SHORT HISTORY
OF THE
YELLOW FEVER,
THAT BROKE OUT
IN THE
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,
IN JULY, 1797:
WITH
A LIST OF THE DEAD:
OF THE
DONATIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR, 
AND A
VARIETY OF OTHER INTERESTING PARTICULARS.
SECOND EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA: 
PRINTED BY RICHARD FOLWELL,
No. 33, Carter's- Alley.
1798.

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SHORT HISTORY
OF THE
YELLOW FEVER,
That broke out in Philadelphia in
1797.
ABOUT the end of July, 1797, the yellow fever
again made its appearance in Philadelphia. It conti-
nued to extend through various parts of the City and Liber-
ties, for about three months. Towards the close of Octo-
ber, some days of cold weather, or perhaps some natural
cause beyond the reach of human conception, by degrees,
abated its violence. Its ravages have now ceased; or, if a
few remaining patients can be found, they are only  to be
considered as convalescents, and rare exceptions to the ge-
neral statement, that the city is now restored to its  usual
proportion of healthiness.
The citizens became more early aware of their danger
than in 1793; and the speedy flight of many thousands of
them into the country, seems to have been the chief cause
why the mortality of this contagion has been so much less
violent than that of the former. By the way, though not
so generally known as to create alarm, it is true, that in the
fall of 1794, Philadelphia had a transient visit from this fatal
scourge. A small number of persons, perhaps twenty or
thirty, died of it. The unexpected intervention of one or
two days of a wind more than usually cold for that season
of the year, was the apparent cause of its abrupt extinc-
tion. Perhaps the infection might be less  violent in  its
nature than that of the former year. It is well known,
that the plague, while remaining identically the same dis-
ease, hath yet very different degrees of violence in its suc-

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cessive visitations. In 1794, the sickness was kept a secret
by those who had an opportunity to be acquainted with its
having reached the city. The news was, on every account,
unwelcome; and, happily, there did not occur any positive
occasion for its being generally divulged.
As the consequences of the present fever have been much
less dreadful than of that in 1793, an account of it will be
far less interesting; besides, the subject has lost much of
novelty. The silent desolation of our streets in one year,
displays a close resemblance to the same scene in another
year. But still it may be proper that some compendious ac-
count should be given of this calamity, that hath again so
abruptly swept away so many of our relations and acquain-
tances.
On the 11th of August, 1797, the governor of Penn-
sylvania issued a proclamation. He mentioned the intelli-
gence of a contagious disease existing in the West-Indies.
He enjoined that every vessel from the Islands, from New-
Orleans, or from any French, Dutch, or Spanish ports on
the Main, should perform quarantine for five days, at the
health-office, on State-Island; or for such longer time, as
the resident physicians and officers of the health-office 
should advise.
A second copy of this proclamation was issued on the
15th of August, with the addition of "British" ports on the
Main. On the 14th, the governor wrote a letter to Dr.
John Redman, president of the college of physicians, re-
questing a state of facts as to the origin and progress of the
contagion. The answer, dated August 16th, said, in a few
words, that "a malignant contagious fever has lately ap-
peared  in Penn-Street, and its vicinity, of which  ten or
twelve persons have  died." He promised to communicate,
as speedily as possible, the advice of the college.
The following piece appeared, on the 16th of August, 
in the newspapers:
To the Citizens of Philadelphia.
Health-Office, State-Island,
August, 1797.
A considerable alarm having been created in the city,
respecting the prevalence of the yellow lever, in consequence

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of the death of some persons in the neighbourhood of Penn
and Pine-streets; and as some have attempted to trace the
disease to certain vessels from the West-Indies, it is neces-
sary for me to assure the citizens, that as every vessel en-
ering the port of Philadelphia from a foreign port, un-
dergoes an examination at their arrival off this place, I will
pledge my reputation, that no person, ill with the yellow
fever, or other contagious disease, has passed  through my
hands from sea into the city, during the present summer.
The armed ship  Hinde, from Cape Nichola Mole, has
been accused of importing the disease,* although that ves-
sel lay at a distant part of the city from Pine-street wharf.
It has been asserted publicly (and by those whom I should
have expected would have ascertained the fact, before cir-
culating a report, so absurd  in its nature, and injurious to
my character) that the above vessel was never examined
previously to her arrival, but permitted to pass, after en-
quiring where she was from!! The falsity of this story may
at once be proved by referring to the files of the health-
office, Philadelphia, where the usual official interrogatories'
of the captain of the Hinde are preserved, which are pro-
posed to the masters of all foreign vessels, at their arrival at
the health-office, State-Island.
The ship Arethusa, from Havannah, in ballast, arrived
healthy, and continued so after five days quarantine, on
the 24th of July, when she came up to the city. She has
also been accused of infecting the people of Penn-street;
but it has never been proved that any of the citizens who
have died were nigh that ship. The pilot, it appears, from
imprudently sleeping on deck during the quarantine, was
seized with a fever on his way up to the city. Dr. Currie,
his physician, informed me, that it was attended  with in-
flammatory bilious symptoms, and that he was well in five
days. For the satisfaction of the public, I  shall make a fu-
ture statement of the deaths on board this ship during the
voyage, before her arrival at the Havannah.
JAMES MEASE,
Resident Physician of the Port.
*The ship Hinde arrived at Philadelphia on the 3rd. inst. and
lay in the stream till Sunday the 6th, the day after the decease of
Mr. Nathaniel Lewis.              

