr. Lemuel Wells, by Aid. G. Furmau, 
 
 dols.50 
 
 Nov. 2. German town, Columbia county, by Mr. Phi- 
 lip Rockfcllcr,, and James Kent, their com- 
 mittee, 30 bufhels potatoes, 12 do. buck- 
 wheat, 8 do. corn, 4 do. rye and 12 cab- 
 bages. 
 
 tyj&^Carmel town, Dutchefs county, by Mefficufs 
 John Crane, Devou Bailey and Michael 
 Vandcvoort, their committee, 1 bbl. iiour, 
 44 fowls, 4 bbls. rye meal, 9 do. buckwheat 
 meal, 3 cheefes, 34 bufhels potatoes, 2 Uiccji, 
 28 fowls, 2 bbls. Indian ineal, 1 do. buck- 
 wheat meal, 1 cwt. do. lcwt. fiour, 1 c\.i. 
 of rye-meal, and 1 idol.: 
 The inhabitants of Ryencck by Meflrs. Samuel 
 Deal, and Theophilus Manclis, 1 fat ftecr, 1 
 fide of beef, 2 •bbls. of flour, to do. indian 
 meal, 2 do. vinegar, 3 3" buihels potato, s, i 
 
DONATIONS: 
 
 fat flicep, 14 fowls, a load of wood, fome cab- 
 b««csand dolls. 18 
 
 Henry Cruder, Ef(j. by Aid. G. Furman, 50 
 
 The inhabitants of Shelter iftand, Suff olk Coun- 
 . ty, by Col. Sylveftcr Dering, iranfmitted to 
 the mayor, dolls. 50 
 
 A man by J. Cole>, 50 
 
 Mr. John Stapples, of New Rochelle, by Mr. 
 Caimcr, dolls. 20 
 
 The inhabitants of the town of Mamaonick, by 
 Mr. John Delancey. 54 buihels potatoes, 24 
 do. inciian meal, 20 do. spples, 2 do. buck- 
 wheat, 26 fowls, lbbl. of flour, 1 2 do rye- 
 ineal, 2 do. vinegar, 5 fheep, 65 cabbages, 
 and ic, punikins. 
 
 Jo'" ; ': Carpenter, h'.l'q. of I Isrrifon's purchafe 
 Weft Chefter county, by Mr. John Nor- 
 man, dolls. 6 
 
 Mr. Johnfon Tuttlc, of Newark, N. Jerfcy, di- 
 rected to Mr. Ezekiel Robins, dolls. 50 
 
 A friend to the poor, 7 jacketts, 1 1 pairs of trow- 
 fcrs, 6 womens petticoats, 2 fhort gowns, and 
 1 cbilds frock. 
 
 Several parifhes in Suffolk county, by Henry 
 Jeering, Efq. of Sagg Harbour : — 
 The parilh of Bridgehampton, 
 
 dolls. 18 75 cents. 
 The parifh of Eaft- Hampton, 
 
 dolls. 40 59 cents. 
 
 The parifh of the port of Sag Harbour, 
 
 dols. 60 66 cents. 
 
 The parifli of Weft-Hampton, by Capt. Joliah 
 Howel, tranfmitted to the mayor, 
 
 dolls. 1 1 68 cents. 
 
 A Lady inclofed to Aid. G. Furman, dolls. i» 
 
 Mr. John Davenport, jun. 50 buihels potatoes. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Moherring, of Staten ifiand, by the 
 Rev. Mr. James Birkby, dolls. 23 37 cents. 
 
 The gentlemen compofing the fiie company No. 
 14, by Meftrs. Abraham Erower, John F. 
 Roomes, Uriah Coddington, jun. & William 
 P. Roome, their committecj dolls. 46 73 cnts. 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 Nov. 6. A friend to the poor, by Aid. Furman, dolls. 100 
 Mr. Wm. A. Hardenbrook, by do. dolls. 15 
 Mr. Johu Mills, by Mr". Arcularius, dolls. 20 
 Capt. Lucas Van Allen, from Kinderhook, 1 
 
 bbl. of ryermeal, & 2 dols. 50 cents. 
 The inhabitants of Smith-town, Suffolk county, 
 by Mr. Benjamin B. Blidenburgh delivered 
 to Aid. G. Furman, 78 dolls. 37 cents 
 MefTrs. John Cantine, and Gerardus Hare en- 
 burgh, of Marbletown, each one bbl. oi buck- 
 wheat meal. 
 A friend to the poor, 34 loads of wood. 
 The inhabitants of Schenectady 5 barrels of 
 flour. 
 
 The city of Albany, 3 bbls. onions, 1 do. hard 
 bread, 1 do. beans, 1-2 do. indian meal, 8 do. 
 potatoes, with 2 tierces of carrots & beats. 
 
 The inhabitants of Dutchefs County 2 Iheep, 4 
 fowls, 5 1-2 bufhels buckwheat. 
 
 The Prefbyterian Church in Albany, being their 
 collection made on Sunday 28th Oct. tranf- 
 mitted to the mayor, by MefTrs. H. Wood- 
 ruff, and W. Bloodgood, dolls. 202 6 cents 
 
 The inhabitants of Rahwav, and its neighbor- 
 hood, by Mr. William Shotwell, to the may- 
 or, 45 bufhels potatoes, 4 bufhels of apples, 
 2i bbls. indian & rye meal, 4 fheep, 42 fowls 
 4 bufhels corn, 13 1-2 do. turnips, a parcel 
 ofpumkins and ftraw with . dolls. 20 
 
 The inhabitants of the town of Southhold (L. I. ) 
 by Mr. E. Robbins, , dolls. 13 81 cent^ 
 
 A friend to the poor, by Mr. John Out- 
 hout, dolls. 75 
 
 The inhabitants of Johns'town, Montgomery 
 county, a balance of their donation, by Mr. 
 Richard Dodge, dolls. 4 58 cents 
 
 Mr. William Shedden, by Aid. G. Furman, 
 
 dolls. 50 
 
 Mr. Frederick Van Cortlandt, of Yonkers, Welt 
 Chefter county, by Mr. Henry White, 
 
 dolls. 50 
 
 t 
 
8^ 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 Nov. 12. Capt. Wm. Legg, from Saugertie, Ulfter 
 County, one load of wood, from Benjamin 
 
 Snider, 
 
 John Brink, i barrel of potatoes, 
 fames Rcinfen, i bufhel do. 
 *3- The churc'i and community called Shakers, at, 
 New Lebanon, by Mr. David Meachom, 
 their overfeer, 2 1 bbls. prime beef, 1 large 
 cafk,and 6 bbls. wheat fiour containing 1576 
 lbs. 8 large cafks, and 7 bbls. rye flour, con- 
 taining 5247 lbs. 3 cafks of white beans, con- 
 taining 2i bufhels, 1 bbl. containing 3 bufhels 
 67 do. onions, 21 1-2 bufhels carrots, 104 
 do. potatoes, 1 bbl. containing 122 lbs. cheefe 
 2 bbls. indian meal, with 40 dollars, 23 of 
 which was paid for freight. 
 M- Mr. Marine LeBrun, by Aid. J. Poft, dolls. 25 
 Mr. Robinfon Thomas, of Elizabeth town, by 
 
 Mr. Joel Davis, 45 loads of wood. 
 The Corporation of New-Brunfwick, in New- 
 Jerfey, forwarded by Abraham Schuyler, 
 Prefident of the Corporation, by Mr. Staates 
 Van Deufen, 2 barrels buckwheat meal, 1 
 bag Indian do. 1 roll of butter and 11 loads 
 of wood, a id cafh. dols 189 dols. 70 cents. 
 A few of the inhabitants of the panih of South 
 Hampton, (L. I.) by Meffrs. Uriah Rogers, 
 Benjamin Hunring, and David Roze, their 
 committee, to the mayor-, dolls. 23 50 cent 
 Uriah Rogers, hfq. of South Hampton, by Mr. 
 Jacob Concklin, 2 bbls. beef, 
 j 5. Mr. Peter Fenton, by Mr. J. Marfhall, 
 
 dolls. 10 
 
 Mr. Jeremiah MarfhalJ, dolls. 10 
 
 The Inhabitants of Albany, by CaptainMoore 
 
 2 barrels of flour, and 4 cheefes. 
 The inhabitants of the town of 3rooklyn, King's 
 
 county, collected by Mr. Tunis Bergan, Fer- 
 
 nandus Suydam, John Wicks, Peter Wyckoff 
 John Cornell, John Dougherty, and Martin 
 
 Schenck, dolls. 581 cents 78 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 *3 
 
 Nov. 16. The congregation of Clarks-Town, Rockland 
 county, by Ifaac Blanch, Efq. 23 bags of 
 flour, 1 i-i bags of Indian meal, n bags of 
 potatoes, ^ of a load of wood, and dels. 5 
 17. A gentleman at Newtown, by Mr. C. Van Wag- 
 anen, 
 
 dolls. 8 
 
 From the town of Mindon in Albany county, 
 by Meflieurs Robert M'Farlane and Conrad 
 Ganfevoort, dols. 56 
 
 The veftry of St. Peter's church at Albany, 
 forwarded by the Rev. T. Ellifon, by Mr. 
 Philip Ten Eyck, a colleflion made in that 
 church the 28th October, for the relief of 
 their diftrefled fellow citizens in this city, 
 
 107 dols. 87 cents. 
 
 The congregation of Clarkstown, by Captain 
 Abraham Talman, 7 bags of rye flour, 5 
 bags of buckwheat, 1 do. of Indian meal, 
 13 do. of potatoes, 4 baikets, of do. 3 
 bufliels of do. 4 loads of wood, 3 lb. of 
 butter, and 3 dols. 12 cents. 
 
 W. C. addrefled to Aid. Furman, dols. 100 
 
 The Prefbyterian congregation, at Huntington. 
 L. I. forwarded by Ebenezer Piatt, Efq. on 
 board of Captain James Long, 30 loads of 
 wood, 3 fat {Keep, 20, fowls, 22 ^-bufhels of 
 apples, 7 \ do. of turnips, 1 do. of pota- 
 toes 1 \ do. of Indian meal, ^ cwt. of rye 
 meal, and 13 dols. 75 cents, 
 
 ao. Mr. Peter Corne, Weft Chefter, by George 
 Douglas J un. 30 dols. 
 
 22. The town of Livinglton, Dutchefs County by 
 
 the hands of Baily Hathaway, 8 Bufhels 
 containing Rye, Buckwheat and Potatoes, 
 for the poor. 
 
 23. From the town of New-Rochelle, a collection 
 
 made by Newbury Devenport Efq. and 
 brought by Mcffrs. James Pine, and John 
 Palmer who gave the freight, 62 Bufhels of 
 Potatoes, 15 do. of Turnips 33 do. of Indi- 
 
*4 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 an Corn ground, and delivered in 10 Barrels 
 of Indian Meal, one fheep, alfo 10 Bufhcls 
 of Turnips by another conveyance, and 
 
 49 dols. 50 cents. 
 24. From the Prefbyterian Congregation at Hunt- 
 ington L. I. forwarded by Ebenezer Piatt 
 Efq. on board of Capt. Jacob Johnfon, 18 
 loads of wood, 2 pair of (hoes, 1 jBufhels 
 of Turnips and 1 ^ do. of Potatoes. 
 A friend to the poor, one Barrel of Buck- 
 wheat Meal, fent to the Alms Houfe. 
 
 26. From Mr. Miller, one load of Cabbages. 
 
 27. The Prefbyterian congregation, at Huntington 
 
 L. I. by Capt. James Long, 7 and ~ loads 
 of wood. 
 
 28. The Fire Company No. 11 by their committee 
 
 Nicholas V. Antwerp, Stephen Smith and 
 "rheums Quick, 40 dols. 51 cents. 
 
 Charles L. Camman by I. B. Coles 100 dols. 
 
 The Prefbyterian church at Stratford in the 
 State of Connecticut by the hands of A. 
 Mc. Ewen, Efq. 33 dols. 1 1 cents. 
 
 3p. From a part of the inhabitants of Yonkers, 7 
 barrels of indian meal, 2 do. of buckwheat, 
 2 do. of indian corn, about 22 bufhels of 
 turnips and potatoes and 2 fat fheep, and 
 193 dols. 
 
 Mr. Richard Ward of Eaft Chefter, by Mr. 
 James Hunt, one barrel of beef. 
 
 A few of the people of Cambridge Wafh- 
 ington County, by James Ervin, from Jona- 
 than D ore, Efq. 100 dols. 
 Dec. 1. Mr. Ifaac Van Wart of Mountpleafant, 1 bag 
 of rye meal, 2 do. of indian meal, 2 do. of 
 potatoes 1 do. turnips, by Capt Riqua. 
 
 By the Hon. Selah Strong Efq. from the inha- 
 bitants of Southhold River Head and Brook- 
 haven in Suffolk County, 130 dols. 36 cents. 
 
 The inhabitants of the town of Fifhkill, from 
 William B. Verplanck, Jofeph Jackfon and 
 John Drake Jun. their committee, by the 
 
DONATIONS. 
 
 S.5 
 
 Dec. 3. hands of John Drake Jun. for part of a 
 load of wood 5 s. and 20 dols. 
 
 b ' The Prefbyterian Church in Morris town in 
 Morris County New Jerfry by Mr. Mathew 
 Crane to the Mayor, j 0 j s> 
 From I. L. by T. B. <i-,j s> ^ 
 
 8. From the Jurors at Mr. Bardin's on a catife of 
 lunacy, by Mr. James Tylee, dols. 10 
 
 From Mr. Thomas Williams, by T. B. 10 
 10. From Mr. William Thorn, of Waihjngton, 
 Dutchefs county, by Cant. Hoyt, 2 cparters 
 of beef. 
 
7 
 / 
 
LIST 
 
 OF THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS 
 
 INTERRED 
 
 IN THE SEVERAL BURYIK^ GROUNDS IN THE CITY 
 OF NEW-YORK, A*'D AT BELLEVUE, AND 
 POTfERS-FIELD, 
 
 BEFORE the Reader begins to perufc the following lift, I would wilh t* 
 apprize him of 'he materials from which it is compofed. They are the books of 
 the different i'extons and other perfons having the charge of burying grounds in 
 this city, *t Potter-Field and Bellevue. It has however unfortunately happened 
 that the fextons of two of the fmalleft congregations were abfent during a great 
 pait of the calamity, and in thefe the names of the dead were only given by me- 
 ■jnory, and in other inftances, the books have net been kept with that accuracy 
 which could have been wifhed. To afcertain with precifion the names of all the 
 deceafed, their occupations, &c. I have ufed my utmoft exertions. With this view 
 I have compared the books of the fextons with the lift kept by the Health-Com- 
 mittee, and wherever there was a difference, I have, by perfonal application to the 
 friends of the deceafed, endeavoured as far as poflible to reftify the miftake, and 
 alfo where the orthography appeared erroneous, to correft it as well as I could, 
 and by annexing to the names, the trade, occupation, age, place of nativity or fome 
 other circumftance to point out the particular perfon intended and thus to remove 
 the doubts of people at a diftance. But whatever pains may be taken in a thiag 
 of thii fort, it cannot be expedited that it will be entirely free from errors or 
 defects ; but I truft it will be found as compleat, as confidering the difficulties at- 
 tending it, could be expetted and that in almoft every inftance it will be found 
 fatisfaftory. 
 
 C. Annexed to fome Names denotes that l!ie Perfon died in the Country. 
 The words printed in Italic after any name, denotes the native country of 
 
 jHLBERNETHEY George, Shoemaker and his Son 
 
 George yEt, 12 33 Barclay-Street, Scotland. 
 
 Abefpie Joanna, 10 Fair-Street, France. 
 Abrams John, Marriner, Bellvue. 
 Ackerman Abraham, Bayard Lane. 
 Atkerman David, the wife of, Lumber-Street. 
 Ackerman William, 249 Greenwich-Street. 
 Ackle Mary, widow yEt, 69. 
 
 FROM AUGUST 1 TO NOVEMBER 14, I798. 
 
 that perfon. 
 
 A 
 
B8 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Acklcy Mr. Clerk, WalL-Street, yEt, 22. 
 
 Adauis Robjiv mafon 63 Murray -Street, /Et. 40. 
 
 Adams Mr. a chVd of. 
 
 Adams Mr. his blat^ woman. 
 
 Adams John, Bellevu*, 
 
 Adams Mr. JE.% 36. V <J tf *TP.W[ T 
 
 Aer Michael, Baker, Skitter Street. 
 
 A Hleck Robert, Merchant, c% r ner of William and John 
 
 Streets, /Et, 50, Scotland, 
 Affleck John, Believue. 
 A^ar Jofeph, Believue. 
 
 Agner Hyacinth, Frmch teacher, the wife and daughter 
 
 of, 137 William-Street. 
 Agnew Dorothy, Alms houfe, confumption 
 Allen John, /Et, 40, Scotland. 
 
 Allen John, keeper of a lumber yard, near the fhip yards. 
 
 Allen Mr. a child of /Et, 5 months. 
 
 Allen William, Believue. 
 
 Allen Hugh, do. 
 
 Allen Margaret, do. 
 
 Alien James, from the hofpital. 
 
 Allen Abraham, Believue. 
 
 Allifon James, Baker, Believue, Scotland 
 
 Alftyne jeronymus, Hannah the Have of, 15 Liberty-St- 
 
 Alftyne Mary, 47 White-Hall-Street. 
 
 Altgilt John, 93 Read-Street. 
 
 Always John, Chairmaker, 38 James-Street. 
 
 Ames John, Butcher, the wife of, 25 Robinfon-StrceL 
 
 Amory John, Lumber-Street. 
 
 Anderfon Mrs. a child of, /Et, 1 Year. 
 
 Anderfon James, the child of, 63 Cherry-ftreet. 
 
 Anderfon Hilton, teacher, 47 Whitehall, ftreet, Ireland. 
 
 Anderfon John, the wife of, 50 Beekman-ftreet. 
 
 Anderfon Mifs, decay. 
 
 Anderfon John, junior, Attorney at Law, 129 Front- • 
 ftreet, 
 
 Anderfon John, auctioneer, 77 Wall-ftrcet, /Et. 68, and 
 
 wife, /Et. 51 Scotland. 
 Anderfon Samuel, fon of Samuel, merchant, Philadelphia. 
 Anderfon Alexander, phyfician, the wife of, Liberty-St. 
 Andrews C. furgeon, 208, Water-ftrcet, England. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 8,9 
 
 Angus James, grocer, oppofite the hofpital. Scotland, 
 Anthony Nicholas, N. Anthony the fon of, 34 Frankfort 
 ftreet. 
 
 Apple John, Alms-houfe. 
 
 Archer Jolhua, cartman, Divifion ftreet. 
 
 Archer Mofes, fhocmaker, the child of, 345 Broadway. 
 
 Archibald Wm. corner of Cedar and Greenwich ftreets. 
 
 Arden Mr. aet 17. 
 
 Argyle Sally, Bellcvue. 
 
 Arhart Mrs. at Mrs. Bruces, 125 Water ftreet. 
 Arheron Mrs. 
 Arl and Mr. 
 
 ArlcyMary, 66 James ftreet. 
 
 Artcy Mr. set 38, confumption. 
 
 Afgill Mrs. aet 68. 
 
 Afhley Mary, Maiden Lane. 
 
 Afhmore John, diftiller of cordials, Bowery Lane. 
 
 Afmus Jacob, 66 E. George ftreet, Sweden. 
 
 Atkins Ilaac, baker, 13 E. George ftreet. 
 
 Avery John, fhipwright, thechildof, 73 Divifion ftreet. 
 
 Avery Jofeph, watchman, Broadway. 
 
 Ayres Camp, the child of, 50 Beekman ftreet. 
 
 B 
 
 Babcock captain, of the fchooner Cornelia, bellevue. 
 Bach Henry, taylor, wife and two children, 55 Pine ftreet, 
 
 Germany. 
 Bach Harman, Bellevue. 
 Bailey Abraham, Front ftreet. 
 Bailey Catharine, 159 Front ftreet. 
 Bainor John, corner of Church and Warren ftreets. 
 Baker Sufan, 13 Barclay ftreet. 
 Baker Mil's, art 20. 
 Baker Mrs. a child of. 
 
 Baker Gardner,'propiieior of the Mufeum, diedatBoflon. 
 Baldridge John, apprentice to Jacob Smith, turner, 94 
 
 Beekman ftreet. 
 Ball John, Bellevue. 
 Ban Mr. the child of, E. Rutger ftreet. 
 Bancs Jofiah, Lombard ftreet. 
 Banks Wm. E. Wafhingtoo ftreet. 
 