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On the 16th of August, a proclamation was issued from
the health-office. Citizens, in general, and especially those
keeping lodging-houses for sailors, and passengers from 
vessels, were advised to give notice of any such persons, if
seized with indisposition, having the appearance of the yel-
low fever, to the health-office; to Dr. Samuel Duffield,
No. 12, Chesnut-street; to captain William Allen, No. 2,
Key's-Alley, or to any of the inspectors of health in the 
City or Liberties, that the patients might be removed to 
the city hospital, where every accommodation was prov-
ided for their reception.
On the 18th, the Board of health published the follow-
ing account of patients supposed to be ill of the contagion:
Friday, 18th August, 1797.
In consequence of circular letters addressed to the phy-
sicians, for the purpose of obtaining information of the 
number of patients who may be afflicted with fevers of a
malignant or contagious nature, the following reports have 
been received yesterday and to-day, viz.
Drs. Seybert, Pascalis, Cutbush, Goss and Parks - 
no case of a contagious nature.
Dr. Thompson — one patient, with every symptom of a 
malignant nature.
Dr. Dorsey — two do. in a bilious yellow fever.
Dr. Griffiths — one case, suspicious only.
Dr. Currie — three cases, two recovering, the other re-
moved.
Dr. Gallaher — one case, suspicious only. 
Dr. Budd — one do.
Dr. Woodhouse — one, recovering. 
Dr. Caldwell — one, in a bad way. 
Dr. Annan — one, do.
Dr. Dewees - one, suspicious only.
Dr. Wistar — two, suspicious only, and those under a 
consultation.
Mr. Brown, From wrong information I stated in my note to the pub-
lic of to-day that the Hinde armed ship, hauled in to a

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wharf distant from Pine-street; and that the pilot of the
Arethusa caught cold by sleeping on deck during the qua-
rantine of the vessel. I have since found, that the Hinde lay
very near to Pine-street wharf, and that the pilot of the 
Arethusa attributes his cold and subsequent fever to sleeping 
in the cabin the evening before going to town, in a ham-
mock, and to the rain which beat in through four win-
dows upon him. Neither of these facts, however, will tend 
to prove, the above vessels were concerned in producing the 
disease of Penn-street.
JAMES MEASE.
Health-Office, Aug. 16, 1797.
The following letter, from Dr. Currie, appeared in reply 
to those above inserted from Dr. Mease. They deserve to
be printed entire, as tending to throw light on the origin 
of the contagion:
To the Citizens of Philadelphia.
August 18th, 1797.
Doctor Mease, in his address to the inhabitants of this
city, has pledged his reputation, that "no person ill of the 
yellow fever, or any other contagious disease, has passed
through his hands, from sea, into this city, during the pre-
sent summer."
He has also mentioned, that I informed him, that the
pilot who brought up the ship Arethusa, "had a fever, at-
tended with inflammatory bilious symptoms."
From my knowledge of doctor Mease's conduct, and 
from the character he has hitherto supported, with so much 
credit, and even eclat, I have not the most distant doubt 
that he has stated facts precisely as they are, or at least as 
he believes them to be. But, from the general propensity
of mariners to smuggle; from the ridiculous and farcical 
period prescribed by law for performing quarantine; from
the nature of infection; from the various articles of clothing
and bedding being capable of retaining infection for a 
long time; from neglect of masters of vessels, (who are
not aware of the consequences) to throw overboard the
clothing and bedding of seamen that die on board their

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vessels; from the time, the place and the manner that the
disease (which has lately appeared in this city) commenced 
and has progressed, and from the most perfect resemblance 
of the fever to the yellow fever of the West-Indies, there 
can be no hesitation with those that have a competent
knowledge of medical history, in pronouncing the dis-
ease, or the contagion which gave rise to the disease, to 
have been imported in some vessel from the West-Indies, 
though no person ill of the disease had arrived from sea 
with it.
And that the disease was introduced by some articles on 
board the Arethusa, the following circumstances render 
more than probable:
The ship Arethusa transported fifty-seven slaves from Ja-
maica to the Havannah, some time in June last; and lost 
three men on the passage with the yellow fever: to the
truth of this, Mr. Philip Kingfton, who was passenger 
on board, has subscribed: nor is it pretended to be denied by 
the captain or mate. The captain also omitted making re-
port to the physician of the health hospital, of a boy that 
died on board after Mr. Kingston left the vessel. The ves-
sel arrived at the fort on the 18th or 19th of July, with
eleven hands, all apparently healthy; performed five days 
quarantine; left the mate at the hospital, where he re-
mained twelve days, with symptoms of diarrhœa, or dy- 
sentery.
The pilot was conveyed to his lodgings in Shippen-street 
soon after his arrival: I visited him the next morning,and
found him labouring under symptoms of high fever,re- 
sembling those of the inflammatory kind, with a pain in
his head and back; red eyes, tinged with yellow; had 
been delirious in the night; all these symptoms subsided
the day following, succeeded by great debility and sickness
at stomach. These gave way to evacuating remedies, and 
he had no more complaint of fever after the 5th day. I
suspected the case, at the time, to be the same as the yellow
fever of the West-Indies, which has been usually, but very
improperly, called the inflammatory bilious fever; and in
compliance with common language, inconversation with 
Dr. Mease, did mention that the fever was attended with
inflammatory bilious symptoms, instead of inflammatory

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symptoms, succeeded by those of a bilious nature, which 
I declare was the fact, and ought so to have been stated to
express my precise meaning.