 Banta John, apprentice to Mr. Bay ley, carpenter. 
 Greenwich ftreet. 
 
 U 
 
9° 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Barber Silas, the fon of, 39 Robinfon ftreet. 
 
 Barber Thomas, the child of, Gold ftreet. 
 
 Barber Mr. a child of, Bellevue. 
 
 Barclay Thomas 1 , Bellevuc. 
 
 Bare John, and child, Bower)' Lane. 
 
 Barnet Mrs. Lumber ftreet. 
 
 Barnet Hannah, Oliver ftreet. 
 
 Barns Lucrctia, wife of John, 18 Cherry ftreet. 
 
 Barr John, butcher, Grand ftreet. 
 
 Barter Venus, a black woman, Chcapfide. 
 
 Bafcly Mrs. act 52, confumption. 
 
 Bailet Frederic, the wife of, 2 1 8 Pearl ftreet. 
 
 Ballet, widow Frances, old age. 
 
 Bates Mr. Pearl ftreet. 
 
 Bayley Pierce, 13 Moore ftreet. 
 
 Bayley Thomas, Bellevue. 
 
 Ba\ ley Edward, Bellevue. 
 
 Bayley Simeon, watchmaker, 56 Stone ftreet. 
 
 Beach Mr. the child of- 
 
 Beaumont Mrs. mother of Michael Parker, carpenter, 28 
 
 Rutger ftreet. 
 Bearfhine Jacob, 13 Rutger ftreet. 
 Beaty Mr. 
 
 Beck Martin, from widow Stevenfon's, 45 Pearl ftreet. 
 Bccquet Lewis, taylor, the wife of, n Rutger ftreet. 
 Bcdlow, William, formerly poftmafter, Broadway. 
 Bcdlow William, the child of, Charlotte ftreet. 
 Bedlow Catharine, wife of William, Cherry ftreet. 
 Beef Jofeph, Bellevue. 
 
 Beekman Elizabeth, wife of Henry, Charlotte near Har- 
 man ftreet. 
 
 Beekman George, cartman, the daughter of, 9 Reed ft. 
 
 Beekman, Richard, 31 Front ftreet. 
 
 Beekman, widow or James, I. child Mary, and a negro flave 
 
 Pompey, 57 Maiden Lane. 
 Beekman Eliza, daughter of Henry, wood -infpecior, 13 
 
 Oliver ftreet. 
 
 Becfe Neptune, black man, the child of. 
 Bell Mrs. a child of, aet 12. 
 Bell Mary, the wife of Thomas, 8 Moore ftreet. 
 Bell Mr. aet 26. 
 Bell Mr. act 52. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Bell Robert Carter, 16 Pearl ftreet, aet 22. 
 
 Belvidere Mrs. 43 Water ftreet. ' 
 
 Benfon Samuel, a black man, Bellevue. 
 
 Bentley Elizabeth, Ahns-houfe, not fever. 
 
 Bemmer John, grave digger of the Catholic Church, and 
 
 Mary his wife. 
 Bern Nicholas, Upper Hague ftreet. 
 Berry Ann, black woman, aet 55. 
 Berry Mailer John, Bellevue. 
 
 Berry Mr. the wife of and two children, Bedlov; ftreet. 
 Berry John, Nalfau ftreet. 
 
 Berwick, widow, of the late John, D. flieriff 262 Green- 
 
 wich-ftreec • 
 Bellinger John, the child of, Bowery Lane. 
 Bethune David, an infant of, 1 1 Liberty ftreet. 
 Betts William, aet 19. 
 Bevois Charles, the ion of, 91 Read ftreet. 
 Bevolct Mrs. aet 80. 
 Billop John W. Nrw-Brunfwick. 
 Bingham James, gauger, 390 Pearl ftreet 
 Bingham John, a child of. 
 1 irch Mr. a child of, aet 9. 
 Bird Jofcph, a child of. 
 
 Bifent Michael, mariner, 79 Fair ftreet, Italy. 
 Black Mr. aet 30. 
 
 Black bear Benjamin, a child of, Bowery Lane. 
 
 Blackman Thomas, muffin baker, 3 Ferry ftreet. 
 
 Blair Andrew, 76 £. George ftreet. 
 
 Blake Mary, Bellevue. 
 
 Blakes Mr. a child of, flux. 
 
 Blanchard Mr. a child of, at 4 years, flux. 
 
 Bland Deborah, at Abraham Staggs, E. George ftreet- 
 
 Blank Thomas, marlhall, a child of, 13 Skinner ftreet. 
 
 Blank William, butcher, Bowery Lane. 
 
 Blaney Jane, Bellevue. , 
 
 Blauvelt Daniel, cartman, the child of. 
 
 Bloom Frederic, corner of William and Thomas ftrcets. 
 
 Bogardus Catharine, wife of Cornelius, corner of Cbeap- 
 
 lide and E. George ftreets. 
 Bogardus Thomas, 56 Warren ftreet. 
 Bogart Mrs. widow of Peter. ' 
 Bogart widow Mary, 71 William ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Boggs John, from Mr. Bach's, 55 Pine ftreet. 
 Boggs Henry. 
 
 Bohanna George, 9 Auguftus ftreet. 
 Bokee William, houfe carpenter, and wife, 31 John 
 ft reel. 
 
 Bolmer Jacob an 84, 94 Chatham ftreet. 
 Bolton Mr. mariner, Bellevue. 
 Bond Jofeph, a black, mariner. 
 Bonum mr. Mulberry ftreet. 
 Botton mrs. Bellevue. 
 
 Boudovinc Sufannah, corner of Pump and Orchard 
 ftreets: 
 
 Eourne John, the wife and daughter of, 84 Fair ftreet. 
 Bowne Samuel S. merchant, 252 Pearl ftreet. 
 Boyd George, teacher, 174 William ftreet, Ireland. 
 Boyle Elizabeth, John ftreet. > 
 Boyles William, a child of, fixthward. 
 Boys Sufannah, a black, Crofs-ftreet. 
 Brack Herman, mariner, Bellevue. 
 jBraat, Mr. 
 
 Bradley John, New-York hofpital. 
 
 Bradford Mrs. 57 Ann ftreet. 
 
 Braden Jofeph, Bedlow ftreet. 
 
 Bradley William, cork cutter, 100 Maiden Lane. 
 
 Bradfhaw Betfey, Bellevue, 
 
 Brady William, cartman, Charlotte-ftreet. 
 
 Brady Thomas, labourer, 32 Ferry-ftreet. 
 
 Brady Mrs. aet 52. 
 
 Brailsford Samuel, merchant, 7 Murray-ftreet, decay. 
 Braftier Widow Rachel, 45 William ftreet. 
 Broome John,marriner, of thefchooner Cornelia, Bellevue 
 Brauer Dederic Conradt, merchant, 55 Stone-ftreet. 
 Bremen. 
 
 Bray John, labourer, the wife of, 21 Rutger-ftreet. 
 Bremner Colins, taylor, 342 Pearl-ftrcet, 
 Brenton Catharine, 28 Cedar-ftreet. 
 BTevoort Nicholas, 28 Dey-ftreet, C. 
 Brevoort Mrs. wife of Elias, JEl 80. 
 Brewerton Henry, a child of. 1 Oliver-ftreet. 
 Brichdill John, Bellevue. 
 Bright Sophia, mantuamaker, 66 Ann-ftreet. 
 Bright Mrs. 15 Gold-ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 93 
 
 Bright Mr. a child of, ALt. 1 year. 
 
 Briggs Mary, from Weftchefter, 
 
 Briggs Mr. the black girl of, Partition-flreet. 
 
 Brilkoa John, bruihmaker, and his filler Sufannah, 84 
 
 Maiden-lane. 
 Briftol, a black man from the Ilofpitnl. 
 Brett John, from the floop B^rkenier, Bellevue, 
 Brett Mil's William-ftreet. 
 Brett, George, carter, 3 MoQ^c'js-ftrcct. 
 B rooks Mr. a child of, ALt. 1 year. 
 Brooks widow, 23 Banker-ftrect. 
 Brooks John Wallis, furgeon 44 Dey-ftreet, 
 
 England. 
 
 Browers Mr. a child of, aet. 18 months. 
 
 Browcr Mrs. wife of William, 53 Broad-ftreet, /Et. 4 >. 
 
 Brown Ebenezer, labourer. 
 
 Brown Jannet widow, ALt. 60, 23 Girt St. Dal/u€th, Scot. 
 
 Brown Mr. Crane -wharf. 
 
 Brown Mrs. Divilion-flreet. 
 
 Brown Thomas, brewer, 5 Lumber-ftreet. 
 
 Brown widow Deborah, do. 
 
 Brown Jofeph, taylor, 42 Chambcr-ftreet. 
 
 Brown John, mariner, 7 Magazine- ft) eet. 
 
 Brown Wm. tanner, 2.0 Skinner-ftreet. 
 
 Brown John, Bellev ue. 
 
 Brown Mrs. Magazine-ftrcet. 
 
 Bruce William, grocer, 123 Front-flrect. Abcni'ci, (S.) 
 
 Brunn Jacob, Catharine-ftreet. 
 
 Brufh, carpenter, a young man, 
 
 Brufh, Mr. a child of, E Rutger-tfreeL. 
 
 Brufli John, baker, a child of, Broadway. . 
 
 Eryant, widow of the late doctor, 36 C!<amber-Hree?, 
 
 /Et. 67, confumption. 
 Bryfon James, merchant, 289 Pearl-ftrect, Sintliin/f. 
 Buchan Peter, 7 Pinc-ftreet, clerk to John and A. M'Gnv 
 
 gor, Scotland. 
 Buck Francis, a child of, Eden's Alley. 
 Buchanan William, Ireland, 
 
 Euckle, Wm. merchant, and wife, t 4 5 Chatham fl:-.-*. C. 
 Bucklev James, mafon, 3 Ferrv-ftu _i. 
 Buckle John B. 
 
 Budden William, of ihe floop Btid_jetjpr New-w>;k. 
 Bull Mr. a child of, /Et. 2 years. . 
 
94 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Burdon Dominick, Bellevue. 
 Bnrch Mr. aet 52. 
 Burchell Mrs. aet 4 |. 
 
 Burges David, Ion of Uriah, grocer, corner of Gold and 
 
 Fair ftreets, drowned in the N. River, set 8 years. 
 Burner widow Jane, 75 johnftreet. 
 Burger Cato, a black, Bellevue. 
 
 Burger Daniel, block-maker, the Ton of, 33 Frankfort-ftt. 
 Buries Rev. Mr. of the Protcftant Lpilcopal Church, 
 
 Weft Indies. 
 Burgoo Mrs. 19 Fair-ftrcet, set 78. 
 Burges Catharine, a black, the child of. 
 Bnrncy Francis, from the Alms-houfe. 
 Burns Hugh, Bancker ftreet. 
 Burns Simon, do. 
 Bums lames, hofpital. 
 Burns Patrick, the wife of, Charlotte ftreet. 
 Burns William, a child of. 
 Burns John, of the (hip Patriarch, Bellevue. 
 Burnfted Mary, Peck flip. 
 
 Burton William, livery ftabler, 53 Maiden Lane. 
 
 Burras Caty, an infant, 17 Veley ftreet. 
 
 Burras John, chair maker, 2 NalTau ftreet, 48 years. 
 
 Burras, the child of, John, aet 2 years. 
 
 Burrow Doclor, the negro of. 
 
 Burrows Mifs, daughter of Capt. John, Philadelphia. 
 Bufh Charles, tavern keeper, 19 Chatham Row, dropfy. 
 Bufiifield Thomas, the wife and child of, 18 Stone ftreet. 
 Butler Nicholas Harry, block maker, Rofe ftreet. 
 Butler George, taylor, 10 Harman ftreet. 
 Butler Robert, a black, mariner, 94 Cherry ftreet. 
 Butterworth Ifaac, infant of James, Divifion ftreet. 
 
 C 
 
 Calbraith John, 24 Eancker ftreet. 
 
 Calder James, child of Andrew, 23 Murray-St. Scotland; 
 Caldwell Milcken, phyhcian, 142 Water ftreet, Scotland. 
 Callahan Martin, grocer. 
 
 Camerdiner Jofeph, lhipwright, Hannan ftreet. 
 Cameron Jane, 18 Fletcher ltreet, Scotland. 
 Campbell Elizabeth, Alms-houfe. 
 
 Campbell Samuel, bookfeller, wife of, 1 24 Pearl ftreet. 
 Campbell Mrs. aged 82. 
 
LISTOF BURIALS. 
 
 Canada Mrs. a child of, aet.5. 
 Canbie Margaret, Eancker ltrect. 
 Cannon Mr. aet. 74. 
 
 Carle Solomon, me '-chant, 53 Gold ftreet. 
 
 Carman Abraham, Catharine itreet. 
 
 Carman Wm. carpenter and inlpeclor of lumber, 90 
 
 James ftreet. 
 Carnes John, Bellevue. 
 Carpenter Ifaac, contumption. 
 Carr Tofhua, grocer, the wife of, 1 Ferry ftrct i. 
 Carr Bridget, 30 E. George •ftreet. 
 Carr Conrad, cartman, 21 Banckcr ftreet. 
 Carr Mr. a child of. 
 Carlin John, Bellevue. , 
 Carfon Mrs. Bayard ftreet. 
 Carrol rar. Eet 30. 
 Caruthers James. 
 
 Carver Morris, mariner, Water ftreet. 
 Cafe Abraham. 
 Cafcy George, 68 Ann ftrcef. 
 Cafey James, 30 Rutger ftreet. 
 Caffady Bridget, Crofs ftreet, aged 16. 
 Cafhin Patrick, 230 Water flrerr. 
 Caffin nirs. midwife, Bayard ftreet. 
 
 Cafterline David, blackfmith, the wife of, 46 Gold ftreet. 
 
 Cafterline Silas, grocer, 60 Gold street. 
 
 Caftile Elizabeth, Bayard street.* 
 
 Catharine, infant of a black woman, Catharine street. 
 
 Cation Archibald, grocer, 281 Water street, Scotland. 
 
 Cation Sufannah, wife of David, 90 William .street, ex. 40, 
 
 and Ann Eliza, his daughter, a-t 16. 
 Cave Mrs. set 34, child bed. 
 
 Cavin John, grocer, aft 26 year?, 189 Wafhingioh street. 
 
 Cavin John, a child of, near the Bear market. 
 
 Cc David, Piincefs street. 
 
 Cellas Alexander, an infant, Alms houfe. 
 
 Cerren mr. painter, Ferry street. 
 
 Champlin Scabury, artificer, 49 Bcekrnan strrrt. Connetf. 
 ticut. 
 
 Chandler Vincent, a child of. 
 Chapman yenry, ret 52, merchant. 
 Chappin Tarretta, Towles Ilcok. 
 
9 6 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Charles, a mulatto, Bellevue. » 
 Charles, a Swede, Rellcvue t , ^,' ty • • > i±l 
 Charters John, student of medicine, Barclay ftrcet. 
 Chafon John, Bellevue. > 
 
 Ci)a<iicld Arnold, at Doctor Lord's, 159 t^ront sltcet. ,' 
 Chcclcman Samuel, of the fhip America. v - 
 Cheefeman Samuel, carpenter, and his Ton Wilfiam, Cibbs 
 
 Cheefcman William, 39 Catherine $tr^ v{ ;*A« 
 
 Chi -rdevoine Johu, for. of Ilaac, Bcekman Street. 
 
 Chcrpcntea Philip, 39 lame*. Street, France. 
 
 Chickering D. phylicwn, 44 Ferry Street. 
 
 Chriftie Alexander, book hinder, the wiic and daughter of 
 
 3 Rider Street, Scotland. 
 Chriftophcr Heller. 
 
 Church John B. a negro boy of, 52 Broadway. 
 
 Clahfey Michael, bellevue, from the Hoop Herkimer. 
 
 Clark Lindfay, on board the fchooner Polly. 
 
 Clark Henry 49 Pearl Stic el. 
 
 Clark Benjamin, fon of John Bowery Lane. 
 
 Clark Mrs. milliner 332 Water Street, Ireland. 
 
 Clark Hannah, the daughter of Simeon, George Street. 
 
 Clark William, William Street. 
 
 Clear James bellevue. 
 
 Clement William, grocer, 50 E. George Street, Scotland. 
 
 Clirnfon Martha, wife of William tea waterman, Bayard 
 Street. 
 
 Cline Godlicb. bellevue. 
 
 C ohofey John, Gold Street. a?t. 40. 
 
 Cobifher Elcnor, a child from the Jiiip Nancy, Ca^t. For- 
 est, Ireland. 
 
 Cobbie John, carpenter, 31 James Street, England. 
 
 Cobbct Timothy, Ecllevue. 
 
 Cochran Richard, 41 Liberty street. 
 
 Cockran Mrs. a child of. 
 
 Coburn Edward, Fifhcr .street, aged 8 years. 
 
 Cod man Wm merchant, a child of, 30 William Street. 
 
 Cod wife George, the wench of 341 Pearl Street. 
 
 Coe widow, and Son, 39 Liberty Street. H"? 
 
 Coil Polly, an infant, alms houfe. 
 
 Cole Benjamin, from Jacob Jones's 15 Front Street. 
 
 Cole Peter, keeper of bridewell, a child of. 
 
A LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 87 
 
 Coen Deborah, wife of, Daniel, filverfmith,95 Maiden lane, 
 Coleman Bethuel, mariner of the brig Felicity, bellevue. 
 Collard John, taylor, 52 K. George S tree!:. 
 Collide Wm. daughter of, vEt. 11 months. 
 Collide Mr. fhipwright, the child of, Lumber Street. 
 Collier Mathew, a child of, Divilion Street. ALt. 1 year. 
 Collier Mr., labourer Divifion Street. vEt. 28. 
 Collins Seth, from Dr. Wainright's 152 Pearl Street. 
 Collins Mary, set. 21. 
 
 Collins William, junr. cartman, 37 Chappcl Street. 
 
 Collins John, an infant, fixth ward. 
 
 Collins Mrs. of the old American company. 
 
 Collins Lawrence, a child of, 124 Chatham Street. 
 
 Colter Mr. a child of. 
 
 Comret James, accidental death. 
 
 Commerdinger Jacob, {hip carpenter, Harman Street. 
 Concklin John C. grocer, the wife and child of,New Slip. 
 Concklin Hannah, bellevue. 
 Condren Margaret, set. 27. 
 Conick Richard, 25 Peck Slip 
 
 Coning James, city marfhal, 25 Chappel Street, Scotland. 
 
 Conner Mrs. set. 75'. 
 
 Conolly Elizabeth, bellevue. 
 
 Connoly Lawrence, Ireland. C. 
 
 Connolly Thomas, fhipwright, 29, Cheapfide. 
 
 Connolly John fhip builder Harman Street. 
 
 Connor Daniel, Charlotte near Henry Street. 
 
 Cooley John, hofpital. 
 
 Cooper Ifabella, alms houfe. 
 
 Cooper Nancy, Dey Street. 
 
 Cook William Lumber Street. 
 
 Cook Ectfey bdlevue. 
 
 Cook John, do. 
 
 Copland Margaret, widow, Ireland;' * c 
 ('ope Anne, Dye Street. 
 
 Copp Wm. bellevue, late one of the editors of the Gazette 
 
 publifhcd at Kingfton, Ulller courjnP* 
 Corrin R cbecca, 48 Catharine- Street. , ' / 
 Corey Abraham, Joiner- /Et. 30 Reed Street. 
 Cote Anthony, a kd from iq6 Maiden Lahe. 
 Cottle Thoraav, from the ho fpital. 
 C'ooton Eleiior belbvuel 
 
9» 
 
 A LIST OF BURIELS 
 
 Coufee Abigail, a black woman. 
 Coutant Daniel, Ihocmuker, 79 Chatham Street. 
 Coutant John grocer, Bowery Lane. 
 Covenhoven widow, and daughter, 59 William Street. 
 Convert Abraham, tea-waterman, and two (ons, Third 
 Street. 
 
 Cowan John, labourer, the wife of, E. George Street. 
 Cowan Richa.id. 
 
 Cowley George, fexton of the methodift church 32 John 
 
 Street. 
 
 Cox John, a hired fervant at DoQor Romaine's corner of 
 
 John and Nalfou Streets. 
 Cox John W. hair dreffer, 62 John Street, England. 
 Cozine John, judge of the iuprcme court, 42 Bcekman 
 
 Street, JEt. 56. 
 Craig William, labourer, the child of, Eatavia Lane. 
 Craig Ann, a young woman. 
 Craton Mrs. JEt. 44 decay. 
 Crawford James, hofpital. 
 Cree Jofeph, printer, C. 
 