Five days after the arrival of the Arethusa, while lying
along side of her, five of the crew of the Iris were at-
tacked with symptoms of the yellow fever; all on the same 
day, or within one day of each other, and a few days after, 
two more of the crew: one of these, whose name was
Flood, died with unequivocal symptoms of the yellow fe-
ver; among other symptoms, he had the black vomiting
to a high degree. 
These facts can be subftantiated by unqueftionable evi-
dence. I, therefore, have thought proper to make this hasty 
statement, for the information and satisfaction of those con-
erned. WILLIAM CURRIE.
P. S. The disease almost invariably gives way to judici-
ous bleeding and mercurial purges, when application is 
made soon after the attack. The attack is generally sud-
den, and begins with pain in the head and back, accompa-
nied with chills. The patient, though uneasy at stomach, 
seldom has any puking before the end of the second day.
The disease terminates on the third or fourth day when
properly treated. This disease may be effectually escaped, 
by avoiding all communication with the sick, and the 
houses where they have been sick.
The following letter was transmitted from Dr. Redman,
to governor Mifflin, in answer to his request for the advice
of the college of physicians: 
Sir,
The college of physicians having attentively considered
your request "of giving an opinion on the best mode of 
averting the calamity which threatens us," have directed
me to communicate to you the following methods: 1st. For
preventing the spreading of contagious diseases when in-
troduced amongst us, and 2dly. For preventing the intro-
duction of such diseases.
1st. To prevent the spreading of contagious diseases when in-
troduced; — we recommend the most scrupulous 
attention to cleaning and watering the streets, particularly 
washing out the gutters, habits of temperance, caution as
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to cloathing, fatigue of body, and exposure to the sun and 
night air. When it is ascertained that such diseases exist,
let the physicians of the city be enjoined to give informa-
tion to the board of health, to whom they should daily re-
port such cases as may occur. Let all unnecessary inter-
course be suspended with that part of the city where the dis-
ease first appears. Let such of the sick and their families, 
who reside in any part of the city where their residence
may prove hurtful or dangerous, be immediately removed. 
When the disease is ascertained to exist in several houses
near to each other, in any part of the city, let all the
neighbouring families who have escaped infection, be re-
moved, and all communication between the infected fa-
milies and the city be suspended, by preventing any per-
sons, except those whose visits are essentially necessary to
the sick, previous to their removal, from entering into 
that part of the town. For this purpose, mercantile busi-
nefs must, of course, be suspended there, and the vessels 
removed from the adjoining wharves. All suspected 
wharves and houses, particularly such as have been occu-
pied by the sick, should be purified by order of the board, 
in the manner formerly recommended by the college.
2dly. To prevent the introduction of contagious diseases, 
we recommend, that a new law on this subject be made,
constituting a board of health, consisting of five persons, 
including two physicians, of whom three shall be citizens of Philadelphia,
one an inhabitant of the Northern Liber-
ties, and one an inhabitant of Southwark; who shall meet
daily during the months of June, July, August, and Sep-
tember. They shall have full power to do everything ne-
cessary respecting the quarantine to be performed by ves-
sels arriving in this port, as well as to direct the removal
of any vessels, after their arrival at the city, which may
be found or suspected to be unhealthy. A consulting and 
a residing physician should be appointed; the former to 
dwell in the city, and the latter to be generally at the
health-office, on State-Island, from which he is never to 
be absent during the above-mentioned months. Every 
vessel which arrives from the West-Indies, from the Ame-
rican Main to the southward of Florida, or from the Me-
diterranean, during these months, should perform a qua-

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antine of not less than thirty days; and all suspected ves-
sels should have every article, wrought or unwrought, 
which is used for cloathing or bedding, or which may be
supposed to contain infection, particularly those which are 
composed of cotton, wool and silk, unladen and purified 
at the island.
By order of the college of physicians of Philadelphia, 
JOHN REDMAN, President.
Thomas C. James, Secretary.
August 17th, 1797. THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esq.
Governor ofthe commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Hopes were still entertained that the progress of the
contagion might be checked. On the 21st of August, the
inspectors of the health-office published an address to the
citizens. They began with assuring the public, that the in-
fection which had made its appearance in Penn-street and
its vicinity, was so limited in its extent, that by proper ex-
ertions, it might, in their opinion, be entirely removed.
They next published a series of resolutions, to which was
subjoined a note signed by Mr. Dallas, as secretary of Penn-
sylvania: he signified the approbation of the governor. 
The resolutions directed, that every person infected with
the yellow fever, and whose case would admit of removal, 
should be conveyed by his friends, or thehealth-officer, to
a proper situation distant from Philadelphia. The adjoin-
ing inhabitants were directed immediately to remove; a
yellow flag was to be placed to houses containing, or 
which had recently contained, the sick. No person, the 
needful attendants excepted, was to enter any such house,
till it had been properly cleansed. Physicians were requested 
to give notice of such contagious cases as came under their 
observation. The board farther announced, that a num-
ber of houses and tents had been procured for accommo-
dating the healthy people who might remove from the 
city. At the same time, there was published a list of the
inspectors, being twenty-four in number, with the respec- 
tive places of their residence. A note, of the 21st of Au-
gust, from their chairman, John Miller, jun. stated, that 
since the 17th inst. ten cases of fever had occured south of

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Pine-street, and mostly in Penn-street, of which several
had been send to the hospital. Two others in the city had
been traced back to Penn-street. 
The newspapers now began to be crouded with publica-
tions respecting the yellow fever. Dr. Caldwell, in a letter 
of the 21st, said, that the report of the committee of 
health, exhibited but "a very faint and imperfect image 
of the health of the city, relative to the prevailing malig-
nant fever." On the 22d, Drs. Dobel, Cox, Pleasants, and 
Church, were appointed to visit the City and Liberties, in
quest of new cases. On that day, only three were reported 
to the board of health. The Wigwam Tavern, out Race-
street, near Schuylkill, some years since converted in to an 
hospital, was made use of for the reception of the sick. It 
was said that some dead bodies were removed from it about 
this time, back in to the city, for interment. If it were in-
tended to spread the disorder, a more apt method could 
not have been contrived. The idle parade of a number of
people at burials, ought to have been forbidden, as also
the custom of ringing bells for the dead, which served only
to alarm the sick. However irreligious it may seem, places
of worship ought to have been universally shut up. To as- 
semble a thousand or fifteen hundred people, of all ages, 
and from all parts of the city, into one place of meeting, 
in weather which was moderately warm, and during the
prevalence of such a distemper, was certainly imprudent, 
as it could not fail to promote the disorder.
Another mistake was, the enduring of a public market
in the midst of the city. This spot was frequently, upon 
market days, so crouded, that one could not walk twenty
yards through it without jostling against persons on every 
side. Their very breath and clothes were sufficient to con-
vey contagion. This fever may well be termed a younger 
branch of the plague. In countries where the latter pre-
vails, if as little attention were given, as has lately been ex-
hibited in Philadelphia, to keep people at a distance from 
each other, the human race would, perhaps, in these parts 
of the world, be extirpated. It would have been very easy 
to adjourn the market to a spot on the commons, where 
people should not have been under the necessity of squeez-
ing each other in this way. Taverns, as another vehicle of

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infection, should have been discouraged from being kept 
open, unless such as were designed for the reception of 
travellers from the country. The latter exception would 
have been necessary for securing subsistence to the inhabi-
tants.
The alarm continued gradually to increase: on the 23rd 
of August, the board of health reported that fifteen new 
cases had occurred since the day before, and that the ut-
most diligence would be necessary to prevent the disorder 
from spreading. The inhabitants began to move into the
country; and, in a short time, they emigrated in such pro-
digious numbers, that the city was said to be half empty.
On every road from Philadelphia were seen waggons con-
veying families and their effects to the country. Many mer-
chants removed to Wilmington, where they began busi-
ness. Germantown, Chester, Wilmington, Frankfort,
Darby, Trenton, Bordenton, Easton, and Burlington were
more or less crouded with fugitives, who fled in every di-
rection. Sometimes they carried the disease along with
them; as in the instance of Mr. Robert Cary, glazier, who
died at Burlington of the disorder; which, almost at the
same time, cut off his son, Mr. James Cary, a clerk in the
office of the Philadelphia Gazette. He had remained in the
city, and was universally lamented, as a young man of un-
common merit. So greatly was Philadelphia thinned,
within the space of a week or two, that scarce a person was
to be seen upon the streets. Even, of those who staid in
town, many shut themselves up in their houses, as in so
many castles, and entertained no commerce with their
neighbours, unless when they ventured out to market;
and that, as above noticed, was a dangerous service. Among
other misfortunes, the markets grew dearer than usual,
and some of the bakers it is said, made their bread as
light, as when flour had been at fifteen dollars per barrel.
We must, however, take into account, the very great risk
which they ran, by staying, upon any terms, in the city. 
The appearance of the streets was not, upon the whole,
so exceedingly dismal as in the fall of 1793. Sometimes 
one met a cart driving at considerable speed to Potter's 
field. The man who took care of it was frequently singing. 
The dead bodies were not,on every occasion, very decent-

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ly put into coffins; but this is a topic too delicate to be en-
larged upon. One cart broke down, above the corner of 
Chesnut and Seventh-streets; and the body, which was 
not removed for several hours, annoyed the neighbour-
hood with a most intolerable smell.
An alarm had now spread over the continent. On the
18th of August, the governor of New-York published a 
proclamation, directing that all vessels from Philadelphia 
should, till further orders, perform quarantine. On the 
23d, the governor of this state issued a proclamation. He 
therein ordered that all communication should be cut off 
with the wharves, houses, and inhabitants situated between
Spruce and South-streets, to extend from the river to the 
west side of Front-street. Necessary attendants only were 
to be admitted within this spot. Poles or fences were to be
placed across the streets and avenues leading to it. The 
shipping were to be removed from the wharves, and yel-
low flags to be placed at the corner of each of the streets
leading to the rest of the city. An injunction was added, 
for the removal of the sick, if the case would admit of it,
and the inhabitants were also to remove upon orders from 
inspectors of the health-office. Yellow flags were to be 
placed before the houses, wherein the sickness had ap-
peared. The physicians were requested to give notice 
to the health-office, of all cases within their knowledge. 
A fine of three hundred dollars was to be imposed on any
person obstructing the execution of this order, or neglect-
ing to pay obedience to it.