 Crepes Conrad grocer, E. Rutger Street Germany. 
 
 Crindle Samuel, bellevue. 
 
 Crolius John, a child of Chatham Street. 
 
 Crook Sally, an infant, from Mr. B jfkirk's, Read fireet. 
 
 Croker Mr. a child of, JEt. 1 month, fitts. 
 
 Crooker Mrs. Divifion ftreet, JEt. 40, child bed. 
 
 Crookfhank Jsmes, fon of Benjamin, cabinetmaker, 131 
 
 William ftreet, JEt. 22, Aberdeen. 
 Crofbie Wm. grocer, 61 E" George ftreet. 
 Crofier mr. JEt. 28. 
 
 Crowley Florence, accountant, a child of, 59 Cherry 
 ftreet. 
 
 Crowley Rebecca, John ftreet. 
 Crowley Catharine, Bellevue. 
 Crowley Betfey, an infant, Mulberry ftreet. 
 Crowley Mrs. Pearl ftreet. 
 Crum Ann, Eellevue. 
 Culph Jacob, labourer. Bellevue. 
 Culbertfon William, Bellevue. 
 Cnmmmgs Mr. a child of, JEt. 1 year. 
 Cumming* Agnefs, wife of Wm. madhall, 45 Rutger 
 ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 99 
 
 Cummings Mr. a child of, vEt. 4. 
 
 Curies James, Whitehall ltreet. 
 
 Currie Francis, the wife of, E. Rutger ftreet. 
 
 Currie John, carpenter, 8 Pine street, yEt. 40. 
 
 Currie Arch, nephew of, John, ftierchan , 41 Stone-street. 
 
 Currie Michael, copper plate printer, Barclay near Church 
 
 street, Ireland. 
 Curtenius Peter, merchant, the wife and child of, 122 
 
 Liberty street. 
 Curtley Chas. an infant, 47 Chatham street. 
 Cutler Benjamin, the wite of, 162 Fly market. 
 Cutler Henry, Harman street. 
 
 Cyphert George, and wife, labourer, 115 Chatham strt. 
 
 D 
 
 Dailey Jofeph, fhipwright, the wife^of, 95 Harman street. 
 Dally mrs. Harman street. 
 
 Dally Catharine, wife of Philip, fmith, 45 Chatham strt. 
 
 Daily John, Bellevue. 
 
 Dalziel John, clock maker, 72 Broad street. 
 
 Daniel Francis, 328 Water street. 
 
 Daniel mr. a child of, /£t. 7 months, fits. 
 
 Daniel mrs. yEt. 36, child bed. 
 
 Darling James, printer, at Peter Graham's, cabinetmaker, 
 
 19 Robinfon street, Scotland. 
 Darling Elizabeth, Bellevue. 
 Darney Thomas, Bellevue. 
 Darrow Wm. 83 Warren street. 
 
 Davenport Rjfus, hatter, a child of, 327 Pearl street. 
 . Davenpo: t Mr. a child of, Fayctte-street. 
 Davis Brooks, Henry near Charlotte-street. 
 Davis Mr. a child of, /Et. 2 months, fits. 
 Davis Samuel, Bel'evue. 
 
 Day John, carpenter, daughter of, 18 Roofevelt-street. 
 
 Day Mrs. wife of William 
 
 Dean Ifaac, daughter of, Barclay-street. 
 
 Dean Sufan, fchool-mistrefs, Barclay street. 
 
 Debart Ann, daughter of Francis Urban, aged. 6 years, 
 
 France. 
 Dcbaugh John, Bellevue. 
 
 Debow Robert, aged 20, fon of Garrit, and his daughter 
 
 Mary, aged 16, and a wench. 
 Debroffcs Mr. aged 18, decay. 
 
ico LIST OF BURIALS/ 
 
 Dc Bucn Mary, Bellevu'd , Lit 
 
 Degrote Pompcy, a black, labourer. 
 
 Degrovc Iiarmau, Little Catharine-street. 
 
 Delanoy Mr. a child of, aged ia. 
 
 Dclaiuc Baudwin, blackfmith, 3 Murray street. 
 
 Delanoy Wm. 319 Pearl street. 
 
 Delanoy John, aged 12 years and 6 months, do. 
 
 Dclotbinicr Charily, Albany coffee-houfe. 
 
 Dc la Roach Franklin, clerk to colonel E. Stevens. ; . , 
 
 Deniarcst David, grocer, a child of, corner of Chappel 
 
 and Thomas-streets. 
 Denning Jacob, old age. 
 
 Denton Joanna, at John Richcy's, 95 John-street, aged 
 
 Denton, houfe-carpenter, from Bojlon. 
 
 Dcpew Aaron, corner of Chamber and Church -streets. 
 
 Dc Riemer John, fon of Richard, George streets. 
 
 De Ruyter Cornelius, Batavia-Lane. 
 
 Devou John, caitman, Mott-ftreet. 
 
 Dewic Benjamin, Bellevue. 
 
 Dewitt Mary, an infant. 
 
 L>ibble Phillis, a black, Bellevue. 
 
 Dickinfon, widow Ann. 
 
 Dickinfon Abraham, fhipwright, a child of, Bedlow-ftreet. 
 Dickfon widow, Bowery-road. 
 Dickfon Mr. Ihip carpenter, a child of. 
 Dingly Amafa, phylician, 2:> NafTau-ftreet. 
 Dinwoodie James, teacher. 2 Cedar -ftreet, Scotland. C. 
 Dobfon Mr. gunfmhh, aged. 38, and his wife, Ireland. 
 Dobb% Benjamin, tobacconilt, a child of, 54 Warren- 
 fire;*. ^juSSiB. 
 Dodds Robert, fdkdyer, the fon of, 178 Broadway aged 14. 
 Doe Sufannah, 195 Water-ftreet 
 Dodge Jeremiah, a daughter of, Bedlow-street. 
 Dolbeer Ely, carpenter, a fon of, Henry lireet. 
 Domenget Francis, 57 Pearl ftreet. 
 
 Donagan Hugh, between New Slip and Catharine-flreet- 
 market. 
 
 Donagan Betfey, a young woman, Cherry-ftreet. 
 Donaldfon George, near the North River Furnace. 
 Donaldfon Daniel, Bellevue. 
 
LIST OF BURIA L S. im 
 
 Donavan Jerome, aged 22. 
 
 Donavan Richard, 69 Cherrv ftrcet, aged 63. 
 
 Donavan Timothy, tobaconitt, 61 Catharine-stre^ 
 
 Doolet George, architea, 37 Beaver ftreet, Inland 
 
 Doolet Ann and Catharine, daughters of, do 
 
 Dorwg Mr. a child of, aged 18 months. 
 
 Dorman Mr. a child of, aged 3 months. 
 
 Doughty Mrs. aged 65. ,. 
 
 Douglafs John, fcrvantatthc old coffec-hou.e. 
 
 Douglafs William, Bellevue. 
 
 Dougla fs Mr. a child of, aged 10 months. 
 
 Douglafs Samuel, 13 Moores buildings aged 40. 
 
 Doyle Robert Gcorge-ftreet. 
 
 Dovle John Bedlow-ftreet. 
 
 Drummond James, Henry- ttreet, and hn Wife Man . 
 Dubois Jofeph, gold-fmuh, 81 John-ftrcet, and chi H 
 Dudlefton Ralph, corner of Lumber and E. Rutga-lheet. 
 Duff Daniel 59 Ann-ftreet. 
 
 Duffie Rofs, cooper, the wife and child of, Fly-maikct. 
 
 Duffie Patrick. 3 Moore-ftreet. 
 
 Dufficld Cefar, 3 Upper Hague-ftreet. i 
 
 Dugan Richard, foipwright, and wife, Birmmgham-fticet. 
 
 Dufee Margaret, Bellevue. ^ .^^ ., 
 
 Dunlap widow Margaret, the fon of, 8 Lumber- (beet. 
 
 Dunlap Robert, fhipwright, 8 Lurnber-ftreet / 
 
 Dunlap James, 31 Cherry itreet. 
 
 Dunn Margaret, Fly-market, aged 73. 
 
 Dunn Mrs. 10 Maiden-Lane. 
 
 Dunfcomb Daniel, ironmonger, 301 Pearl-ftreet, and 
 
 Dunfcomb Samuel, clerk in the bank, 52 Fair-ftreet, and 
 
 daughter. 
 Duyer Benjamin, Be'ilevue.5^ a 
 Dyne Martin, mariner, Bcllevus. 
 Dyfon Elizabeth, Catharine-ilip. 
 
 Eden Medcef, gentleman, 38 Gold-Greet, at his conntry 
 
 feat Bloomingdale, aged 56, England. 
 Eddv Nancv, 34 Lumbcr-Rreet. 
 Edwards John, Sixth- ftreet Bowery. 
 
1C2 
 
 I.I ST OF BUR1ELS. 
 
 Edwards Bcuy Cad>avi,K-nrc« 
 
 Elmore John, {t^hp^J^MSt 
 
 ..a n.iiuw, Hciter, 14 Beekman-Hreet. 
 El (worth Verdine, the (lave of, 24 Vefey-Jftnccti 
 Emmeifon, Mr. a mulatto man, a child of. 
 Engle Garrit, loRofevelt ftrcet. 
 Englilh widow, the (on of, 16 Pine-flrert. 
 Emings John Jacob, 120 William-street, an apprentice. 
 Evans Catharine, fervant of Patrick H. Merry, 88 Roofc- 
 velt-ftreet. 
 
 Evans John, apprentice to Henry Aertly, Frankfort- 
 ilreet. 
 
 Evans Thomas, Bellevue. 
 
 Everfon Ann, Bedlow-ltrect, near E. George-street. 
 Ewcn Benjamin, fhipwri^ht, Third-street, aged 30. 
 
 Fagan Eamey, 159 Front-street. 
 Fagenham John, nggcr, 7 Lumber-street. 
 Falconicr Benjamin, a lad, 97 Cliff street. 
 Fanning Richard, lhipmaiter, New Orleans. 
 Farrel John, 73 Chen y street. 
 Farrel Thomas, aged 21. 
 
 Faugeres Peter, phyhcian and furgeon, 19 Rofe-ftreet. 
 Faugeres John, fon of Dr. Lewis Faugeres, John-ftreet.C. 
 Fenton John, hair drelfer, 68 Gold-ftreet, aged 38. 
 Fen ton Mary. 
 
 Fcrgufon Ebenezer, a fon of, 44 George-ftrect, Scotland. 
 Fergufon John, from John Maitin's, near Iver's Rope- 
 Walk. 
 
 Fernhaven George, the child of. 
 Ferringhoven George, a child, Wm. ftrcet. 
 Ferris Mr. a child of. 
 
 Ferris Samuel fen. Sufan and Phebe, r'augbfert ofj 
 
 Greenwich-street, C. 
 Fifer Mrs. aged 84. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Filton Alexander, 101 Water ftreet. 
 
 Fink Barney, 42 Rutger-ftreet, and child Mary. 
 
 Fincher Mr. aged 42. 
 
 Finlear Polly, 45 Cliff ftreet. 
 
 Filh Edward, 160 Fly-market. 
 
 Fifher Mrs. 
 
 Fitton Alexander, 101 Water-ftreet. 
 Fitzgerald Elizabeth, 98 Pearl-ftreet. 
 Flading Frederic, Win. the wife of, Firft-ftreet. 
 Flanaghan Judah, from on board a lhip from Ncwry, Ire- 
 land. 
 
 Fleming Cam, Bellevue. 
 
 Fletcher Mary and Elizabeth, 98 Catharine-street. 
 Fletcher Thomas, Bellevue. 
 Flinn Mils, aged 31. 
 
 Flinn Patrick, grocer, Water-street, neaj Peck-flip. 
 Flinn Nancy, wife of James. 
 
 Flinn Sarah, wife of Lewis, D. fruiterer Water-street. 
 
 Flint Abigail, wife of William, 48 R.oofevelt-6treet. 
 
 Flood James, mariner, Bellevue. 
 
 Folkes John, mariner, of the fhip Jean, Bellevue. 
 
 Folki»fon Adolph, mariner, Believing StuedentM tts> 
 
 Foot George, the infant of Cecelia, Barclay-street. 
 
 Force Mrs. 146 Pearl-street. 
 
 Force Henry, a Dutch lad, from 102 Front-street. 
 
 Ford Mr. a child of, aged two years. 
 
 Forman George, printer the w ife of, 145, Water-street. 
 
 Foster Rev. Benjamin D. D. of the firft. Baptist church, 37 
 
 Gold-street. 
 Foster Ifaac, 3 Front-street. 
 Foucaud Charity, Cheapfide. 
 Fowler Mr. the child of, Robinfonstreet. 
 Fowler Mr. James-street.- 
 Fowler Mr. aged 45. 
 
 Fox Seth, from Seth Knuland's new Albany ha ion. 
 
 Fox Arthur, hofpital. 
 
 Frances Catharine, 66 Wall-street. 
 
 Francis Jacob, cabinet maker, S. George street. 
 
 Franks William, minature painter, London. 
 
 Fral'er John Broadway, near the Union Furnace. 
 
 Frafer Alexander, the wife of, Lumber-street. 
 
LIST OF BURIERS. 
 
 F»cck Jacob, the child of, Mulberry-street. 
 
 Freebust Matthew, cooper, Stone street. 
 
 1 rccman lhomas, 91 Divilion-street. 
 
 Frerlon Sarah, a black at Thomas Ogelvies. 
 
 Freely Charles, 21 Skinner-street. 
 
 Freeman Nancy, Eden's Ally. 
 
 French Edward, inarii.cr of the brig Sally Bellevuc. 
 
 Fiencb Henry E. Bellevue. 
 
 Fritz Elias, the child of, Divifion-strcet. 
 
 Fritz John, cartman, the child of, Pearl-street. 
 
 Fritz John, labourer, 3 Reed-street 
 
 fritz Elizabeth, a child of. 
 
 Fry Mr. a child of. , , , ( ; ,» 
 
 Fulham John, grocer, 239 William-street, Ireland. 
 Furch Me'chor^ mulician, Church-street. 
 Futer Pompey, a black man, Partition-street. 
 
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 Gallalee Mathew, baker, wife of, 3 Cliff-street, child-bed. 
 
 Galq Mrs. aged 37. 
 
 Gantz Otho, carpenter, Potter's-hill. 
 
 Ganfer Cloe, a black, Charlotte-street. 
 
 Gant Thomas, aged 8 years, hofpital. 
 
 Gardner Phebe, 20 Ferry-street. 
 
 Gardner Rachel, a black, Alms hcufe. 
 
 Gardner Archibald, fon of Thomas, merchant, 212 Willi- 
 am-street. 
 
 Gardner jacob, Lumber-street. 
 
 Garland Clara, 100 Lumber-street. 
 
 Gai lick Mrs. Water-street, by the New market. 
 
 Garrifoh Peter, labourer, the child of, Henry-street. 
 
 Garrit Mary, the wife of David, Winne-street. 
 
 Gallic in Mr. the wife and child of, William-street. 
 
 Gathin Mrs. Fiankfort-street. 
 
 Gaul Mathew, the child of. 
 
 Gaunt Elizabeth, widow, 55 John-street. 
 
 Gentle Lienor, wife of Robert, labourer, Magazine-street, 
 Scotland. 
 
 Genyard Mr. 75 James- street^ franc*. 
 
 German Jacob, joiner, the wife of, 19 Dutch-street- 
 
 Getfield Mr. aged 25, decay. 
 
 Getficld Mr. a child of, aged 9 months. 
 
 Getham Ann, wife of Thomas, 34 Frankfort-street, 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Ghraw Frederic, Pump-street, Holland. 
 Gibbs Ifaac, grocer, a child of, 37 James-street. 
 Gibfon Elizabeth, Bellevue. 
 Gibfon James, Bellevue, a mariner, 
 Gibfon Lewis, grocer, a child of, Augustus-street. 
 Giblbn Margaret, mother of James, broker, 193 Willi- 
 am-street. 
 Gilett Master, fon of Mrs. Gilett. 
 Gill Mrs. white-wafher, 23 MarkethVid-street. 
 Glen, widow, and her fon John, carpenter, Ireland. 
 Glentworth captain, aged 40, 60 Gold-street. 
 Glentworth mrs. aged 65, do. 
 
 Goerch Caflimere T. city furveyor, 76 Gold-street, Ger- 
 many. 
 
 Golcs, Mr. the child of, Pump-street. 
 
 Golden William, an apprentice to Iohn'Tiebout printer, C. 
 
 Goodhin Benjamin, Bellevue. 
 
 Goodman Mr. aged 29. 
 
 Gordon Ann, 30 Ann-street. 
 
 Gordon Alary, widow, near the Union Furnace, aged 58, 
 Scotland. 
 
 Gordon Hannah, wife of John, a black labourer. 
 Gore Richard, Cheapfide. 
 
 Gofman Jacob, carpenter 4 Vefey-street, a child of. 
 Gothard Mrs. 
 
 Gough James, wife, and daughter Eliza, 56 Beaver-" 
 street. 
 
 Graham William a child of, aged 18 months.* 
 Graham Francis, Warren- street. 
 Graham James Bellenue. 
 Gowan Alexander Bellevue. 
 Grandine Mr. aged 36. 
 
 Grant lohn, a lad at Robert Wiley's baker 89 Catherine 
 Street. 
 
 Grant Alexander James-street 
 Grant Catharine, 59 Chatham-street. 
 Grant Martin 47 Kofevelt street. 
 Grant Godfrey, a child of, alms-houfe. 
 Green George, aged 45. 
 Green Robert, M. C atharine fired. 
 Green Mrs. aged 25, decay. 
 
io6 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Green Mr. aged 21, accident. 
 
 Creenleaf Thomas, editor of the Argus, 54 Wall-flreet. 
 
 Grendelmier Mrs. Princcfs-ftr'eet. 
 Grendelmier Margaret, do. 
 Grendelmier Jacob, Skinner-ftreet. 
 Griffith James, and wife, 369 Broadway. muJ 
 Grigg Mrs.'Pattition-street. ^ . . 
 
 Gniwold captain, achildof, 3 Frnnf.ttre <»> r flL ^ Agfoj 
 Groatfield Mr. a child of. 
 Grove Dorcas, a black, the child of. 
 Gunn lames, 6 1 Reed-street. . ^ 
 
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 Ilagadorn Francis, cartmap, fecond-street. 
 
 Haight John, corner of Read and Church-streets. 
 
 Hai-ht William, Bell evue. 
 
 Hall widow Mary, 96 Catharine-street. 
 
 Hall Richard, mariner, Bellevue. ^urjA']^! i».^«</w 
 
 Hallet Mr. a child of, aged 9. 
 
 Hallet Mrs. aged 22. 
 
 Halhday Win. grocer, Frankfort-street, Scotland. 
 
 Halligan Samuel, 72 William-street, Ireland. 
 
 Hal fey John, Christian, the fervant of, 35 Pearl-street. 
 
 II am Wandle, the wife of, 45 Broad-ftreet. 
 
 Ham Hannah, James-ftreet. 
 
 Hamilton Alexander, major-general, the black man of, 
 
 26 Broadway. 
 Hamilton Jane, a young woman, Scotland. 
 Hamilton James, 4 Bancker-ftreet. 
 Hamilton John, drayman, 12 Lumber-ftreet, C. 
 Hamilton Mrs. aged 48, pi m ri fy - r \\ j tyUf 1 jgfif; ff) rutin v 
 Hammel Nancy, the infant of, 
 
 Hammerfly Polly, at Wynant Van Zandts, 35 William- 
 Hammond Mrs. at Mr. Chas. Swans, 16 Cliff- It. aged 85. 
 Hand Bartholomew, 31 Cherry-ftreet. 
 Hand Mathew, 28 Cherry-ftreet. 
 Handy Phebe, Bellevue. 
 Handy Francis, a boy, Alms-houfe. 
 Hannah, a black, South George-ftreet. 
 Hanover Edward, corner of Eagle and Norfolk-fheet?. 
 Hardcope William, Orange-ftreet. 
 
 Hardenbrook Peter, paver, the wife of, 37 Lumber-fir. 
 Harding Richard, carver and gilder, 1 Crofs-ftreet. 
 Harding John, the Vife and child of, 11 6 Cherry-ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Hardy Nicholas, merchant, aged 23. 
 
 Hardgrave Mr. a child of, aged 2 years, flux. 
 
 Hardlow Elizabeth, 72 Murray-ftreet. 
 
 Harper Gideon, cooper and culler, No. 50 Gold-street. 
 
 Harper Thomas, fon of James, grocer, 154 Fly-market. 
 