The latter part of this proclamation met with an imme-
diate refusal; for, on the very next day, the 24th of Au-
gust, the inspectors informed the public, that they could
no longer tell whether any new cases had occurred, because
the physicians had not given them any communications. A
misunderstanding had taken place: The doctors declined 
to name the number of their patients, because the latter
were liable, when discovered,to be hurried off to the Wig-
wam in carts. This treatment gave general offence. Had 
a coach been employed for that end, as it was in the se-
quel, the scheme would have succeeded much better.
Mr. William Fleetwood, an English gentleman, who 
died at the hospital, was said to be hurried off from his
lodgings, although the lady with whom he lodged was wil-

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ling to keep him. This statement appears not to be true. 
His friends had sufficient time and privilege to remove him 
to any place that they or he choosed out of the city; and
the carriage that went for him in the morning, by his re-
quest, did not take him away till evening. In the hospital 
every attention was rendered to him. The steward's pri-
vate room was given up for his sole accommodation.
An instance is generally reported and believed, of a 
woman being hurried off, as in a yellow fever, and who
next morning was delivered of a child. Very strong ob-
jections were made to the peremptory orders of removal,
as both inhuman and impracticable. Dr. Caldwell, in a
letter to the printer of the Philadelphia Gazette, of the
28th of August, inveighed severely against it. He related, 
that he had on Saturday, the 26th, been called to a patient. 
This man was seized with an illness on the Wednesday 
preceding, and had forborne, as he said, to call in assis-
tance, for fear of being conveyed to the hospital. He men-
tioned another case of a man, who, when dying, sent for
him to enquire if any thing could be given to alleviate his 
pain. He did not expect to be cured, but had merely sent
for aid, in the hope of obtaining a mitigation to the agony 
of his last moments. Dr. Caldwell added, that many other
cases of this sort had occurred. He farther said, that he had
lately observed in the crowd of the court-house in Chesnut-
street, three persons who, a few hours before, had been vis-
siting patients ill of the fever. He had them called out, and
persuaded them to go away. On the 28th, the inspectors 
advertised that a coachee was kept in readiness at the con-
stable's office, at the corner of Front and Almond-street,
for the removal of those who desired to be sent to the hospi-
tal, as also that a hearse was kept at the same place.But it 
was more easy to raise an alarm than to suppress it.
The inclosure recommended by the governor, and like-
wise the yellow flags, were pulled down, in spite of the 
threatened penalty of three hundred dollars. Indeed, 
the best safe-guard was the removal of the inhabitants into the
country, which, of course, crippled the progress of the
contagion. Much of its violence may be ascribed to the 
wretched practice common in Philadelphia, as well as in 
all other large towns, of jamming and heaping houses to-
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for holding them. Nothing can be more completely ridi-
culous, than that, in a continent twelve hundred leagues 
wide, and where land is so extremely plenty, contagion 
should be promoted by the narrowness of the streets. In
1793, only thirty-nine persons died in the whole extent of 
Market-street, from the Delaware to the Schuylkill;
whereas, in Pewter-Platter-Alley, containing perhaps forty
houses, thirty-two persons died; in Elfrith's-Alley, twen-
ty-three; in Combes's-Alley, twenty-nine; and in Mora-
vian-Alley, thirty-seven. These make, in whole, an hun-
dred and twenty-one deaths in only four alleys. If each of
them had been as wide as Market-street, the chance is, 
that at least half of these lives would have been saved. If 
Water-street, and several others, were near an hundred 
feet broad, the ravages of this dreadful disorder would
surely have been less fatal; as ventilation is an evident
preventative. This appears from the distemper having 
made such very small progress in the country. It would 
have saved many lives annually, if every street in the City 
and Liberties had been thirty or forty yards broad, even 
if there never had been a yellow fever. In the hot summer
months, Philadelphia is far from being a healthful situa-
tion, and to children it is extremely fatal. Two or three
hundred additional acres of ground, which at the plan-
ning; ofthe city was not worth twenty dollars per acre, 
would have saved, by this time, thousands of lives. It is
well known, that previous to the great fire in London, in 
1666, the plague had seldom, if ever, been entirely out of 
that city. But after it was burnt, the streets being rebuilt 
on a wider plan, that distemper has never since been known
to infest it.
The assembly of the state met on the 29th of August,
and, on the same day voted ten thousand dollars to be ap-
propriated for the accommodation, employment, and re-
lief of the sick and indigent, during the prevalence of the 
fever. The money was acceptable and useful; yet, if the
sum given had been even considerably larger, there was 
no want of objects of charity to receive it. The state is 
worth some millions of dollars, and an additional dona-
tion could scarcely have injured its interest.
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visit the hospitals, at State-Island, and the Wigwam, which
they did on the 26th of August. They reported, that at 
the former place they found only thirteen patients; all of
whom appeared to be on the recovery. At the Wigwam, 
forty-eight had been received, of whom sixteen were dead, 
and most of the remainder either cured or in a state of 
convalescence.