 Harper Mrs. hofpital. 
 
 Harrington John, hair drefler, 10 Wall-ftreet. 
 Karris William, cartman, 72 Read-ftreet. 
 Harris Samuel. 
 
 Harris Thomas, from Thos. Maule's, mercht. Bellevue. 
 
 Harris Betfy, Lumber-ftreet. 
 
 Harrifon Edward, Bedlow-ftrect. 
 
 Harrifon Mary, widow, 57 Ann-ftreet. 
 
 Harry, a mulatto boy, found dead in Mr. Styvefon'§ 
 
 bam, out ward. v 
 Harfin Garrit, member of the common council, 36 Wm.st. 
 Hart Mr. at William Mathews, corner of Roofeveh and 
 
 Bancker-ftreet. 
 Hart George, blackfmith, and wife, each aged 45 years, 
 
 Henry-ftreet, Scotland. 
 Hartwich John, pump-maker, 27 Cherry-ftreet. 
 Harvey Thomas, merchant, the wife of, 134 Front-ftr. 
 Hary Nicholas, at John Butler's, block maker, Char- 
 
 lotte-ftreet, aged 18. 
 Haflall Mr. Cherry-ftreet, aged 46. 
 Hatch Thomas, tin-plate worker, Cherry-ftreet. 
 Hatcoff, child of, a German. 
 Hatfield Jane, the child of, 60 Dey-ftreet. ✓ 
 Hatfield John, a child of, 29 Reed-ftreet. 
 Hathaway Edmund, apothecary, 140 Front-ftreet, Eng. 
 Haviland Caleb, wine and porter merchant, 77 John-ftr. 
 Haviland John, tobacconift, 1 30 Front-ftreet. 
 Haviland Horatio Gates, 39 Pine-ftreet. 
 Hawes Mr. Charlotte-ftreet. 
 
 Hay David, mafon, 38 Lombard- ftreet, Scotland. 
 Haydock Henry, merchant, and his daughters Jane and 
 
 Elizabeth, 251 Pearl-ftreet. 
 Haydock John W. merchant, 276 Pearl-ftreet. 
 Hayney Arthur,. hofpidtyfrflfcrjO^'J^/Jf c 
 Hays Jacob, conveyancer, a child of, 63 Chappel-ftrcet. 
 Hays Thomas, flioemaker, and child^ 5 William-ftreev. 
 Hcarfcy Mr. the wife of, 72 Wall-ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Heath Mrs. aged 42. 
 
 Heberton John, taylor, wife of, 6 George-ftreet. 
 
 Hegith William, Bellevue. 
 Hendcriori Aitrctider, Bellevue. 
 
 Hcnderion John, grocer, 89 Jamcs-ftreet, aged 24, 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Henderfon Alexander, agtd 16 and Mary aged 21, the fon 
 and diu^ht'j: of Hugh, late merchant William-ftreet. 
 
 Hendricks Uriah, mercnant 112 Pearl Itrcet, London. 
 
 Hern^an John labourer 28 Cherry-fttreet. 
 
 Henigan Samuel, clerk to Mr. Ingraham, merchant Pearl- 
 flreet. 
 
 Hennifton John, 10 Wall frrcet. 
 Henry Francis, mariner, hellevue. 
 Hrnfon Alexander, Bellevue. 
 
 Heibert Mary, wife of Felix, Taylor, 49 Cliff-fttreet. 
 
 Herbert Mr. aged 30. 
 
 Herring Nicholas, feventh ward. 
 Herring Mrs. daughter of widow Bogert. 
 Heron Nicholas, the wife of 41, William-ftreet. 
 Hewitt Edward, labourer 306 Broadway. 
 Heyer Alexander, fon of Lawrence, baker,- 49 Chatham - 
 {treet. 
 
 Heyer Hannah, wife of Walter, news carrier, Lumber-ft. 
 Heyfer john and wife, oppolite the bull's head Bowery. 
 
 Heyfer Mr. a fchoolmafter the wife of. 
 
 Hicky John, Bellevue. 
 
 Hickey Sarah, 72 Munay-ftreet. 
 
 Hicks John B. M. D. phyhcian, and furgeon, 69 Beek- 
 
 man- f treet. 
 
 Hicks George, taylor, wife and two children, 341 Water- 
 ftreet. 
 
 Higgins Catharine, Hcnry-ftreet. 
 Higgins Thomas, Bellevue. 
 
 Hill Catharine, daughter of John, cartman, Church-ftreet. 
 
 Hill Catharine 6 Reed-ftreet. 
 
 Hillegan David, mafon, a child of, Mott-ftreet. 
 
 Hinde Margaret, Cherry- flreet, aged 44. 
 
 Hinton Phebe, at D. R. Durning's, g6 Water-ftreet. 
 
 Hodge Elizabeth, 303 Water-ftreet. 
 
 Hodge Mr. aged 18. 
 
 Hoffman Tobias, baker, a child of, Magazine-fireet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Hoffman widow, Chriftian, fon of, 19 Pine-ftr. drowned. 
 Holfrnan Mr. Ann, a child of, aged 6 weeks. 
 Holmes Jacob, Bellevue. 
 Holmes Mrs. 
 
 Hone Philip, cabinet maker, and wife, 62 Ann-ftreet. 
 Honfon Peter, infpecfor of beef and pork, 31 Front-flr. 
 Hopkins Mr. ofthehoufe of Bogartand Hopkins. 
 Hopkins Samuel, 69 Catharine-itreet. 
 Hopkins Mr. S. from Middlctori, Connecticut. 
 Hornfby George, Bellevue. 
 
 Horton Mifs,daughter Horton, fhipmatler, aged 20. 
 
 Hofier John, the fon of, Mott-ftreet. 
 
 Houfton Magnus, mate of a veffel, from Rob. Kennedy's, 
 
 19 Cherry-ftreet. 
 Howe Wm. organ builder, 320 Pearl-ft. aged 45. England. 
 Howe William, a boy, Henry-ftreet. 
 Howe Hannah, wife of capt. Bazalleel, 50 Cherry-fireet. 
 Howell widow Mary, Broad-ftreet. 
 Howland Arnold, Garden-ftreet. 
 Hubard Mr. aged 34. 
 
 Hubble Phito, Bellevue, mariner of the fhip Citizen. 
 Hugget Jacob, a black, a child of, Oiiver-fheet. 
 Hughes Mathew, aged 90. 
 Hughes John, tavern-keeper, E. George- dree t: 
 Hughes Mr. a child of. 
 
 Hull Jofeph, fon of John, apothecary, 146 Pearl -ft reet. 
 
 Hund Mr. aged 26. 
 
 Hunt widow Jane, aged 75. 
 
 Hunt Leak, corner of Catharine and Rutger-ftreets. 
 Hunt Mr. a child of, aged 2 years. 
 Hunt George, 89 Catharine-ftreet, 
 Hunt Ifaac, labourer. 
 Hunt Roger, merchant, 162 Pearl. ftreci. 
 Hunt Thomas, found in the E. River, fhipwright, Lum- 
 ber-ftreet. 
 
 Hunter Jofeph, mariner, Birmingham-ftreet. 
 
 Hunter George, houfc carpenter, and his fon Wm. 24 
 
 George- ftreet, Scotland. 
 Hunter Walter, 26 Catharine-ftreet. 
 Hunter William, a black man. a chi d of. 
 Hyde John, (hoemakcr, 291 Water ftreet. 
 Hyflop Alexander, merchant, Scotland. 
 
J JO 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Hyflop Herbert, baker, Scotland. *'4bH»i 
 Hyflop Robert, merchant, 62 Dey-ftrcet, do. 
 
 i Mi$fa&m ■ frt^Wwm 
 
 Ibbertfon Thomas, carpenter, Bedlow-flrect. 
 Igo Francis, Bellevue. 
 
 Inman Oliver, cooper, 76 Warren -ftreet. . MoH .v.*!*»f.1 
 J i eland William, Clerk. ^j^O^MMiii^mH 
 Irving Samuel, carpenter, 42 E. George-flicct, aged 50. 
 Ifaac Solomon, ftorekeeptr 17 Chatham-ftreet, Germany. 
 Ifaac Mofes, broker, 32 Barclay-ltreeK' !»ttf(|r >.( 
 Ifrael Michael, trader in furs, from Ihffe Caflcl, Germany. 
 Itman Charles, and Mary, children of John, blacklmith, 
 119 Bowery Lane. a'ic ^,ni. .; '-..M 
 
 Jackfon Allen, merchant, 277 Pearl-ftreet. 
 Jackfon Sophia, 21 Rofevelt-ftreet. 9*>*>tl 
 Jackfon Mr. a child of aged 1 year, flux, 
 fackfon Elizabeth, 172 Divifion-ftreet. 
 Jackfon widow, 55 John ftreet. 
 Jackfon Mr. a child of, aged 1 month. 
 Jacobs Herbert, Bellcvue. 
 
 {affray Thomas, grocer, 324 Water-ftreet, Scotland. 
 
 James Levi. ' *: >#jjkUW 
 
 James a blaqk, Bellevue. 
 
 jarvis Frederick 1 v E. Gcorge-ftreet. 
 
 Jay Jenny, a black, 136 Water-ftreet. 
 
 Jay Mrs. old age. 
 
 Jeannett Mrs. Bellevue. 
 Jeffrey Mr. fifherman, Block-IJland. 
 Jenkins William, the daughter of, aged 18. 
 'Jenkins James, grocer, a child of. 
 Jenkins Edward, fhipmafter, 7 Hague-ftreet. 
 Jervis Fanny, child of, Chariotte-ftreet. 
 Johnfon Ann, young woman from 1 58, Broadway, Sta- 
 ten IJland. 
 
 Johnfon James, mariner, 111 Cherry -ftreet. 
 
 fohnfon Hannah, 125 Fly market. 
 
 johnfon Sally, found dead in Read-ftreet- 
 
 johnfon Jacob, mulatto, Eden's Alley. 
 
 Johnfor-, 3 Beaver Lane, confumption. 
 
 Johnfon James, fon of James, 14 Rofe-ftreet, aged 18. 
 
 Jo'unfcn Andrew , infant lbn of John, Scotland. 
 
 1 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 11! 
 
 Johnfon Mr. a child of, at the 3 mile-done. 
 Johnfon Richard, fhoemaker, Ireland. 
 Johnfon Charles, a black man, Eden's Alley. 
 Johnfon Wm. a black infant, Eden's Alley. 
 Johnfon Mr. a child of, aged 1 year. 
 Johnfon Betty, Bellevue. 
 Johnfon John, Bellevue. 
 Johnfon Francis, his black boy Thomas, 
 f ohnfon Nancy, a black wafherwoman. 
 johnfon William, a black man, the child of. 
 Jones Mary, Bedlow-ftreet. 
 
 Jones Hugh, labourer, a child of, 34 E. George- ftreet. 
 Jones Daniel, 37 Chappd-ftreet. 
 Jones William, the wife of y New -flip. 
 Jones John B. phyfician, 82 William-ftreet, aged 36. 
 Jones captain John, a child of. 
 
 Jones Mr. a black man, a child of. 1 
 Jones Jane and Mary, daughters of Louis, printer, 67 
 Pine ftreet. 
 
 Jones Mr. the wife of, aged 25, 352 Water-ftreet. . 
 
 Jones Benjamin, a black man. 
 
 Jones Peter, a child of, Corlear's-hook. 
 
 Jordan Robert, 73 Wall-ftreet. 
 
 Jofeph John, a child of, Firft-ftreet. 
 
 Jofeph John, Alms-houfe. 
 
 Jofias, a black man, Orange-ftreet. 
 
 Joyce Robt. clock and watch maker, 145 Pearl-ft. Ireland. 
 Judah Walter S. ftudent of phyfic. 
 
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 Kant Godfrey, upholfterer, 58 Beekman- ftreet. 
 Karns Elizabeth, wife of John, chair maker 2 C'iflT-ftreet. 
 Katy mulatto, Bellvuc, from the floop Herkimer. 
 Kean Elenore, fp in Iter, John-ftreet. 
 Kedore George, joiner* . i .-I t 
 
 ' Keerfey Abraham, a child of near the alms-houfe. 
 
 Keefe Mr. aged 74. 
 
 Keith Mathew, at Mr. Cowan's. Henry-street. 
 
 Keller Abm. baker near the methodift church Bowery. 
 
 Kelly Edward, Bellevue. 
 
 Kelly Iohn, a child of. 
 
 Kelly widow, 83 Murray-flreet. 
 
 Kelly Wm. lames, Cbeapfide-ftreeij, \><h t 
 
112 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Kelly Patrick, labourer, Ireland. 
 
 Kendle Charles, filver fmitb, daughter Mary and wife Eli- 
 zabeth, 43 Cliff-ftreet. 
 Kenly Iohn, clerk in the cuftom-houfe. 
 Kintian Thomas, Liberty ftreet. 
 
 Kennard Henry, a black, drowned the fifteenth of Auguft, 
 
 Kcnnard Elizabeth, Orange-ftreet aged 23. 
 
 Kennard Nancy, Bellevuc. 
 
 Kent Clarifla, wife of Iohn, a black. 
 
 Kent Catherine, the wife of Iacob. 10 Chambcr-ftreet. 
 
 Kent Iacob, an infant of, Winne-ftreet, flux. 
 
 Kent Mary, a black woman, Cedar-ftreet. 
 
 Kerby William. 
 
 Kerr Michael, Skinncr-ftrcet. 
 
 Kerr Elizabeth, Orange- ftrcet. 
 
 Keyfer George, a child of, 29 Chcapfide. . 
 
 Key fer John, fhoemaker, the wife of, Reed-ftreet. 
 
 Kibbe Haac, merchant, a child of, 214 Pearl-street. 
 
 Kiddjohn, 328 Water-street. 
 
 Kinder John Church St. back of the hofpital. 
 
 Kindle widow Mary, a daughter of, 14 Beekman-ftreet. 
 
 King Elizabeth, the wife of Edward, 1 1 Chappel-ftreet. 
 
 King John, the chiid of, Mulberry-flreet. 
 
 King Ifaac, from Mr. A {kin's, 56 Barclay-ftreet. 
 
 King Rebecca, 19 Lumber-ftreet. 
 
 King Thomas, 100 Maiden-Lane. 
 
 King, a watchman, a child of, near the Union-Furnace. 
 
 King Edward, 6 Ofwego-market. 
 
 King Mrs. aged 65, fmall pox. 
 
 King Jane, Bellevue. 
 
 Kinglland Abigail, Pump-ftrcct. 
 
 Kinnard Ann, Bellevue. 
 
 Kinfay Jofeph, a black, Bellevue. 
 
 Kip Henry H. infpecior of pot and pearl afhes, and wife, 
 Pine-ftreet. 
 
 Kip Ifaac A. merchant, a child, of 34 Stone-ftreet. 
 
 Kip Mr. a daughter of, Ruiger-ftreet. 
 
 Kip John H. 105 Greenwich-ftreet, aged 26. 
 
 KinOey Simon, a child of. 
 
 Kirby Mr. aged 19. 
 
 Kitty, a wench, 18 Roofevelt-street. 
 
 Klapper Henry, the wife of, Moore's buildings. 
 
A LlST'OF BURIALS. 113 
 
 Knapp Mary, the wife of Ebenczar,houfe-carpcntcr, 87 
 
 Harman-ftreef. 
 Knapp David do. 
 
 Knapp Marian, Thomas-street, confumption, 
 
 Knapp Lienor, a young woman from 122 Cherry -street. 
 
 Knapp Gilbert, butcher, 87 Harman-street. 
 
 Knapp Stephen, taylor, 4 New-Slip. 
 
 Knapp Charles, do. 
 
 Kneeland Seth R. grocer. New Albany bafon. 
 
 Knight Elizabeth, 44 Lumber-ftrcet. 
 
 Knight Hannah, wife of Mr. mariner Lumber-street. 
 
 Knox Mr. a child of, aged 1 year. 
 
 Knox Thomas, merchant, the wife of, C. 
 
 Kranicl John W. clerk to the late Mr. Brauver, 53 
 
 Stone-street. . 
 Krindle Samuel, Bellevue. 
 Kritz Conrad, grocer, E. Rutgcr-ftreet. 
 Kroneholm Clmftiari, moemaker, near Crane-wharf. 
 Kulp Jacob, Bellevue. 
 Kyle Richard, a child, Alms-houfe. 
 Kvle John, a boy, 87 Front-street. 
 
 L 
 
 Laburan Bartholomew, gardner, the fon of, Third-ftreet. 
 Lacey Lawrence, from the alms-houfe. 
 Lackey Robert, Ihipwright, the wife of, Lumber-street. 
 Lackey James and John, fons of, do. do. 
 Lackey Robert, junr. the wife and fon of, Lumber-street. 
 Lake Thomas, Clerk, aged _|0, England. 
 Lake Constantia, wife of William, trader, 08 Gold-street. 
 Ireland. 
 
 Lamb John, M. D. fon of general Lamb, 34 Wall-street. 
 
 Lamb William, taylor, 1 1 Rutger-street. 
 
 Lane Elizahcth, from the hofpital. 
 
 Lane Thomas, 37 Chatham-street. 
 
 Lane Timothy, a child of, Gold-street, aged 11 days. 
 
 Lardncr James, grocer, 282 Water-street, Limerick. 
 
 Larkin Charlotte, Bellevue* 
 
 Larkin William, Bellevue. 
 
 Larey Abijah. aged 17. 
 
 Lathutn Simon, (bipwright, Lumber-street. 
 Lavander Jofeph, painter, a child of. 
 Lavere Mr.-- — - — - — a^ed 82. 
 
»M LIST OF Btf RIALS* 
 
 Lawrence Jofepb, Bellevue. 
 
 Lawrence George, fhipmaster, Nantucket. 
 
 Lawrence Richard, merchant, fon of Caleb, 80 John-str. 
 
 Lawrence William, Bellevue. 
 
 Lawrence widow, mother in law of Dr. John B. Hicks, 
 
 69 Beekman-street. 
 Law fon John, blackfmith, 59 William-street. 
 Lawfon Ifrael, 30 E. Rutger-street. 
 Lazarus Samuel, fhopkeeper, 19 William-street. 
 Leach John, Church-street, between Barley and Thomas 
 
 streets. , 
 Leach Thomas, baker 217 William-street. 
 Leach Robert, apprentice to Ofwald and Hartung, 83 
 
 Maiden-Lane. 
 
 Leary widow, Sarah, her black woman, 303 Pearl-street. 
 Leary Mr. aged 78, cancer. 
 Lee Mrs. aged 39. 
 
 Lee Sufannah at Mr. Caldwell's 138 Pcarl-strcet. 
 
 Lee Mr. a child of, aged 1 year. 
 
 Leechman John, cabinet maker, 60 Cedar-street. 
 
 Lefurge Amos, boarding houfe, a child of, 82 Warren-Mr. 
 
 Leitch Samuel, from John Murray's, 27 Harman-Mreet. 
 
 Lemon Mary, 111 Divifion-street. 
 
 Lemprier Michael, 34 Church-street. 
 
 Lenox Jofeph, porter bottler, 48 Catherine-street. 
 
 Lenox Jofeph, labourer, Ireland. 
 
 Lentz Jacob, and wife, Eagle-street 
 
 Leonard Mrs. Divifion-street. 
 
 Leonard Mrs. aged 48. 
 
 Leonard Master aged 1 4. 
 
 Leonard Mr. mafon, the wife and child of, Pump-Mreet. 
 Leper Mr. Bellevue. 
 
 Lewifton George, corner of Lumber and Bedlow-ftreets. 
 
 Leflie Alexander, teacher, Broadway. 
 
 Lent ]ohn, biufh-manufa&urer, a child of, 2 Beekman-fl. 
 
 Letts Elijah, and daughter Sufan, 22 Cooper-street. 
 
 Leuthoufer William, grocer, Divifion-ftreet, Germany. 
 
 Levi Jofeph, a foldier, hofpital. 
 
 Levier Jacob and his fon Jofeph, 172 Divifion-ftreet. 
 
 Levie Mary. Bellevue. 
 
 Lewis Betty, a black, Eden's alley. 
 
 Lewis Jofeph, a black. 
 
LIST Ofr BURIALS. 115 
 
 Lewis , attorney at law, Cherry-ftreet. C. 
 
 Lumbert Henry, taylor, the child of. 
 
 Lincoln Francis, from Robert Thomas's, 15 Lumber ftr. 
 
 Lincoln Hofea, houfe carpenter and daughter, 86 Fair-ftr. 
 
 Lining Nathaniel, carpenter, Liberty- ftreet. 
 