It has already been hinted, that a misunderstanding had 
arisen between some of the physicians and the inspectors of
the health-office, in consequence of which, the former had 
declined giving in any further reports of their patients.* On 
the 1st of September, 1797, the board published a narrative
of their proceedings, in consequence of the governor's pro-
clamation. They denied that force had been employed, or
even contemplated, for the removal of the sick to the hos-
pital; and that no such removals had taken place, unless 
when the attending physician declared the measure to be 
necessary. As to the former assertion, the general belief is 
otherwise: force undoubtedly was used by some agents of 
the board, though perhaps without their authority. If the 
physicians had in every case been consulted, they could 
have had no reason to be offended, as they certainly were, 
when they declined the reporting of cases. The board fur-
ther said, that all persons near the sick, necessary atten-
dants excepted, had been earnestly advised to remove. They 
mentioned, that the City-Hospital had been kept in a state 
of complete preparation for the receiving of patients; and 
that five physicians, Drs. Cox, Dobel, Pleasants, Church, 
and Leib, had been appointed in different parts of the ci-
ty, to seek out and administer relief to such persons as re-
quired assistance.
After giving this view of the subject, the inspectors ex-
*On the 29th of August, a letter appeared in the newspapers 
from Dr. Currie. He therein stated, the reason for the physicians 
not giving in lists of their patients to the board of health, as aris-
ing from want of time to do so. He said, that it was the duty of 
the board to send for such a list. He subjoined a catalogue of all 
persons who had been infected, from the 22d of July to the 25th 
of August. On the 1st of September, the number of houses shut 
up, was supposed to be thirteen hundred and sixty-five, besides 
those in the inclosures of Penn-street, &c. to which access had 
been forbid by the governor's proclamation.
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pressed a hope, that all sick or indisposed persons, as 
well as those employed in the care of them, would see the
propriety of an early application either to their family-phy-
sician, to Dr. Duffield, consulting physician of the port of 
Philadelphia, or to some of the medical gentlemen above 
named. There was a postscript at the bottom of this no-
tice, which must have been the consequence of some hesi-
tation among the members of the board themselves. It was
signed by four members, who said, that during the consi-
deration of this address, they had requested and obtained 
leave to withdraw. The burials at this time began to be 
more numerous. An account appeared in the Philadelphia
Gazette, stating, that during the forty-eight hours preced-
ing Monday, the 4th of September, at noon, there had 
been thirty-six interments. This was a greater number of
dead than had yet occurred within an equal period.
The commissioners appointed by the governor to carry 
into effect the law for alleviating the distresses of the poor,
by the expenditure of ten thousand dollars, attended punc-
tually to their appointment. Their names are as follow, 
viz.
FOR THE CITY.
Robert Wharton, (Chairman) South Third-street.
No. 135.
George Krebs, North Fifth-street, No. 17.
John James, (Treasurer) do. do. No. 18. 
Israel Israel, corner of Chesnut and Third-streets.
Thomas Savery, North Fifth-street, No. 20.
Edward Garrigues, Cherry-Street, No. 39. 
FOR THE NORTHERN LIBERALS.
Samuel Wheeler, Vine-street, No. 99. 
John Wagner, Noble-street.
George Inglis, New Market-street.
FOR SOUTHWARK.
Samuel Church, corner of South and Water-streets.
William Linnard, South Second-street.
Robert McMullin, Swanson-street.
They invited the inhabitants to recommend in writing
such indigent persons as might come within their know-
ledge. These were to be assisted by applying at the state-
house from three to nine o'clock in the evening, of Wed-
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and 6th days of the week, called Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday, while necessary." The commissioners, as 
above, were twelve in number, and their names and res-
pective places of residence were printed, that people,dur-
ing the recess of their meetings, in want of employment 
or relief, might know where to apply. Numbers of per-
sons were immediately set to work upon the streets and
high-roads near the city. The funds were not adequate to 
give them full wages; and some of the overseers told 
them that a whole day's work was not, of course, to be 
expected from them. The reader may suppose that no 
such hints were necessary, for idleness is natural to man. 
But relief was essential, and it was proper to find them 
employment, if only to divert them. Should their perfor-
mances not have been equal to the expense which they cost,
still it was fit that they should have something to do. Even
supposing that only ten of them were dishonest, the temp-
tation to robbery might have proved more detrimental to 
the citizens, than the whole amount of the expenditure;
for some of them, after getting their wages, actually rob-
bed one another. On South-street and Broad-Street, the 
indulgence was taken in its utmost latitude; but when it 
is considered that some were emaciated, others delicate— 
and that many soon got blisters on their hands, no great
exertions could be expected.
The contagion continued to extend. For the twenty-
four hours preceding Saturday the 9th, at noon, the Phi-
ladelphia Gazette reported thirty-two deaths; being about 
double the amount of any former single day. From that
time,till Monday at noon, the deaths were by the same
newspaper, fifty-seven. On September 7th, the inhabitants 
of the Northern Liberties appointed a committee to assist 
the board of health. On the 12th, the commissioners for
assisting the poor, sent a letter to the governor, giving an 
account of their proceedings. They stated that, from the 
4th to the 9th instant, two hundred and eighty-four per-
sons, chiefly heads of families, had been relieved, at an ex-
pense of two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and sixty-five 
cents, besides a quantity of bread, the cost of which an 
account had not been received. Two hundred and fifty 
men, at seventy five cents per day, had been employed 
on the roads, and to open the courses of water in South-
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made for about two hundred people, who had removed to
the tents on the Schuylkill. 