 Lint Jacob and his wife Mary, Eagle-ftreet. 
 
 Lifpenard Oliver, mariner, James-ftreet. 
 
 Lifpenall William, mariner. 
 
 Little Mr. coachman, Beaver-lane. 
 
 Little John, cartman, a daughter of. 
 Little William, 272 Bioadway. 
 Littlely Frederick, Hofpital. 
 Liver Mary, Bellevue. 
 
 Liver Michael and child, taylor, 57 Ann-ftreet. 
 Livinfton Elenor, Bellevue. 
 
 Lockwood , drover from the Plough and Harrow, 
 
 Bowcry-lane. 
 Lloyd Benjamin, a child of, 57 James-ftreet. 
 
 Lloyd Mr. — aged 16. 
 
 Lloyd Mr. aged 46. 
 
 Logan John and wife, Lumber-ftreet. 
 
 Lott William, the wife of, 111 Divifion-ftreet. 
 
 Long Michael, the wife of, mariner, 70 E. George- ftreet. 
 
 Long Peter, back of Corlear's-hook. 
 
 Loofie Andrew, Bayard-lane. 
 
 Lord Dorcas, aged ig, William-ftrett. 
 
 Lorias Nicholas, Bellevue. 
 
 Low William, a child of, Greenwich ftreet. 
 
 Low Peter, Bellevue. 
 
 Lowdon Thomas 25 Warren -ftreet. 
 
 Lowdon Richard, Bellevue. 
 
 Lowellin Hannah, Charlotte-ftreet. 
 
 Lowan Richard, Bellevue. 
 
 Lowrie Mr. Greenwich-ftreet. 
 
 Ludlam David, Bellevue/******'* 1 
 
 Ludlam Cornelius, aged 22, fon of widow Phebe. Ridcr-ft. 
 Ludlam Nancy, aged 32, wife of Stuart, painter, 56 John-ft. 
 Ludlow Mr. a child of. 
 Ludlow Mr. Bellevue. 
 
 Ludlow William, grocer, the wife of, Fayetie-ftrcet. 
 Lydig Clara, a wench, 4 Ferry-ftrcet. 
 Lyon Mr. a cbHd of. 
 
L I ST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Lyon Harris, Ann-flrect. 
 Lyon James, mariner, Bellcvue. 
 
 M 
 
 M'Adams Mr. fhocmakcr, Gcorge-ltreet. 
 M'Adder Daniel, Bcllevue. 
 
 M'Baine Mr. a child of, aged 1 year, t'fc/fr) rU-il i.fl 
 IVl'Baine Jane, Bellcvue. 
 
 M'Caffel James, corner of Bedlow and Eaft Rutger-Jlr. 
 M'Carran John, grocer, aged 32, 36 Catharine-ftreet. 
 M'Carter John, bag piper, Rider-ltreet. 
 M'Carty Chas. fon of Jeremiah, 97 James-ftrcet. 
 M'Carty Chas. carpenter, Rider ltreet. 
 M'Carty James, child of widow Catherine, 5 James flreet. 
 M'Carty Mr. aged 34, plcurify. 
 M'Ca ty James, Bellcvue. 
 M'Call John, 22 E. Rutger-ftreet. 
 M'Call John, carpenter, aged 24, Scotland. 
 M'Cammon Mrs, wife of Mark, malon, 45 Catharine-flr. 
 M'Cauly Patrick. 
 
 M'Clay William, caipenter, 115 Liberty-ftrcct. 
 
 M'Clay Thomas, mariner, aged 21, Bedlow r (trcet. 
 
 M'Cloud Mr. a child of, near the Air Furnace. 
 
 M ; Cobb Mr. Beekman-ltreet. 
 
 M* Col gin James, malon, Catharine-flrcet. 
 
 M'Colhfter William, corner of Broadway and Barley-flr. 
 
 M'Cone Jacob, aged 12 years. 
 
 M'Connel , a ferryman at the Fly-market. 
 
 M'Coy James, apprentice to jolcph Hitchcock, failma- 
 
 ker, 31 Roofevelt-flrcet. 
 M'Crea widow, the daughter of. a r ..-«*,-• VVt<-<* 
 M'Cready William, aged 17, fon of Mr. E. M'Creadv. 
 
 ftorth Cajllc. . 
 M'Cubbin Rqbert, Earclay-ftrcet. 
 M'Cue Bridget, 15 Moore's buildings. 
 M'Dauiel Peggy, Bellcvue. 
 M'Daniel Hugh, do. 
 
 M'Donald James, (the noted fportfman) 78 Vefey-street, 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 M'Donald Jannet, widow, at 65, near the Air Furnace, 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 M'Donald Jane, wife of Alexander, carpenter, near the 
 old Furnace. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 n 7 
 
 M'Donald Nelly, from Mr. William Mooney's, 75 Wall-st. 
 M'Donald Donald, 64 John-street, Scotland. 
 M'Donald Joleph, a la'd from the Alms-houfe.' 
 M'Donell Christiana, wife of Donald, Bellevue. 
 M'Dougal Peter, merchant, 191 Pearl-street, Scot lend. 
 M'Elwaine Mrs. Bedlow-street. 
 M'Elwaine John, grocer, Bedlow-street. 
 M'Elwaine Margaret, from the fliip Nancy, Capt. Forest, 
 Ireland. 
 
 M'Ewen Daniel, from the hofpital, drdpfy. 
 M-Ewing Mr. aged 25. 
 
 M'Ewcn John, aged 36, an officer in the late revolution- 
 ^ ary war. 
 
 M'Ewen Keturah and her ion Henry, Bellevue. 
 
 M ; Fall Mrs. aged 38. 
 
 M'Furney Francis, Alms-houfe. 
 
 M'Gaefton John, a child of about 14 month.,. 
 
 M ; Gibbon Garret, Bellevue. 
 
 M'Gie James, the infant of John, Ireland. 
 
 M'Gill John, child of, Jacob-ftreet. 
 
 M'Gowan Ann, wife of Daniel, corner of Dev and Green- 
 
 wich-ltreets. 
 
 M'Graw Mr. a child of aged 1 year. 
 
 "M'Innis Hugh, Eagle-ftreet. 
 
 M'Intire Ann, infant of Peter, Warren-itreet. 
 
 M'Fall , a child of, Mulberry-ftreet. 
 
 M'Fanane Mrs. the child of. 
 
 M'Farlane John, clerk, 190 Pearl-ftreet. Scotland. 
 
 M'Fier John, Norfolk-ftreet. 
 
 M'Garrah Mrs. aged 47. 
 
 M'Gibbon Garret, Bellevue. 
 
 M ; Ginnis widow, Broadway. 
 
 M'Ginnis John, Eaglc-ftreet. 
 
 M'Ginlay David, aged 25. 
 
 M'Grcen Robert, Charlotte, near Cherrv llreet. 
 
 M'Gregor Alexander, Margaret wife of. 
 
 M'Guire Mathew, cartman, Chamber-street. 
 
 M'Gowan John, Church-street. 
 
 M'Intire Sarah, Bellevue. 
 
 M'Kay Henry L. aged 17, Old-flip, Ireland. 
 
 M'Kelfbn John, clerk of the aflemblv of this state, G7 
 
 Pearl-street. 
 
A LIST OF BURIALS 
 
 M'Kiulay Peter, china store, the wife and tw o children of, 
 
 1 19 Fly-market, Scotland. 
 M'Kiulay Mr. Eagle-street. 
 M'Kenzie mifs. 
 M'Knight William, Bellevue. 
 
 M'Laren Daniel, fhopkeeper, the wife and child of, 163 
 Broadway. 
 
 M'Laren Catharine, at Mr. Buckley's Front, near Peck 
 Slip. 
 
 M'Laren John, merchant, 8 Gold-street. 
 M' Laughcray, James, labourer. 
 M'Laughlin Morris, aged 12, Pearl-ftreet. 
 M'Laughlin Patrick, a child of, aged 9, Pearl-ftreet. 
 M'Laughlin, Charlotte-ftreet. 
 M'Laughlin James a child of. 
 
 M'Lean Archibald, one of the editors of the New-York 
 
 Gazette, 116 Pearl -Itreet, Glafgozv. 
 M'Lean Nicl, rigger and grocer, the wife of, 62 John-ft. 
 
 Scotland .. \ ,iA»7 ^ * 
 
 M' Leod Donald, a child of, Grecnwich-flrects. 
 M'Maltcrs William, hofpital. 
 M'Michacl Mr. aged 39. 
 
 M'Millan John, porter bottler, Burling- Slip, aged 20, 
 Ireland. ... y •,;.'.:<- * .?.*!<#. *w&M 
 
 M'Mullan Mrs. Bridget and child, hofpital,v*fU <ii&fetij 
 M'Mullcn Patrick, Bellevue. 
 M'Nair Charles, Blackfmith, 22 Church-ftreet. , 
 M'Nichol, Margaret, corner of Bedlow and Charlctte-ftts. 
 M'Nichol Patrick, do. do. and two children. 
 M'Pherfon Andrew, labourer, 1= Pearl-street, Scotland. 
 M'Quin Edward, Bellevue. 
 Macon John, the boy of, 25 Cheapfide. 
 Mackin Niel, grocer, 24, E. George ftreet, and child. 
 Madden Michael, Bellevue. 
 Madden John, from the 4 milc-ftone. 
 Maers William, gunsmith, Ireland. 
 Magie Ireland. 
 
 Maghan Charles, from Mr. Gies, corner of Biidge and 
 
 Broad -streets. 
 Magraw Miles, labourer, Roofevelt-street. 
 Mahan Jerry, the wife of, Charlotte-street. 
 Major Sally, wife of Samuel, printer, 37 Rutger street. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Malcomb Sufan, fister of Mrs. Malcomb, midwife, i 
 
 Fletcher-street, Scotland. 
 Maney Margaret, Bellevue. 
 Manley Mrs. Jews-Alley. 
 Manicl George, a child of, William street. 
 Man Captain William, aged. 36. 
 
 Marian, a hired woman at Mr. Clandenings, 209 Fearl-st. 
 Martin Peter, James-street. 
 
 Martin Peter merchant, from Peter Irwin's boarding houfe, 
 
 59 John-street, Scotland 
 Martin John found dead near the Skip yards. 
 Marfheld Mr. 
 
 Marville Betty, a black, Bellevue. 
 Mafon Robert, a child, 12 Moore's buildir. 
 Mafon Thomas, Bellevue. 
 Mastin Charles, cartman, 20 Chefnut-street. 
 Mathews Anthony, a black, the fon of, 
 Mathews Charles, B irmingham-ftreet. 
 Mathewfon Ebenezer, 316 Water-street. 
 Maxwell William, diftiller, an infant of, 225 Greenwich- 
 street. 
 
 Mayune Frances, widow, at Mr. BafTets, 218 Pearl-street, 
 old age. 
 
 Mead Margaret, a young woman, fifter of Nicholas, 59 
 
 Naflau-street. 
 Mead Solomon, clerk of Mr. Jofeph Eden, C. 
 Mead John, a child of. 
 Mears Peter. 
 
 Meinell George, 227 William-ftrcet. 
 Meldrum Robert, grocer, aged 26, 87 Greenwich-fltreet, 
 Scotland. 
 
 Melvin Thomas, mariner Catherine-ftreet. 
 Merrit Ezekiel, mafon, the wife of, Murray-street. 
 Merrit John, corner of Henry and Birmingham-street. 
 Middlemast Peter, 21 Beckman-street, aged 28. 
 Middleton Mofes, a black, Catherine-st. near the market. 
 Middleton Walter. 
 
 Mierckel Mr. found near the corner of Liberty-street and 
 
 Broadway. 
 Miles Samuel, and wife, E. George-street. 
 Millat Peter, mafon, 51 Bowery Lane. 
 Millegan Gilbert, apothecary, aged 23, 43 Water-street. 
 
. > 20 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Miller Adolphiu, teacher, 32 NafTau-street. 
 
 Miller, vidow, Catherine, a child of, 21 E. George -street. 
 
 Miller John filver fmith, Dutch-street. 
 
 Miller Montgomery, carpenter, Reed-street. 
 
 Miller William, filherman, Pump-street. 
 
 Miller Zebulon, 3 New Slip. 
 
 Miller Andrew, merchant, Maiden Lane. 
 
 Miller John, Bellevue. 
 
 Mills Jane, daughter of Robert, bookbinder, 
 
 Mills James grocer, a child of. 
 
 Minery Captain, Patrick, a child of, Rutger-strect. 
 
 Minto Christian, confumption. .'•'2 
 
 Misplee Nancy, aged 18, daughter of Thomas,cofTee feller, 
 
 Miffcrvc George, butcher, Bowery lane. 
 
 Mitchell Mr. a child of, near the tea water pump. 
 
 Mitchell Bridget, Bellevue. , 
 
 Mitchell William, cartman, 94 Gold-street. 
 
 Mitchell Jane, Bellevue. 
 
 Mitchell Wynant, marfhall, 15 Water-street. 
 
 Mitchell Mr. tanner and wife. 
 
 Mix John, a black, Bellevue. 
 
 Moffit Polly, Oliver-street. 
 
 Monikee Mr. a child of. 
 
 Moody William Thomas, apprentice to Mr. Hithcock, 
 
 Roofevelt-street. 
 Moon Mrs. aged 62. \M> 
 Mooney Elizabeth, the wife of Michael, 39 Rutger-strect. 
 Mooney Mr. aged 36, fudden. 
 Mooney William, butcher, 75 Wall-street. 
 Moore Mrs. aged 30, child bed. 
 Moore Abigail, a child of. 
 Moore Richard, a black man, alms houfe. 
 Moore Nicholas, 32 Ferry-street. 
 Moore James, the wife of, Henry-street. 
 Morehoufe Jolhua, from the boarding houfe of Mrs. 
 . Rodgers. 
 
 ^vforarius major Ludwig, Roofevelt-street, Germany. 
 Morell Betfy, Bellevue. 
 Morgan Mr. a child of, aged 6 months, 
 ^lorris Jacob, cartman, and wife^ 1 1 Barclay-street. 
 "Morris Abraham, a black man, alms-houfe. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 12C 
 
 Morris Samuel, flaveto Mr. Ebbet, 71 Pearl-street. 
 Morris John, jeweller, Dutch-street. 
 Morris Mr. the child of. 
 
 Morrifon James, and Thomas, back of the balloon houfe. 
 Morrifbn Jane, an infant, alms-houfe. 
 Morrifon John, cabinet maker, Fair-street. 
 Morrifon Mrs. aged 54. 
 Morrifon William, manner, Bellevue. 
 Morrifon Mr. a child of, E. Rutger-street. 
 Morton Thomas corner of Dey and Greenwich-streets. 
 Scotland 
 
 Morewood Thomas, merchant, 128 Pearl street, aged 41. 
 
 Mofes Ifaac, Broker. 
 
 Mount George, a child of, Chatham -street. 
 
 Mougeonc Pccer, at the four mile scone, France. 
 
 Mountain Bridget, wife and child of James, corner of 
 
 Bedlow and George streets. 
 Mullen Barney, Bellevue. 
 Mul!an Robert, Bellevue. 
 
 Munley Timothy, carpenter, and wife, 147 Wiiliam-ftreet. 
 Munfon Amos, Ihocmaker, 82 John-ftrect. 
 Murphy William, apprentice to James Sutton, cedar- 
 cooper, 80 Fair-ftreet. 
 Murphy Edward, grocer, E. George-ltrect. 
 Murphy Richard James 7th ward. 
 Murphy William, Bellevue. 
 
 Murray Ceafar, black, white wafher, 49 Cedar-ftreet. 
 Murray Mr. a child of, aged 1 month. 
 Murray John, Bellevue. 
 Murrel Thomas, 23 Gcorge-ftreei. 
 Myers Jacob, from Mr. Van Tuyl's country houie. 
 Myers Ephraim, mariner, 25, E. Georg.e-itreet. 
 Myers John R. merchant, the wife of, 17 Dey-itreet, 
 Myers John, the child of, Read-lireet. 
 Myers Samfon A. copperfmith, 71 John-ftrect, 
 Myers Rudolph, fhoemaker, 1 1 Chappel-ftreet, 
 Myers Henry, a lad from Dr. Borrows, 77 Water-ftrcct. 
 Myers John, a black belonging to Mrs, Dixon. 
 Myers Mrs. aged 78, confumption. 
 Myers Sufannah, a black, the child of. 
 Mylander Nicholas, raveni and clothier, aged 45, 
 Water- ftreet. 
 
 O 
 
iu LIST Of BURIALS. 
 
 ; trrr 'wfA r 1 1 Hffftlirii fti It Jt iUiim'i^t 
 
 Nancy, a black womin, at John Murray's 27 Beekman-ft. 
 
 Naih Mary, wife of Samuel, male of a veflel, 69 Clifl-Jlr. 
 
 Nathan jol'eph, trader, White-hall-lhcet, Germany. 
 
 Nation Mr. a child of, aged 10 months. 
 
 Neck Solomon, from the Kolpiial, confu caption. 
 
 Nedham Mrs. wife of John, a^cd 73, 10 Cherry- (trcci. 
 
 Ncvil .John, grocer, 7*8 WalUtrcet. 
 
 Ncwall Andrew, cooper, aged 49, and fon Jofcph, aged 
 
 18, Front ftreet, at the Crane wharf. 
 Newall Thomas, fon of Andrew, Crane-wharf. 
 NichoU William, aged 25. - 
 Nicholas John, a black, labourer, Orange-It rcct. 
 Nicholfon Mrs. James-ftrect. 
 
 Nickels John, labourer, a black man, Orange-ftreet. 
 Nightingale Lienor, 44, Lumber- {tree t. 
 
 Nefbit fletfey, fftllevue. ' ufc *tf > 
 Netus Philip, Alms-houfe. 
 
 Newkirk John, baker, a child of,. 49 Liberty-ftrect. 
 . Ncwion Thomas, printer. IbMf ' ••»*••• 
 
 NichoL William, mafon, aged 18. 
 Noble Mark, 222 Pearl-ftreet. 
 Nocus Stephen, broker, 196 Broadway. 
 Norris Elizabeth, the wiie of Mr. 306 Water-ftreet. 
 Norwood Richard, cuiiom houfc mcafurer, the wife of, 
 
 52 Gold-ftrect. 
 Nollrand James, printer. 
 Noilrand'Epinetus, ironmonger, C. 
 Noyll Mr. a child of, aged 1 year. y^, 
 
 O'Biian Richard, Bellevue. r r 
 
 OBrian Timothy, tallow chandler, the fon of, aged 16, 
 
 O'Bnan John, Bellevue." 
 
 O'Conally Patrick, baker, Ireland. t ,. v , 
 
 O' Daniel Hugh, Bellevue. _ :frii-'H jt&kUtl *> " 
 
 C'Drifcal Mary, wife of Jeremiah, fchoolmaftcr, aged 36. 
 
 0<;den Gilbert, labourer. 
 
 Ogden widow, Ann-ftreet. 
 
 Ogden Lewis, aged 48, Pearl-ftreet. 
 
 O^den David, merchant, 123, Pearl-ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 123 
 
 Ogden Mr. a child of, Frankfort ftreet. 
 
 Ogden John, bricklayer, the wife of. 54 Ann-ftrect. 
 
 Ogg James, E. George-ftreet. 
 
 Ogilvie Alexander, 2 Gokl-ftreet. 
 
 Oliver Mr. a child of, aged 1 year. 
 
 O'Neal Chas. Gordon, a lad, fonof Henry, Lmnber-ftr. 
 
 O'Neal James, Hofpital. 
 
 Orr Alexander, 143 Fly-marker. 
 
 Orr John, Bellevue. 
 
 Ofburn Henry, mafon, E. George-ftreet. 
 
 Ofburn Nathaniel, from the fchooner Nancy, Captain 
 
 Wilfon. 
 Ofhiel Peter, Bellevue. 
 Ofwald Charles, furrier, 83 Maiden-lane, C. 
 Overing Mr. a child of, aged 18 months, flux. 
 Owen Richard, the fon of, 14 Jacob-ftreet. 
 
 P 
 
 Paine Captain Jofeph, Grccnwich-road near the Old Fur- 
 nace. ■ w&k-.M'Wf& 1 vT|M|iCi|p' HKffr "*' 
 Palmer Mr. aged 21. 
 Palmer Mr. Pump-ftreet. 
 
 Panton Francis, merchant, aged 56, 59 Wall- ftreet, 
 Aberdeen. 
 
 Parker Elizabeth, wife of Peter, fhipmafter, Dtvifion-ftrJ 
 Parker Sidney, hatter, 207 Water-ftreet. 
 -Parfonarius John, F. Holpital. 
 Parfons Aaron, Bellevue. 
 Parfons John, merchant, 257 Pearl-ftreet. 
 Partell Henry, 4 Jacob-ltreet. 
 Patterfon Jonas, Cheapfide. 
 Payne Mary, 46 E. George-ftreet. 
 Peacock Richard, at Mr. Robbins' grocer, fixth w&rd. 
 Peale Kitian, fon of Charles W. proprietor of the mufeum, 
 
 Philadelphia, C. 
 Pearfe Robert, pewterer, 82 Naffau-flreef: 
 Pearfon Catharine, Henry near E. Gcorge-ftrcct. 
 Peck George, 2 children of, Mulberry-ltrcct. 
 Peffer Ifaac, 38 Harman-ftreet. 
 Pell Elijah, merchant, Pearl-ftreet. 
 Pendleton James. «*8 
 Penny Mr. aged 18. 
 
 Pennycook William, coachmakcr, the wife of, S Fair-ftr.- 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Perroid Mrs. aged .29. 
 
 PerG. William, mafon and builder, aged 47, and a chile, 
 34 Gold-ftrecr. 
 
 Peter , an Italian, aged 33. 
 
 Peters John, taylor, a child of, 16 William-fircet. 
 
 Peters Polly, at Nancv Johnfon's Bedlow-ftreet. 
 
 Peterfon Cornelius, blackfmith, the child of, Divifion-ftr. 
 
 Peterfon Goefler, 66 E. George-ftreet. Sweden. 
 
 Peterfon Pompey^ a black, belonging to Mrs. Beekman. 
 
 Pctre George, fugar baker, wife and child, Bayard -ftrect. 
 
 Pettie John, from Garrit de Bow's 132 Front Itreet. 
 
 Pettit Thomas, 46 Cedar-ftreet. 
 
 Pcttit Jofeph B. Alms-houfc, confumption. 
 
 Phcbe, a black woman, Bellevue. 
 
 Philips Hannah, 60 William -rtrect. 
 
 Philips Stephen, gentleman, Wall-ftreet. 
 
 Philips Marcus Portius, Bellevue. 1 
 
 Pilkins james, 59 Chcapfide. 
 
 Pinkleton James, corner of Lumber and E. Georpc-ftreet. 
 Piper Julian, widow, and grand daughter Catharine, Bow- 
 cry. 
 
 Pitt Nicholas, cartman, the wife of, 44 Roofevelt-fheet. 
 
 Place James, . butcher, Firft-ftreet. 
 Player Peter, the child of, James-ftreet. 
 Plunkct widow, Mary, 178 Divifion-ftreet. 
 Polhelmus Jacob, old age, Second-ftreet. 
 Porter William, Bellevue. 
 
 Porter Peter, labourer, the child of. 80, Rcad-flreet. 
 
 Porterfiekl Mr. corner Augufhis-flrcet and Tryon R' 
 
 Poftlethwaite John, 1 Cherry ftreet. 
 
 Potlry Jofiah, corner of Di virion and Oiange-ftreet. 
 
 Powers John, 7 Charlotte-ftrcct. 
 
 Preflon Catharine, 327 Pearl-flreet- 
 
 Price Ruben, the wife of, 9 Barley -ftreet. 
 
 Pride Peter, houfe -carpenter, the infant of, Little Ann ft. 
 
 Pride Robert, carpenter, 1 5 Beaver-ftreet. 
 
 Prigent Peter, Bellevue. 
 
 Pritchard William, Pump-ftreet. 
 
 Pritts John, mariner, Bellevue. 
 
 Provooft, widow of James. 
 
 Prow John, Bellevue. 
 
 Prun jacobj Second -fiiect, and Child. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Pudney John, Grand, near Suffolk-ftteet. 
 
 Punches }ohn C. taylor, 27 George-llreet. 
 
 Puidy JWunmouth, taylor, 395 Pearl-ftreet. 
 
 Purdy John, cartman, Little Catharine -ftteet. 
 
 Purdy Thomas, Catharine-ftreet, aged 22. 
 
 Purdy John, at Noftrand's tavern, 52 Bowery -lane. 
 
 Purvis Robert, 290 Greenwich-ftreet. . 
 
 Purvis Walter, cabinet-maker, Orange-ftrcet, Scotland. 
 
 Purvis Thomas, do. 
 
 Queran Philip, near Bunker s-Hill. 
 Quick Abraham, a child of, Broad-ftreet. 
 Quick James, baker, 57 Broad-ftreet. 
 Quin Patrick, aged 27 
 Quin John, mariner, Water-ftreet. 
 
 R. 
 
 Ramage Mifs, daughter of Mr. Ramage, miniature paint- 
 er, aged 16. 
 Randall Mr. aged 25. 
 Raney Mr. taylor, the wife of, Fairftreet. 
 Raney William, 87 Front-ftreet. 
 Range Mary, Bellevue. 
 Rankin Mrs. aged 28. 
 
 Rankins Mr. a child of, aged 3 years, and another aged 6 
 months. 
 
 Rankens, Francis, a black, the child of. 
 Ray Mr. a child of, aged 1 year. 
 
 Read William, chief Surgeon of the U. S. frigate Confii- 
 tulion. 
 
 Readen Henry, baker, and Mary his wife, 93 Gold f tree t. 
 
 Rcaden Mr. a black, child belonging to. 
 
 Reef Martha, Henry-fheet. 
 
 Reid Mr. aged 70, died on Long-Ifiand. 
 
 Rcid Elizabeth, Partition-llreet. 
 
 Reid Mrs. a fon of. 
 
 Reid Elizabeth, widow. 
 
 Reid Robert, aged 23. 
 
 Rcmmy John, potter, the child of, Potter. 1 -h'!' 
 
 Remfen Elizabeth, at Silas Tottcn's, 115, Wiihani-ltrcct. 
 
 Rem fen Dorothea, 32 Water-flreet. 
 
 Remfen John H. jun. attorney at JaVj 92 Pearl-ft. t »g<. ri 28 
 
 Remfen Elizabeth, Bellevue. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 126 
 
 Renwick William, merchant, a child of, 67, Maiden-lane. 
 Rcfidc Hannah, 13 Rutger s-flreet. . 
 Revicrc Thomas, foux>f Jacob,' 1 72 Divifion-ftreet. 
 Reyley Captain, the child of, 14 Rutger-ftreet. 
 Reyley Henry, Batavia-lane, and wife. 
 Reynolds Daniel, Dye-ftreet. 
 
 Rhinclandcr Sophia, daughter of Frederick, Greenwich- 
 
 ftreet, aged 24, decay. 
 Robbins John, apprentice to Mr. Ackley, 108 Gold-flrcet. 
 
 Rice Mary, corner of Auguftus and Magazine-ftreet. 
 Rice Sally, from John Baku's, 29 Ealt George-ftrect. 
 Rice Henry, Bellevue. 't#»4i'* ' ' • 
 
 Rich James, taylor, an infant of, 166 Pearl-flreet. 
 Rich Abraham, carpenter, 18 Thames-flreetj 
 Richardfon Mrs. Bellevue. .liftk *<Uj0H t 
 
 Richard Wjlliam, Pump-ftrect. 
 
 Richey John I. upholftercr, Sarah the wife of, 93 John- 
 
 ftrect, aged 28. 
 PJdley Eleanor, wife of George, merchant taylor, 130 
 
 Front-flrcet, Scotland. 
 Richl Jacob, baker, Pearl-flreet. 
 Riker Matilda, a black woman, a. child of. 
 Rinfey Jofcph, a black, Bellevue. 
 Ri ven».Mr Jirti fcftg fcflflfi A "* V .tm ' - 
 
 Rivier Nancy, 52 Cheapfide-flrcet. 
 Roberts James, Fall. George Greet. 
 Roberts £nos, si Rofe-flreet. .i* 
 Roberts Elizabeth, 35 Chappel-ftreet. 
 Roberts Solomon, of the fchooner Betfey, Bellevue. 
 Robert fon Mr. the child of, Pearl-flreet, near the Fly- 
 
 Markct. Jfrif iTfriifl ) ixt&ffi£$M Wf 1 
 
 Robertfon Ann, the child of, Roofevelt-ftreet. 
 Robertfon Ann, daughter of Alexander, merchant, 191 
 
 Pearl-flreet. 
 
 R.obertfon Robert, nephew of do. do. 
 Robertfon Mrs. aged 25. 
 Robertfon Mr. aged 32. 
 
 Robins Grace, Bellevue. i' tiv'&-.Q&>L 4li^B 
 
 Robins Thomas, clerk to Samuel Campbell, bookfeller, 
 
 Sali [bury ) England. 
 Robins Ezekid, a black man, from the houfe of j 74 Wa- 
 ter -'ircct. 4 .tu^aiuift l/iJiRffaqpttM 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Robins Mary, a child, Alms-houfe. 
 
 Robins Sarah, wife of Ezekiel, 174 Water-ftrect. 
 
 Rollins Sarah, 49 Cliff- (tree t. 
 
 Robins Thoma^, from George Bernents, 50 Water-ftreet. 
 
 Robins Mrs. Fair-ftreet. 
 
 Robinfon James, Bellevuc. 
 
 Robinfon George, 38 Roofcvclt-flrset. 
 
 Robinfon William, Winne-ftreet. 
 
 Robinfon Rofannah, a black, near Moore's buildings. 
 
 Robinfon Mifs, aged 25, 311 Water-ftreet. 
 
 Robinfon Mr. a child of, aged 3 years. 
 
 Robinfon Benjamin, mariner, Bellevue. 
 
 Rodman William, cartman. 
 
 Rodgers Edward, tavern-keeper, Inland. 
 
 Rodney John, a black, Bellevue. 
 
 Rogers William, Bellevue. 
 
 Rogers John, Bellevue. 
 
 Romayne Cafparas, cartman, the fon of, Elizebeth-ftr. 
 Rook William, a child of, Banker ftrect. 
 Roole Chriflian, mariner, Bellevue. 
 Rooreback John F. Notary Public, 87 Maiden-lane, C. 
 Roofevelt Helena, confumption, from the Mayor's, 108 
 Broadway. 
 
 Rofanna, a wench belonging to Daniel Nivens, N>:zvburgh. 
 
 Rofetta Madam, a child of, Broadway. 
 
 Rofe Maria, aged 20. 
 
 Rofe James, old age, 377 Pearl-flreet. 
 
 Rofs Ephraim, Catharine-ftrcet. 
 
 Rofs Samuel, Bedlow-ftreet. 
 
 Roy Alexander, grocer, aged 34, 33 Clirr-ftrcet, Scotland. 
 Roy John, Bellevue. 
 
 Ruckell widow, confumption, Murray-flreet. 
 
 Ruckell Mrs. Chamber-Rrect. 
 
 Rump Jacob, a child of, Crofs-ftreet. 
 
 Rump Jacob, Bellevue. 
 
 Rump Mrs. do. 
 
 Rulfel Catharine, 94 William-flreet. 
 
 RufTel Francis, taylor, aged 25, 40 Partition-fireet, Scot- 
 
 ' - •' ^flvVr^^^l 
 
 RufTel Timothy, boufe carpenter, 56 Jamcs-firccr. 
 RufTel Mr. cartman. Warren ftrect. 
 
ill 
 
 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Ruftey John, fhoemakcr, 10 Robinfon-ftrcct, Germany. 
 Ruthman John, 20 John- ft reel. 
 
 Ruthven John, Ton of John, turner, 30 John-ftreet, Scot- 
 land. 
 
 Ryan Charles, from the (loop Herkimer, Bellevue. 
 P.yans Jaines, Bellevue. 
 Ryans Cornelius, a child of, aged 6 months. 
 P.yar Henry, painter, Winne-ftrcet, Germany. 
 Ryley Nancy, wife of Charles, Getfield's Alley Mulberry 
 Street. 
 
 Ryley Frederic, taylor, Front-ftreet. 
 Ryerfdeck Polly, daughter of late Rev. Mr. Ryerfdeck, 
 of Hackenfack, at the Rev. Mr. Kuvpcr's, 27 Fair-ft. 
 
 S 
 
 Saidlcr James, aged 15, fon of James, merchant, 131, 
 
 Water-ftreet, C. 
 Sailmaker Elizabeth 41 Harman-ftreet 
 Sague widow, 54 Rutgcr-ftreet. 
 Saltonflall Richard R. merchant, 1 Gold-ftrcet. 
 Sarah, a b!ack, at William Tilford's grocer, £. Gcorge-ft. 
 Sarah, do. Bellevue. 
 Saul Mr. painter, 330 Water-ftreet, Ireland. 
 Saunders Richard, a child of. 
 Saunderfon Mr. 330 Pearl-ftreet. 
 Sargcant Winthrop, from 36 Moorc-ftreet. 
 Savoy Tom, a black, chimney-fweep, Moore's buildings. 
 Scandella, J. B. M. D. aged 28, Venice. 
 Schneedon John, Bellevue. 
 Schofield James, Orange-ftreet. 
 Schott Mr. Bellevue. 
 
 Schrocdcr ]ohn, porter, Read-ftrect, Germany. 
 
 Schuder William, Infpettor of the revenue, JBridge-ftreet. 
 
 Schultz George, aged 86 Moore's buildings. 
 
 Schultz Henry, and his wife Elizabeth, from Adam Rut- 
 land's, 3 mile ftone. 
 
 Schultz Daniel, phyfician, from Waterford, New-York. 
 
 Scolar William, Bellevue: 
 
 Scott Charles, labourer, Third-ftreet. 
 
 Scott Robert, and his wife Elizabeth, 332 Water-ftreet, 
 Ireland. 
 
 Scott William, apprentice to MelTrs. Swords, printers, 90 
 
 Pear!- ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Scott Mr. Bellevue. 
 
 Scroggie George, Pearl-ftrcet, near the exchange. 
 
 Scudder William, cuitom boufe officer. 
 
 Seabury John, Bellevue. 
 
 Seaman Henry, merchant, Pearl-flreet. 
 
 Seaman Robert, Bellevue. 
 
 Seaman Mrs. do. 
 
 Secoy Jane, mantua-maker. 
 
 Seygang Mr. 
 
 Sergeant John, aged 5 months, fon of James, Rector-fir. 
 
 Sergeant William, cartman, 47 Greenwjch-itreet. 
 
 Servant Mr. a child of, aged 1 year, flnx. 
 
 Shaddack Jacob, mariner, 31 Lumber-ftreet. 
 
 Shaffer Chriftian, taylor, Firft-ftreet. 
 
 Shandy Mary, Alrris-b.3ufe,..e6nfumption. 
 
 Sharer Mrs. Bellevue. 
 
 Sharcfhine Jacob, 13 Rutger-ftreet. 
 
 Sharplefs Aaron, grocer, 1 ClirT-ftreer. j 
 
 Shannon Andrew, labourer, the wife of, 75 Jamcs-ftreet. 
 
 Shaw Martin, at John Paine's Union Furnace. 
 
 Shaw Sufannah, Henry-fireet. 
 
 Shaw James, 130 Front-llrect. 
 
 Shaw Andrew and wife, Pump-flrcet. 
 
 Shearer Mary, 138 Broad-ltreet. 
 
 Sheddcn William, mei chant, confumption, 99 Water-fir. 
 
 Shenkofdt John, 78 Roofevelt ftreet. 
 
 Shepherd Mrs. wife of Thomas, hair-drefier, 47 John-ftr. 
 
 Shepherd Hannah, wife of John, Rider-ltreet. 
 
 Shaker William. 
 
 Sharer Mary, 128 Broad-ftreei. 
 
 Shiel Peter, Bellevue. 
 
 Shilmerdine Jtohn, 135 William-ftreet. 
 
 Shimmcl — , tea water mat), Fayette-ltreeL 
 
 Shetfell Michael, ihoemaker, the wife of, near NeVf-fijjr. 
 Shields Catbaiine, a child of. 
 
 Shields James, houfe carpenter and wife. 50 E. George it. 
 
 Shineback Henry, 45 r Pearl-ftreet. 
 
 Shoal Mr. a child of, aged 3 years. 
 
 Shobar Dorcas, 7th V/ard. 
 
 Shoemaker Mrs. a child of. 
 
 Shonnard John, tavern-keeper, Bowery. 
 
 Shotwcil Widow, 102 Chambcr-Hicct. 
 
\ 
 
 130 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Shotwcll Ifaac, and his Ton Jofeph, blackfmiths. 
 Shindy John, fhocmaker, a child of, 86 Chatham ftrcet. 
 Shullcr Ludwig, cartman, a child of, Veley-ftreet. 
 Shurc Mrs. 
 Shurtz Mr. aged 37. 
 
 Shutc Henry, a grand child of, comer of Magazine and 
 
 Utile Ann fheet. 
 Shute Hannah, aged 26. C. 
 Sibley Mrs. Camilla, the fcrvant of. 
 Sickles Elias blacklinith, a child of, Bedlowftreet. -Ual[ 
 Sickles John, clothier, the child of, Maiden-lane. 
 Sickles Catharine, Alms-Houfc. 
 
 Sickles Zachariah, a child of, aged 18 months, Gibbs- 
 Alley. 
 
 Sickles Mifs, daughter of w idow, 70 Libertv-flrcet. 
 Siemon John, furrier, 1C3 William-ftreet, and his wife 
 
 Sufannah. 
 
 Silkworth Thomas, at William Hunter's, corner of Lum- 
 ber and Ealt Kutger-ftreet. 
 Silva Jozc Roiz, merchant, 28 William-ftreet. 
 Simley Mr. carpenter, aged 40, William-ftreet. 
 Simmons Bathfhcba, Henry-ftreet. 
 Simmons Mr. aged 21. 
 Simonfon Sufan, Bellevue. 
 
 Simmonfon Lucy, wife of Cornelius, a black phyficizn. 
 
 Pearl near Frank fort-flreet. 
 Simpfon Sufannah, a black, from 4 New-flip. 
 Simpfon Robert. Bellevue. 
 
 Sinclair Archibald, grocer and carpenter, aged 32, 227 
 
 Water-ftreet, Scotland. 
 Sinclair John, Greenwich-Road, near the faw-pits. 
 Sinclair Captain, the wife of, Cherry-ftreet. 
 Sinclair Polly, 45 Cliff-ftreet. 
 
 Skinner [ohn, lhoemaker^ aged 40, No. 50 Eanker- 
 
 ftreet, Scotland. 
 Slidell Michael, aged 60. 
 S Udell Michael, the wile of, 56 Ann ftreet. 
 Slidell Ifaac, do 
 Sloan Mr. aged 29. 
 
 Smith Albert, muiical inferument maker, the wife, daugh- 
 ter and fon of, 86 Tohn-llreet. jflwSA*^ . 
 Smith Adolph, Bowery-lane, confumption. 
 
A LIST OF KU RIALS. 13: 
 
 Smith Alexander, merchant, 177 Pcarl-ltreet, Scotland. 
 Smith Bcrnardus, taylor, the wife of, 36 Gold-itreet. 
 Smith Charles, bookfeller, the wife of, 51 Maiden-lane. 
 Smith Charles, merchant, a child of, Pearl-ftreet. 
 Smith Elihu H. phylician, 45 Pine-ftreet. 
 Smith George, phyfician, Henry-ftreet, from Neiuburg. 
 Smith Hefter, the wench of, 3 Dover-iheet. 
 Smith James, on his return to his native country, England, 
 Smith James, fon of Jacob, turner, 94 Beekinan-ltreet, 
 aged 31. 
 
 Smith ]ames, mariner, ofthefhip Jean, Bellevue. 
 
 Smith Mr. aged 27. 
 
 Smith John, Bellevue. 
 
 Smith Jefie, 32 Bancker-ftreet. 
 
 Smith Melancton, merchant, 52 Greenwich-ftreet. 
 
 Smith Morris, a child of, Little-Catharine-ureet. 
 
 Smith Nathan, Judge ofUlfter County, Bellevue. 
 
 Smith Phebe, Bellevue. 
 
 Smith Robert, cartman, 41 Oliver-ftrect. 
 
 Smith Mr. aged 42 palfcy. 
 
 Smith Solomon v fon of Solomon, 52 Rofe-ftreet. 
 
 Smith Sarah, Lumber-ftrcet. 
 
 Smith William, aged. i6,apprentice to Archibald M'Lean, 
 
 printer. Pearl-ftreet. 
 Smout George, the childof, 157 Chatham-ftreet, aged 17. 
 Sneden Ann, Bellevue. 
 Snegs Mary, 11 ClifY-ftreet- 
 
 Snodgrafs Catharine, wife of James, Lumber-ftrect. 
 
 Snodgrafs William, do. 
 