On the 22d of September, a note appeared in the news-
papers, signed by James Oldden, No. 1, South Sixth-
street; John Gardiner, jun. No. 28, Strawberry-alley;
Franklin Wharton, No. 268, South Second-street; John
Clifton, No. 74, Swanson-street, Southwark; and Tho-
mas Anderson, No.63, Shippen-street, do. They stated, 
that the guardians of the poor having generally left the 
city, they had voluntarily undertaken to superintend the
poor near Schuylkill; and had appointed David Thomas 
to be steward, who constantly resided there. They notifi-
ed, that those who desired to remove from the neighbour-
hood of the sick, to the tents, were to apply to them for 
an order, before they could be admitted. They requested 
contributions of straw, of old blankets, of children's 
clothes, &c.
In a second letter to the governor, from the commission-
ers, appointed to inspect the distribution of money, dated
September the 18th, they related, their having, during 
that week, relieved six hundred and fifty-eight persons,
chiefly heads of families, with five hundred and ninety-
five dollars and fifty cents, besides a considerable quantity 
of bread; that above 520 persons, who were thrown out 
of employment, and destitute of subsistence, had been 
paid at the rate of seventy-five cents per day, for labour-
ing on the high-roads, &c. They had been obliged, from 
the state of their funds, to lower the wages to fifty cents.
In a third letter to the governor, dated September 25th,
the commissioners mentioned, that, since their last,they had
relieved eight hundred and fifty-five persons. They had 
paid six hundred and thirty-nine men for labour on the
roads; and including provisions for the people in the tents, 
and forty six dollars and fifty four cents for incidents, 
their whole expenditure came to five thousand seven hun-
dred and eighty-one dollars and forty-nine cents. Some 
accounts were likewise unsettled. Hence the total outlay
came to upwards of two thousand dollars per week; and,
consequently, the whole money granted by the legislature, 
being ten thousand dollars, would last only for five weeks,
or to the end of the one then current.
To remedy this deficiency, the mayor of Philadelphia 
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of the Corporation, from either of the banks in the city, 
ten thousand dollars; one thousand were to be applied to 
the repairing of the high roads, and the remainder for the 
hiring of patroles, and such other measures as might be 
necessary for the protection of the city.
On October 4th, the commissioners for taking care of 
the poor, addressed a fourth letter to the governor. They
stated, that the weekly expense of supporting them, 
came to upwards of two thousand five hundred dollars.
They had since their last publication, relieved a number
of men, by employment on the roads, at fifty cents per day, 
to the amount of fifteen hundred dollars; other distribu-
tions had come to the amount of twelve hundred dollars
more. They earnestly recommended private subscriptions 
for the relief of the poor, and subjoined a catalogue of do-
nations already made. This is reserved for a separate arti-
cle, including the whole of such donations, as far as it shall 
be found possible to collect them.
The Merchants' Advertiser of October 10th, contained
another address from the commissioners. They began by
stating, that, on September 1st, they had accepted of 
their appointment. They then received the ten thousand
dollars bestowed by the legislature, and which had gene-
rally been supposed more than sufficient for the purpose.
They found, upon examination, upwards of three thou-
sand people, of all ages, destitute of work or subsistence.
The number had since greatly increased, and the whole 
yet remained in the same suffering condition. They next, 
in pathetic terms, addressed the richer class of their fellow-
citizens for aid; and considerable supplies were gradually
procured.
By the 15th of October, sixteen physicians had been af-
fected with the disorder. Of these, eight, whose names are
in Italic, fell its victims: the names of the whole are as
follow:
Dr. Way. 
Dr. Thompson. 
D. Annan. 
Dr. Dobel. 
Dr. Jones. 
Dr. Pleasants. 
Dr. Clement. 
Dr. Hunt. 
Dr. Reynolds. 
Dr. Physick. 
Dr. Caldwell. 
Dr. Church. 
Dr. B. Duffield. 
Dr. Hayworth. 
Dr. Boys. 
Dr. Strong.

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If a generous contempt of danger and of death, in those
trying times, merits the gratitude of mankind, that tribute
is unquestionably due to the physicians of Philadelphia. 
The most laborious, hazardous and disagreeable task was,
in almost every instance, to be performed gratuitously. 
Dr.Dobel, with a view to this contagion, had previously 
made his will. He was of independent circumstances; had 
been married but a few months before, and could have no 
temptation for the office which he undertook, but what
arose from pure benevolence.
Mrs. Beatty, who keeps a genteel Lodging-House, No.
71,Penn-street, ought not to be neglected in our narration.
Her pots were boiling, night and day, to supply the sick poor
of Southwark, with soups, panada, and every other article 
of diet. The traveller or stranger, under her roof, will al-
ways find a comfortable asylum, which, we hope, mayre-
quite her for this instance of charity.
Apprehensions had been, for some time, entertained by 
the steward of the city hospital, that illicit practices were 
carried on at that place; after some vigilance, one of the 
attendants was, on the 12th of October, taken with a bag 
full of sundries belonging to the public. On a promise of 
forgiveness, he confessed that property, to a considerable 
amount, had been secreted in the house of a certain John 
Brown, another of the attendants. A search-warrant was 
issued; and the fact being proved, Brown was directly 
committed to prison.
Before the middle of October, the mortality in the city
began to abate. On the 13th of that month, the inspectors 
of the health-office addressed a note, signed by William
Montgomery, as chairman, to such of their fellow-citi-
zens whose families were then out of town. They were 
advised not to return for a few days longer, because, altho' 
there was an appearance of the fever having begun to sub-
side, still they did not think it advisable to return at so 
early a period. They particularly cautioned citizens resi-
dent in the country from yet entering Southwark, and the 
lower parts of the city. They further advised, that proper 
persons should, in the meantime, be employed to ventilate 
and clean their houses.