 Sniffin William, a child of, Rutger*s ground. 
 
 Snowden George, fhip-chandler, 56 Cold-ftreet. 
 
 Snyder Mr. 66 Dey-ftreet. 
 
 Sayre DaVid, aged 9 years, France. 
 
 Spann Juliana, Bellevue. 
 
 Spangle Philip, a free black, from Mr. Zunt's, 62 Pearl- 
 ftreet. 
 
 Specie Henry, apprentice to William G. Miller, baker, 
 
 60 John-ftreet. 
 Spiccr Jofeph, fon of Francis, Auguftus-ftrect. 
 Spoufe William, at the Old Coffcc-houfe. 1 
 Springer Richmond, fhipwright, and wife, Lumber-fti'cct. 
 Springftccn Elizabeth. 
 
»3 2 
 
 A LIST OF BURIALS 
 
 Sprong Mr. Broad-flrcct, near the Exchange, aged 27. 
 Sis ; Deborah, 52 Eall Gcorge-flreet, aged 18. 
 Stagg Cynthia, wile of Nicholas, 99 Catharine flreet. 
 
 Stagg Eliza, Wafhington Rreet. 
 
 Sranbuiy William, aged 19, died of a locked jaw. 
 
 Stanf ord, wife of the Rev. J oVin, 81 Fair-ltrcet, aged 33. 
 
 Stanton Mr. the wife of, near the New-flip.' v , 
 
 \\ il'lam, merchant, London. 
 Stcghifer John, 48 Naffau-llreet. 
 Stephens George, bookbinder, 28 ClifT-ftreet. 
 Stephens Mrs. aged 42. 
 S »vens William, 3 Front-ftreet. 
 
 Stevens 1 homas, and wife Elizabeth, lower end of Char- 
 
 lotte-ftrcet. 
 Stevens Captain, aged 55, conlumption. 
 
 Steven fon , widow, houfe-keeper, Water-ftreeCfw 
 
 Stcvenfon Sally, 34 Ferry-ftrect. 
 
 Stewart James, grocer, Crugar's-wharf. 
 
 Stewart James, 73 Wall-ftrect. 
 
 Steyner Godlip, 48 NaH'au-ftreet. 
 
 .Stickler Adam, Pump near Second-ftrect. 
 
 Stickler John, an infant, 7th ward. 
 
 Stigney Catharine, 56 Cherry-ilreet. 
 
 Stockhoufe John, grocer, Naffau-ftreet. 
 
 Stockwell, wife of Samuel, conflable, 1 Rider-ftr. agcd46. 
 
 Stokes Jofeph, of the fchooner Hunter, Bellevue. 
 
 Stone John, 55 Lumber-ftrect. 
 
 Stone fohn, 47 Catharinc-ftreet. 
 
 Stone James, Bellevue. 
 
 Stonehoufe widow Catharine, the tyo daughters of, 19 
 Cliff-ltreet. 
 
 Story William, labourer, 1 Cheapfide-ftreet. 
 Stoutenburgh Thomas, merchant, the mother of, and Sal- 
 ly the fitter of 1 1 8 William-ftrcet. 
 Strachan William, guager, 83 Pearl-ftreet. • 
 Strong Thomas, Water- fireet, aged 18.' 
 Straubling Kenry, Bellevue. 
 Stuart Kannah, 55 Wali-ftreet, aged 54. 
 Sturk Mr. 11 Moore's building*, 
 Sudderland Mr. a child of, aged 3 months. - ' 
 
 Sullivan Martin, Fair-ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 '33 
 
 Summers Nathaniel, 26 Stone-ftreet. 
 
 Sunter Elizabeth, wife of Alexander, 114 Chatham-ftrect. 
 
 Sufan, a black, from the houfe of Joze R. Silva, 28 Wil- 
 
 liam-ftreet. 
 Swain Uriah, printer, aged 2§. 
 Swan James, fhoemaker, 84 Harman-ffxeet. 
 Swartz Chriftopher, baker, near the Methodift church, 
 
 Bowery. 
 Sweet Mrs. 
 
 Sweeny Mrs. Cherry -ftreet, near the fhip-yards. 
 Swords Mary, relief of Thomas, of the Britifh 55th regt. 
 
 T. 
 
 Tared Mr. Philip, hofpital. 
 
 Tar Gee Daniel, faddler, 24 Gold-flreet. 
 
 Tarley Daniel, Eaft Rutger-ftreet, Ireland. 
 
 Taylor Edward, a lad from George near Gold-flreet. 
 
 Taylor George, 249 Watcr-ftreet. 
 
 Taylor William, fhoemaker, 104, Maiden-lane. 
 
 Taylor John, grocer. 
 
 Teller Do&or, Eagle-ftreet. 
 
 Telford James, Read-ftreet. 
 
 Ten Eyck, Mrs. aged 64. 
 
 Terleven John, mariner, of the Britifh packet, Bellevue. 
 
 Thomas Evan, teacher, 29 Gold-flreet, C. England. 
 
 Thomas Chloe, a black, Birmingham-ftreet. 
 
 Thomas John, from Thomas Oakes' 90 Warren-ftreet. 
 
 Thomas Ann, Bellevue. 
 
 Thomas Sarah, Bellevue. 
 
 Thompfon Mrs. Bedlow-flxcet. 
 
 Thompfon James, Coffee Manufacturer, 23 Thames-fl. 
 Thompfon Mr. a Child of, aged 6 months. 
 Thompfom Alexander,. Bellevue. 
 Thompfon Mary, wife of James, Merchant, Scotland. 
 Thompfon Thomas, a child />f. 
 
 Thompfon, Son of William Thompfon, 34 Ann-Srcct. 
 Tiiompfon Captain, wife of, 169 William-ltreet. 
 Thompfon James, Merchant, wife of, Gold-flreet. 
 Thompfon Mrs. Judith. 
 
 Thompfon, a black child belonging to Mr. Ilcyer. 
 Thome Sufannah, Firft-ftreet. 
 Thrafh William, mariner, Bellevue. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Thome Elizabeth, Firft flreet. 
 
 ' horntoti Mrs. wife of John, Grocer, 163 Fly-market. 
 
 Thorp Benjamin, 09 Clitf-ftrec t. f ^3 
 
 Thut lion Woods, Grocer, a child of, Pump-ftrcet. 
 
 "•■ huriton Samuel, 301 Water-ftreet. 
 
 Thiirllon John, fon of John, Merchant, aged 17 Country. 
 
 Teddeman William, Charlottc-ftreet. }\ 
 
 Tinney Lawrence, a child of. 
 
 Tinker Denny, a black woman, 2 1 Fair-ftreet. 
 
 Tieldcr Thomas, Bellevue. 1. * : \ h %j a f 
 
 Tilton Alexander, 101 Water-ftreet. 
 
 Timpfon Mr. aged 28. 
 
 Tinker Denny, a black, 21 Fair-ftreet. n^l 1 
 Tinton Marv, Bellevue. 
 Tingly M. a child of. 
 Titus John, Bellevue. 
 
 Todd David, Merchant, the wife and daughter of, 192 
 
 Water- ilrect. 
 Todd William, Crofs-llreet. 
 Tolfree Mr. the child of, Magazine- ftreet. 
 Tom Nathan, Merchant. 
 
 Tompkins William, Blackfmith, the wife and fon of, 34 
 
 Ann-ftreet. England. 
 Totten Catharine, Bellevue, 
 Torrence William, Bellevue. 
 Travis Mr. a child of, aged 8. 
 
 Tredwell James, Phylieian, 130 Fly-market, aged 30. 
 Tremble James, Porter, Henry-ftreet. 
 TrenYbly Daniel, Grocer, the wife of, 68 Corlandt-ftreet. 
 Trembly Daniel, Biackfmith, No. 1 White-Hall-ftreet. 
 Trulight Frederick, Cartman, 7 1 Chatham-Street. 
 Truman Mr. Mafterofthe African fchoo!, a child of. 
 Tucker ]ohn, Bellevue. 
 
 Tucker Timothy, Henry, near E. Rutgcr-itreet. 
 Tin ley John, Kofp tal. 
 
 TurnbuTl Richard, merchant, aged 26, William-fireet. 
 Turner John, cartman, the wife of, Lumber-ftreet. 
 Turner Mary, Bellevue. 
 Tutile Elizabeth, do. 
 Tweed John, 29 Cheapfide. 
 
 Twitchmgs Elizabeth, wife of Henry, grocer, 74 Front-ft. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 13^ 
 
 Tylee Mr. the wife and child of, Chatharo-tlrcet. 1 
 Tyler , a man from the HofjfUa!. 
 
 Ugo Mr. from [. Warner's, grocer, 58 F:<mkfort-[trect. 
 Ulrick Sebaftian, Bellevue, 
 Underbill fane, 21 Ciiff-ftreet. 
 Uftick Charles, 3 Lumbcr-ltrcet. 
 
 Vache John, artificial florift, a child of, 28 Liberty-Itr. 
 
 Vaeler Mr. baker, E. George-itreet. 
 
 Van Bremer James, 77 Naflku-itreet. 
 
 Vandell Mr. a child of, aged 1 year. 
 
 Vandelbeck Conrad, a child of, 19 Barley-fireet. 
 
 Vanderbilt John, of Long Ifland, tijte flave of, from the 
 corner of Ann and George- ftrcet. 
 
 Vanderbilt Oliver, ihoemaker, a fon of, 1 24 Broadway. 
 
 Vanderburgh Mr. butcher, a child of, Eagle-itreet. 
 
 Vanderright Jeremiah, near the exchange. 
 
 Van Dyke liaac, cabinet maker, and wife, 43 Maiden- 
 Lane. 
 
 Van Gezen Hector, a flave of John Quackenbofs. 
 Van Heynigc Dierk, Orange-ftreet. 
 Van Hook Aarondt, proprieter of the reading room, 149 
 Water-ftreet. 
 
 Van Home Andrew Smith, a child of, Fifher-street. 
 Van Every Jacob, 69 Cliff-street. 
 
 Van Houten John, carpenter, a child of, Thomas-street. 
 Van Houten Garret, baker, 41 Barclay-street. 
 Van Hover Jacob, 69 Cliff street. 
 Vanlor John, nailor, 84 Harman-strect. 
 'Vanmelick Henry, mariner, Bellevue. 
 Van Pelt Mr. a child of, aged t year. 
 Van Vleck Mary, daughter of iiaac, aged 16, Reed-ftrcct. 
 Van Vleck Mrs. wife of do. aged 40. 
 Van Norden John, a child of, Bear-market. 
 Van Noitraud James, an apprentice, 141 Chatham-llrccr. 
 Van No'trand ii\ rs . 
 
 Van Sevl Abraham, a child of, Bavard's-lane. ' 
 Van Wick William. 
 
 Van Zandt Peter and Thomas, fons of Peter Pra, mer-* 
 
 chants, 180 Water- (licet. 
 Varian Margaret, child of lfeac, butcher, Bowery-lanc. 
 
136 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Varct John, Lumber ne?r Catharine-ftrcct. 
 
 Varick John, phyfjcian, 6 Cortland Itreet 
 
 Varick Mr, cartinan, the wife of, Lumber -flreet. 
 
 Vcitch James, the wife and child of, 28, Harman-ftreet. 
 
 Veitch Robert, the wile of, 38 do. 
 
 Verfs Mr. Schoolmafter, aged 25. 
 
 Viellc John, 56 Warren-llrcet. 
 
 Violet, a black woman, (lave to John Jones, Wall-ftrcet. 
 Voorhis John, cartman, a child of, 50 Chappel-ftreet. 
 Vos John P. 60 Broadway. 
 Vredcnburgh William, the wife of, Stone-ftreet. 
 Waddell Ifaac, taylor, Skinner- ftrcct, a child of. 
 Wadon John, Bellevue. 
 
 Warner Jo!m, baker, a child of, 90 Beekmau-ftreet. 
 Walden Jacob, caulker, and wife, near the New market. 
 Waldron John, and daughter, 3 William-llreet. 
 Waldron widow, and daughter, Eagle-ltrect. 
 Waldron Alexander Phenix, clerk in the bank of New- 
 York, 30 Frankfort-dreet. 
 Walgreen Daniel. Alms-houfe, Sweden. 
 Walker John, fliipmaflcr, confumption. 
 Walker George, Alms houfc. 
 Walker Mr*. Jews-Alley. 
 Wallace Alexander, Firft-ftreet. 
 Wallace Charles, Pine-ftreet. 
 
 Wallace William, from Thomas Maule's, 137 Pcail-ft. 
 Walfer Andrew, carpenter. Koofevelt-ttreet. 
 Walfh William, tallow chandler, 95 Gold-llieet. 
 Walfh John, a fon of, Magazine-ftrcct. 
 Wanlels Mr. 14 Cliff ftreet. 
 
 Wandell James, meafurer, a fon of, 80 Bcckman-ftreet.^ 
 Ward Charles, aged 24. 
 
 Ward Samuel, C. Goldfmith and jeweller, England. 
 Ward Samuel, merchant, 325 Pearl ftreet, the Ion of. - 
 Warden Thomas, apprentice, below the hofpital. 
 Waring Abraham, New-Albany bafon. 
 Warner Michael, rigger, 18 Mulberry-ftreet. 
 Warner widow Catharine, from Mr. Wilkes';., 32 Wall-ft. 
 Warren Mifs. Greenwich Road, near the State Piifon. 
 Wa'hburn Mr. a child of, aged 6 months. 
 Waters James, a lad from Water near Dover-ftreet. 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 »37 
 
 Waters John, Lumber-ftreet. 
 
 Waters fohn, Surveyor, the wife of, Lumber-ftreet. 
 Waters Thomas, oyfterman, the wife and daughter of, 
 
 Rider-ftrcet. 
 Waters Francis, aged 11 days, Cherry-ftreef. 
 Waters William, Ion of fohn, Magazine-ltreet. 
 Watkins William, merchant, Maiden Land, England. 
 Watkins Richard, aged 22 Do. 
 Watts Captain, Water-ftreet, confumption. 
 Watfon Charles, a young lad from Conrad Shultz's near 
 
 the ftate prifon. 
 Watfon Mrs. Orange-ftreet." 
 
 Watfon Jannet, aged 21 from 23 Giff-ftrect, Dalkeith 
 Scotland. 
 
 Watfon James, a lad from Water-ftreet. 
 Watfon Jane, Chcfnut-ftreet. 
 Watfon John, 38 Lombard-ftrcet. 
 Watt Hannah, Belle vue. 
 
 Way John, baker, a child of, 7 Havman-ftreet. 
 Weathcrfhme Nicholas, cartman, a child of, 8 Auguftus- 
 ftreet. 
 
 Wedon Abigail, and child, 106 Maiden lane. 
 Wedon John, Bellevuc. 
 
 Weeks Benjamin. Ihipwright, the wife of, upper end of 
 
 Lumber-itree-t. 
 Weeks Widow, Germany. 
 Weeks Simeon, Lumber ftre'et. 
 
 Weifcnfels George, R. conveyancer 63 Church-ftreet. 
 
 Weldon Mrs. New Market. 
 
 Welfh Mr. and wife, 18 Feny-ftrect. 
 
 WcKh PFilliam, Bellevue. 
 
 Welfh George, Shoemaker, 61 Cliff-ftreet. 
 
 Welfli Nicholas, Oliver-Itreer. 
 
 Welfh Mr. clerk to Mr. Robert Cocks, 100 IFater-ftreet. 
 Wenman Mr. aged 32 Dropfv. 
 
 Wentworth William, Attorney at taw, 1 $9 Water- ft reet, 
 aged 23. 
 
 Weft john, mafon, 17 Chery-ftrcet. 
 
 Weft Mary, a nurfe at Mr. Ballets, 218 Peaii-ftrect. . 
 
 West Mr. aged 33. 
 
 Wnhcrby Ann, wife of James, 7th ward. 
 Wheeler Amelia. Divifion-ftreet. 
 
 S %. . 
 
j 3 8 LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 Wheeler Richard, cartman, a child of Divifion-ftreet. 
 
 Wheeler Nancy, 33 William-llreet. 
 Whitacre Mr. Ship carpenter. 
 
 bite Aaron, Houfe-carpenter, Vandewater-ftreet. 
 White Richard, Alms-Houfe. 
 White James, cartman, 25 E. George-ftreet. 
 . White Charles, Shipmafter. the wife of, 73 Roofevclt- 
 ltreet. 
 
 White Mr. Silverfmith, at Mr. Newmans. 
 
 White Elizabeth, wife of Charles, Shipmafter, 73 Roofe- 
 
 velt-hVeet. 
 
 White Mary, a black, woman, Pearl-ftrcet. 
 
 Whiteman Henry, Jhocinaker, a child of, 65 Cherry-ft. 
 
 Wick. Mr. aged 27. 
 Wilcocks Mrs. 296 Water-ftreet. 
 Wilkes Thomas, mariner Bowery-Jane.* 1 «/ : t v*>i»*'. 1 'j 
 Wilkes Matthew, cartman, Mujqucto Cove, L. I. 
 Will Laurence, labourer, the wife of, MotL-ftreet. 
 Wilkinfon Mrs. from David Ackermans, Lumber-ftreet. 
 Willet Charles, 121 Harman-ftreeu .yi.^*;ij( 
 William, a black child at the Mayors. 
 Williams James, a black man, the wife and child of 
 Hofpital. 
 
 Williams Margaret, 65 Bivifion-ftreet, 
 
 Williams William, mariner, 336 Water-ftrect, flux. 
 
 Williams William, 25 E. George-ftreet. - ». < A (' 'tyA 
 
 William Thomas, a child of, 29 Thames-ftreet. 
 
 Williams, a child from the hofpital. 
 
 William Jane, confectioner, William-ftreeU 
 
 Williamfon Mr. Harman-ftreet. 
 
 Wilmot John J. Water-ftreet, aged 28, Clock and watch 
 maker. 
 
 Wilfon John, baker.a child of, Fair-ftreet. 
 
 Wilfon Mrs. wafherwoman. a child of, E. Rutger ftreet. 
 
 Wilfon James, Chatham-ftreet. 
 
 Wilfon I faac, weaver, and wife, 31 Cherry-ftreet. 
 
 Wilfon Betfey, Bellevue. 
 
 Wilfon James, from the Hofpital. 
 
 'Wilfon Elizabeth, 41, ClifF-itreet. 
 
 Winney Jofeph, Bellevue. 
 
 Winfhip Mary, Liberty-ftreet. 
 
 Winter Auguftus, fur merchant, 120 William-ftreet, 
 
LIST OF BURIALS. 
 
 '39 
 
 Wintbrop Tamar, a black. 
 
 Wiihart George, Dean. 319 Pcarl-ftreet. 
 
 Witmore Mr. Fletcher-ftreet. 
 
 Wolf John, Barclay-ftrcet. 
 
 Wolf Widow, at Mr. Winters, 120 William-flreet. 
 Wood Ebf nezer. 
 
 Wood Joihua, 50 Frankfort-ftreet. 
 Wood Mr. Oliver-ftreet. 
 
 Wood Andrew, fhoemaker, and wife, 31 Cliff-Greet, 
 
 Scotland. 
 Wood George, aged 45. 
 Wood Mr. Bellevue. 
 
 Woodruff Rachel, aged 19 Second- Greet, flnx^ 
 Woodruff Jofeph, a child of, aged 2 years, flux. 
 Woolfey Henry, labourer, Harman-itreet. 
 Worcy Wiiliam. 
 Worthy John, Bellevue. 
 
 Wright Andrew, child of, Walter, mafon, Scotland. 
 Wright Mary, widow, 27 E. George-ftreet, aged 59. 
 
 Yauger Frederic, at Robert Harts, Grocer, 8 Chariotte- 
 ftieet. 
 
 Young James, butcher, Third-ftreet, Bowery. 
 
 Young James, Teacher, 10 Gold-Greet, Scotland. 
 
 Young John, labourer, Edens-alley. 
 
 Young Margaret, Charlotte-Greet. 
 
 Young John, Saddler, 14 Gold-Street, aged 56. 
 
 Young Mr, Hefter-ftreet aged "41. ' 
 
 Z. 
 
 Zcllcrs Cafper, gardner, a child of, Bowery-lane. 
 
Lift of the Burials, in the different gr&ve yards in the city 
 of New-York, at Potter's Fields, and Bclle-jue, from 
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 3'38l0 
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 45|i° 
 4548 
 
 *8 
 
 48 ! 59 
 38 
 
 C. 
 
 40 
 1 «. 
 
 cS 1 id t 
 
 O : jo 
 JS o » c 
 
 410! 
 6 7 
 
 1 f 
 
 I 4 
 I a 
 
 1 i 
 
 3 
 
 7; 5 
 101 4 
 
 »3 
 
0 C T 0 B 
 
 E R. 
 
 I 
 
NOVEMBER. 
 
 3rs 
 
 O I*. Eh 
 
 8' 4l » t|i 
 
 > 
 
 6; 6, 
 
 8 3 
 4 
 
 6 3 
 
 7 a 
 8j3 
 91 2 
 
 10 3 
 
 7 14 
 
 1 3 
 7 » 
 4 10 
 
 2 0 
 
 1 3 
 
 P P 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 (0 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 L» 
 
 
 
 
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 3 
 
 
 
 -1 
 
 -1 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 <• 
 
 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 j 
 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 '-fa 
 
 a 
 
 5 
 z 
 
 m' 
 E 
 J 
 
 1 
 3 
 
 13 
 
 3 
 
 tie 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 i . 
 
 f-o 
 
 • s 
 
 — 1 — ' 
 
 • 
 > 
 
 ^ ; 
 
 -1, 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 J 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 * 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 r 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 g 
 
 1 
 
 Augutl, 
 September, 
 Oftober, 
 November, 
 
 "33 
 6 4 3 
 264 
 
 Total i no 
 
 E 
 o 
 
 55 
 354 
 158 
 
 U 
 
 141 
 
 >5° 
 74 
 so 
 
 589 €8= 
 
 954 
 43' 
 39 
 
 .424 
 
 329 
 115a 
 
 522 
 83 
 
 2036 
 
The number of ptrfons interred in each of the burying 
 grounds of this city, from ifl Augujl, to 10th November 
 1798. 
 
 Trinity, - . \ i 214 
 
 St. Pauls, - - w . 2it 
 
 St. Peters, -i - - 86' 
 
 Clirid Church, ... 23 
 
 United Prcfbytcrians, - - 186 
 
 Dutch Churches, - - 129 
 
 German Lutherans, »iaR " ■ ~ 5° 
 
 Englifh do. - B?l ■ 2 ^ 
 
 Friends, ^l-lr !&i 4 2 
 
 Moravians, vb$ 3 
 
 Mcthodifts, - [ »t| f. jpffil 79 
 
 Baptifts, - - - 28 
 
 Scotch Prefbytcrians, - - 34 
 
 Aflbciate Prefbyterians, - - 10 
 
 German Reformed, lisl'V'! " 2 9 
 
 French Proteltants, T Ejl - 10 
 
 Negroes, fH? 4 l 
 
 Jews, 4f t tlFw (fik 1 1 
 
 Potters-field, - - 667 
 
 Bellevue, - - 207 
 
 2086* 
 
 1 
 
 / 
 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
 
 MADE IN THE CUPOLA OF THE MUSEUM, AT NEW-YORK. 
 AUGUST, 1798. 
 
 Days. 
 
 Barometer. 
 
 Thermometer. 
 
 Winds. 
 
 \V Laid T, 
 
 
 Sun rile. 
 
 2P.M. 
 
 
 2 P . M ■ 
 
 Sunrife 
 
 2P.M. 
 
 
 'i 
 
 29. 70.. 
 
 29-73- 
 
 70. 
 
 11 n 
 
 N.W. 
 
 N.W. 
 
 
 2 
 
 29. 80. 
 
 2983. 
 
 US. 
 
 O ,-. 
 OU. 
 
 E. 
 
 S. 
 
 Foggy> 
 
 3 
 
 29-93- 
 
 29.91. 
 
 72. 
 
 oD- 
 
 \V. 
 
 S. E. 
 
 4 
 
 29. 07. 
 
 29 59- 
 
 74- 
 
 CO. 
 
 S.E. 
 
 S. 
 
 
 5 
 
 29.67. 
 
 29-59- 
 
 76. 
 
 8.4. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 do. 
 
 
 6 
 
 29. 59. 
 
 29°3- 
 
 74- 
 
 84. 
 
 W. 
 
 N.W. 
 
 
 1 
 
 29.74. 
 
 29-77- 
 
 70. . 
 
 84. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 N.W. 
 
 
 8 
 
 29- 75- 
 
 29.69. 
 
 '72. 
 
 
 w. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 Diflant lightnings 
 
 9 
 
 29. 60. 
 
 29.52. 
 
 76 
 
 96. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 do. 
 
 10 
 
 29. 47. 
 
 29-40. 
 
 78. 
 
 90. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 S. 
 
 in the evening. 
 
 ' it 
 
 29. 40. 
 
 2947. 
 
 .0 
 78. 
 
 89. 
 
 s. 
 
 S.S.E. 
 
 , conflant lightning 
 
 12 
 
 29.63. 
 
 2971 
 
 74- 
 
 60. 
 
 Variable. 
 
 &thnnder for3h. 
 
 13 
 
 29. 80. 
 
 2Q 04. 
 
 74- 
 
 °3- 
 
 N. E. 
 
 s. 
 
 heavy rains with 
 
 H 
 
 29. 82. 
 
 20- 80. 
 
 74- 
 
 4ft 
 78. 
 
 E. 
 
 s. 
 
 thunder. 
 
 »5 
 
 29- 80. 
 
 29»4. 
 
 .74- 
 
 02. 
 
 Variable. 
 
 heavy fhow.&'hun.. 
 
 16 
 
 29. 81- 
 
 29'80. 
 
 75* 
 
 85. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 
 fm all Ihowcfs. 
 
 17 
 
 29. 71. 
 
 29 70. 
 
 75- 
 
 go- 
 
 S.W. 
 
 s. 
 
 do. with thundsf. 
 
 18 
 
 29. 66. 
 
 29-66. 
 
 '2* 
 70. 
 
 go. 
 
 s. 
 
 
 calms. 
 
 19 
 
 *>Q 70. 
 
 29 SO. 
 
 
 84. 
 1 
 
 N.E. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 
 23 
 
 29. 80. 
 
 29-79- 
 
 74- 
 
 »3- 
 
 E. 
 
 S.S.E. 
 
 
 21 
 
 29. 72. 
 
 29. 67. 
 
 77- 
 
 87. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 s. 
 
 
 22 
 
 29.63. 
 
 29.71. 
 
 76. 
 
 84. 
 
 M. 
 
 n.e: 
 
 a fine fhower with 
 
 23 
 
 29.92. 
 
 29.92. ' 
 
 6.5- 
 
 76. 
 
 NT. 
 
 E. 
 
 lightning & thund. 
 
 24 
 
 29. 82. 
 
 29.71. 
 
 66. 
 
 80. 
 
 SW. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 25 
 
 29.63. 
 
 2963. 
 
 76. 
 
 9>- 
 
 S.W. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 diftant lightning at 
 
 26 
 
 29. 6a. 
 
 29- 59 
 
 79- 
 
 93- 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 evening. 
 
 27 
 
 29- 75- 
 
 2g 70. 
 
 77- 
 
 
 w. 
 
 W, 
 
 
 28 
 
 29. 61. 
 
 29.60. 
 
 69. 
 
 76. 
 
 w. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 
 29 
 
 29. 61. 
 
 29 55- 
 
 67. 
 
 76. 
 
 w. 
 
 N.W. 
 
 
 30 
 
 29. 62. 
 
 2958. 
 
 67. 
 
 - so. 
 
 S. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 
 3' 
 
 29. 61. 
 
 29.65. 
 
 68. 
 
 81. 
 
 Variable. W. 
 
 
 T 
 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
 
 NEW-YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1798. 
 
 Days. Barometer. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 
 7 
 8 
 
 9 
 19 
 1 1 
 I t 
 >3 
 •4 
 «5 
 16 
 
 "7 
 18 
 
 »9 
 
 30 
 21 
 22 
 •3 
 
 2 4 
 25 
 26 
 
 28 
 
 »9 
 30 
 
 $un rife 
 29 76. 
 29-8,1. 
 -3.80. 
 
 29.62. 
 29. 39 
 *9. 43- 
 *J. 5»- 
 9.60. 
 29.66. 
 *9.6 7 . 
 ^9.76. 
 29-97- 
 ig 90. 
 
 29 77- 
 *9- 75- 
 *9- 75- 
 »9. 72. 
 29. 78. 
 29. 78. 
 1*9. 78. 
 29. 60. 
 29. 68. 
 
 «9- 6 3- 
 29.62. 
 
 9 5»- 
 9. 70. 
 
 29. 60. 
 
 29. 61. 
 
 «9- 75- 
 
 2J.82. 
 
 Thermometer. Winds. 
 
 2 r.M. Sun rife 
 
 *9 
 
 8o.|68. 
 29 87 67. 
 
 29.75.l61. 
 29.58.l63. 
 
 29.43,66. 
 
 29.60.C4. 
 29.60. 63. 
 2 9 .66:!€o. 
 29.67.163. 
 29.76.166. 
 
 30. 0.163. 
 
 29.83 |6i. 
 29.73 
 *9-75 
 29.72 
 
 z 9 74 
 29.73. 
 29 78 
 29 78, 
 29.67: 
 29.68 
 2962 
 29.62 
 *9-45 
 29.68 
 29.47 
 29.50 
 29.77 
 29 77 
 
 68. 
 
 o. 
 bg. 
 o. 
 
 3- 
 70. 
 
 74- 
 S9- 
 62. 
 62. 
 
 5> 
 
 o. 
 61. 
 
 50. 
 to. 
 
 , r.M .jS. rife 2r.1t 
 80 E. S.E 
 
 77 
 
 7 i.|£. 
 74 
 74 
 
 if 
 75 
 
 7? 
 
 77^ 
 "7 
 
 E. ' S. E. "Some rain, withheavy thur.d:r 
 
 S.W. S.W.'Uiiiant lijbtutogl. 
 
 E 
 
 S.E 
 
 Weather 
 
 Sun rife 
 
 2 P. M. 
 
 E. _ J' rc rain. 
 E. S.E. Foggy. 
 $.W. do.JA i'jtuill fhbwer. 
 £. . £. 
 
 N. E. 
 W. "N. 
 S.E. 
 
 S. 
 
 S \ioggy- 
 S. 
 
 sw. 
 
 juE. 
 
 7.?£- 
 76.S. 
 
 79, 'S.W. 
 
 80. S.W. 
 82. Variable. 
 
 S.E 
 
 S 
 
 S.E. 
 S.W. 
 
 76. E. 
 
 79- S- 
 
 79 E - 
 76. S. 
 
 72. N.W. N.W 
 
 74. calm, S 
 74. N. N. W 
 64. N. N.W 
 64. N.W.tf.W 
 7J.6.W. S.E 
 59. W. N.W 
 
 92. N.W. N.W 
 64. W. S VV 
 
 Hue (Viower in the evening. 
 llc«vy Hiower. 
 
 A gale. 
 
 Small fnower at nizht. 
 
ME TEO R 0 LOG JQA L OBSERVATIONS. 
 
 NEW- YORK, OCTOBER, 1798. 
 
 Days. 
 
 Barometer. iThcrmomeier. 
 
 Winds. 
 
 Weather. 
 
 
 Sun 1 ile 
 
 2»,M,Sun life, 
 
 2 t. m's. rife 2J\.m. 
 
 ..*"*■'. J 
 
 1 
 
 29 90. 
 
 29.91. 
 
 
 67JS.W. S. 
 
 
 2 
 
 29. 98. 
 
 3! 
 
 fa 
 
 69. 
 
 Calm S 
 
 Foggy. 
 
 3 
 
 30. 0. 
 
 29.92.A8. 
 
 74- 
 
 Calm S. 
 
 Do. 
 
 4 
 
 29. 97. 
 
 29.89. 
 
 5 > 
 
 ! - 7 a i 
 
 Calm S.Do. 
 
 5 
 
 29. 70 
 
 29 -<>9 -.57 ■ 
 
 71 
 
 N. N.E. 
 
 
 6 
 
 29. 66. 
 
 29 58 
 
 61. 
 
 7 1 - 
 
 N.E, N.E. 
 
 Clear. 
 
 7 
 
 29. 50. 
 
 29.4®. 60. 
 
 59- 
 
 N.E. N!E. 
 
 Plentiful rain. 
 
 8 
 
 2 9- 37- 
 
 29.31. 
 
 55- 
 
 59- 
 
 N.E. N. 
 
 
 9 
 
 29. bi. 
 
 29.69 
 
 54- 
 
 • 79- 
 
 N.W. N . W 
 
 Clear. 
 
 10 
 
 29. 78. 
 
 29.80 
 
 59- 
 
 71' 
 
 Calm N.W. 
 
 Foggy. . J 
 j 
 
 1 1 
 
 29 80. 
 
 29.87 
 
 59- 
 
 68. 
 
 IN N.W. 
 
 1 2 ' 
 
 .30. 2. 
 
 3°- 5- 
 
 57- 
 
 62. 
 
 E. Ei 
 
 Fo ssy- 1 
 
 13 
 
 30. 12. 
 
 30.12 
 
 47- ' 
 
 58. 
 
 E. E. 
 
 Do. \ • 1 
 
 »4 
 
 30. 10. 
 
 30. 4 
 
 W- 
 
 59 
 
 iN.E,. iN.C.. 
 
 Do. ' M<- 1 
 
 »5 
 
 29. 95. 
 
 29 90 
 
 48. 
 
 64 
 
 N.E. N.E. 
 
 Clear. 
 
 16 
 
 29. 84. 
 
 29.80 
 
 50. 
 
 66 
 
 N.W. S.W 
 
 Do. 
 
 17 
 
 29. 67. 
 
 2 9- 75 
 
 56. 
 
 7» 
 
 N. E. 
 
 Do. 
 
 i3 
 
 29 71. 
 
 29. 81 
 
 56- 
 
 76. 
 
 E. E. 
 
 Do. 
 
 >9 
 
 29. 90. 
 
 29.88 
 
 
 56. 
 
 N.E. N.E. 
 
 Foggy- 
 
 20 
 
 29 80. 
 
 29.71. 
 
 50. 
 
 57- 
 
 N.E. N.E. 
 
 Do. imall rain. 
 
 21 
 
 29.5O. 
 
 29.45. 
 
 53- 
 
 70. 
 
 N.W N. 
 
 
 22 
 
 89.59. 
 
 29-43- 
 
 55- 
 
 70. 
 
 Calm S. 
 
 Smoaky air. 
 
 2 3 
 
 29. 20. 
 
 29 13 
 
 64. 
 
 b 4 . 
 
 S.W. N.W. 
 
 Foggy, fmall rain. 
 
 24 
 
 29.48. 
 
 29.60 
 
 50. 
 
 59 
 
 N.W. N.W. 
 
 
 2 5 
 
 29- 6l. 
 
 29. 60. 
 
 50. 
 
 6 5 . 
 
 N.W. Calm 
 
 
 26 
 
 29. 5 8. 
 
 29.50 
 
 50. 
 
 72. 
 
 N.W. S.W 
 
 Clear. 
 
 27 
 
 *9- 55- 
 
 29 54 
 
 60. 
 
 60 
 
 S. N.W. 
 
 Foggy, plenty of rain. 
 Do. fmall rain. 
 
 28 
 
 29. 40. 
 
 2 9-53 
 
 5°- 
 
 56 
 
 Cairn S.W. 
 
 2 9 
 
 *9 53- 
 
 29 55 
 
 36- 
 
 44 
 
 W. W. 
 
 Clear. 
 
 30 ,29 50. 
 
 2 9-34 
 
 29- 
 
 38 
 
 W. ' W. 
 
 Do. froft. 
 
 31 29.20 
 
 2 i)-34 
 
 34- 
 
 4=1 
 
 W. N.W. 
 
 Do. 
 
 NOVEMBER. 
 
 Days. 
 
 Barometer. 
 
 Thermometer. 
 
 Winds. 
 
 Weather. 
 
 
 Sun rife 
 
 2 P.M. 
 
 Sun rife 2 
 
 p. m. 
 
 S. rife 
 
 2 PM. 
 
 
 1 
 
 29. 61. 
 
 2 9 59- 
 
 3 2 - 
 
 35- 
 
 W. 
 
 S.W. 
 
 
 2 
 
 29- 35- 
 
 29.4O. 
 
 3«- 
 
 42. 
 
 N. 
 
 N.E. 
 
 Cloudy. 
 
 3 
 
 29. 44. 
 
 2 9-39- 
 
 37- 
 
 40. 
 
 N. 
 
 N.W. 
 
 Do. fmall rain. 
 
 4 
 
 29. 52. 
 
 29.51. 
 
 3«- 
 
 42. 
 
 W. 
 
 N.W. 
 
 Clear. 
 
 5 
 
 2 9- 59- 
 
 2O.7O. 
 29.8L 
 
 3°- 
 
 37- 
 
 W. 
 
 N.W. 
 
 Clear. 
 
 6 
 
 29. 81. 
 
 32* 
 
 48. 
 
 W. 
 
 W. 
 
 Do. 
 
 7 
 
 30. 0. 
 
 30. 0. 
 
 3 2 - 
 
 5°- 
 
 N. variablclDo. 
 
 8 
 
 29. 98. 
 
 29.88. 
 
 36- 
 
 5 8 - 
 
 W. 
 
 w. 
 
 
 9 
 
 29. 7c 
 
 29.66. 
 
 3«- 
 
 53- 
 
 S.W. 
 
 S.W.' 
 
 Clear. 
 
 10 
 
 29. 87. 
 
 29 96. 
 
 J6- 
 
 36. 
 
 N.W. N.W.i 
 
 Do. 
 
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, Ac. 
 
 CompariTfive Statement of Deaths, during the Pejlilential 
 Fever of 1793 in Philadelphia, 1795 in New-York, 
 and 1798 in New-York and Philadelphia. 
 
 IN Philadelphia, in the year 1793, 4041 
 
 New. York, 179.5, 732 
 
 New York, J 79^» 2086 
 
 Philadelphia, in the fame year, 3506 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 The following Donations have been received by the Health- 
 Committee, Jince the general Lijl was printed. 
 179° D 
 
 Dec. 11 JL\ECEIVED from ihe Inhabitants of Pnughkeepfie, by 
 William Lmotr. to the Mayor of tliis city, dols. 94 cents 57 
 A Society of Friends in Beekman Town, Dulchefs county, by 
 Mr. Jofcph Lancafter, 3 calks and 2 bags meal, and -75 cents. 
 y New-Rcchelle, by Cap:. .Daniel Pelton, 4 {Keep. • 
 
 12 The Pre&yterian congregation of Weft-Hempflcad, Rockland 
 ccunty, by Capt. Daniel Wandle, 18 bags of rnc^l and cafl), 
 
 dols. 9 cents 1 9 
 Col. Clift, of Dutcbeb county, one large cheefe. . 
 17 A jury of enquiry, held at Mr. Bardin's their fees by Mr. John 
 Nitchie, in a caufe of Lunacy, dols. 10 
 
 The Corporation of New-Hrunfwick, tr?nfmic:ed by Abraham 
 Schuyler, Efq, their prefidenr, by Mr. Staats Van Deurfen, 
 
 dois. 32 
 
 >';-w-Rochci!e, by Newbury Davenport, Efq. 1 barrel of meai. 
 zo liic inhabitants of the town of Newark, a collection mad; by 
 their Committee, the Rev. Uzal OgcVn, John Burnet, David 
 D. Crane, Jonathan Baldwin, Jefeph Brown, Nathaniel 
 Beach, Nathaniel Camp, and Daniel Johnlcn, by Mr. John 
 Burnet, 160 pair effhoes. with cam, dols. .165 
 
 21 Ncw-Rochelle by Capr. Daniel Pelton, 2 bags of Indian meal. 
 24 Mr. Frederick Ranficr, by Mr. Philip I. Arculavius, 5d!s. 10 cts. 
 The Gentlemen compoftng the Fire Company, No. 12 by Mef- 
 1 J 99 fieurs Thomas Franklin and Miles Hitchcock, dols. 53 cents 62 
 
 Jan. 4 MV. Ifi^cl Pearfal, of Hempflead harbour, C.) dr.'s. :o 
 The Confiftorics of the Dutch reformed Congregations of Haek- 
 infack and Schranlenbnrgh, forwarded by the Rev. Soloaion 
 Freeleigh, pre'ident of fa'd Congregations, and received from 
 Albert C. Zabri(k;e, Efq. Schrauleiiburgh, 2 bags meal, 2 
 pieces pork, and cafh, doK. 2 2 
 
 Hacl.infack, 2,5 bags meat, 1 pair flioes and ca5h, dob. 73 
 
 A Jury of which Jofeph Blackwell was Foreman, by Samuel 
 Bn d, Efq. their fees do'<. 9 certs 50 
 
 FIN'I S.