Nothing, however, could exceed the impatience of some 
citizens to return. There had been complaints of extortion 
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many had retired. This is worthy of observation, that we
may be cautioned, in case Providence should permit Phi-
ladelphia to be again visited by a similar misfortune. That
quadrupeds, birds, and aquatic animals, should prey upon
each other, seems, in many classes, to have been the pre-
vious destination of nature; but that human being should
practice the same rapacity against their fellow-creatures, is
a very poor illustration of the pretended sanctity so pom-
pously displayed by some of them. Many of the country
people have gained largely by the city; yet when its inha-
bitants came into their power, they discovered what small
reliance should be placed on their gratitude. Both lodging
and provisions were often unconscionably enhanced in 
price. This extortion was sometimes attended with much
affected concern for the sufferers, and many pleas of merit 
for giving them admittance on any terms whatever. To 
this account, exceptions were to be found, and this contrast 
added still more to the shame of the inhospitable.
As a relief to the sameness of this detail, we shall here 
insert a few anecdotes which have come within our infor-
mation.
Soon after the commencement of the fever, and while
the inhabitants kept a guarded distance from each other, 
the bar-keeper of Mr. Wucherer's tavern, in Chesnut-street,
happened to be abroad, fell into company, came home 
inebriated, and went to bed. Suspicion immediately took 
the alarm: a young doctor was sent for, who pronounced 
his case to be the yellow fever. The neighbours were un-
der apprehensions for their safety, and began to pack up 
their furniture for a retreat to the country. But next morn-
ing unfolded their mistake, by the patient's resuming the 
duties of his station. Several loungers about Market-street 
wharf, were, like the bar-keeper, considered as having 
caught the contagion, and, consequently, conveyed to the
hospital. Some of them, perhaps, got infected in that place 
by the disease, as one or two paid their last debt to nature.
During this time, a volunteer patrol guarded the city. One 
night, some of them took up three foreign sailors ; and in 
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to escape from the patrol or by accident, fell into the river, 
and was drowned. His body was found and buried next 
day. The committee of health requited each of the 
patrol with twenty-two dollars per month; and the lat-
ter have since been raising a contribution from individu-
als by subscription, as a further reward for their own vi-
gilance.
Tricks were played by some of the prisoners in the city
gaol. They feigned to have the disorder, were conducted
to the hospital, and after partaking of a warm supper, and
a good night's lodging, disappeared on the wings of the
morning. Several who had been really attacked by the
fever, and others who had been sent to the hospital against
their will, by virtue of the governor's proclamation, in
consequence of the medical verdict of a suspicious case, fled, 
as soon as they were able.
A Mr. Horn, a young German, had been about five days
from Philadelphia, when he was taken ill in Nor-
thumberland county, and died of the yellow fever. A re-
markable circumstance is here stated respecting his ill-
ness, on the authority of his landlord, a Mr. Rittenhouse. 
Such was the deceitful and flattering state of the disor-
der, that within two hours of his exit, he had no appre-
hension of the approach of his dissolution: he appeared 
sensible, though his continual theme was love; and he was 
planning his happiness in a connubial life; but Death, in 
so short a space, triumphed over the fascinating desires of
Cupid.
A Mr. Barry visited the city, during the calamity. He
had been advised to keep his body open; as a preparative, 
in case that he should be attacked. Accordingly, he went
to an apothecary, and bought a box of thirty-two purga-
tive pills. From ignorance, he swallowed the whole
immediately, and was suddenly taken unwel in the street, 
opposite to the bank of N. America. A sick cart happened
to pass by empty, and the drivers believing him attacked 
with the disorder, forced him into it, and were proceeding
to the hospital. At the corner of Twelfth and Chesnut-streets, 
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had stopped the operation of the pills; for he summoned 
strength, got loose, and beat the driver that remained. He 
led the man, his horse and cart to the City-hall, where he 
left them with many complaints of bad treatment.
Mr. Robert Longdon, a carpenter, at the beginning of
the sickness, had gone to Darby to work for Mr. Jesse
Sharples. Having come to town upon a Sunday, he was,
on the following Thursday, seized with a chill, at Darby, 
and on Friday, the black vomit appeared. The family where
he was lodged, left the house, and he must have died,
if he had not with the fever, for want of necessaries, but
for the humanity of David Ross, a young man who at-
tended in the store of Mr. Sharples. Two physicians vi-
sited him on the ensuing Monday, and pronounced it to 
be a case of the yellow fever: salivation was recommen-
ded; but the patient became delirious, and died on the 
same afternoon.
Mr. Sharples bespoke a coffin, and got his grave dug 
in the Friends' burying-ground, near Darby. The people 
of that town became alarmed: the grave-digger and cof-
fin-maker fled through fear; and there was some danger 
that the corpse might be suffered to putrify in the street.
James Ryan and David Ross, clerks to Mr. Sharples, 
along with that gentleman and a stranger, went through
Darby to the burying-ground, with the hearse, every door 
in the place being shut. This was about nine o'clock at
night. The horse stumbled, and fell, at the distance of a
quarter of a mile from the place of interment. Both the
shafts of the hearse were broken; and it was with great
difficulty that these four persons contrived to drag the
hearse forward. On their return, every door was shut
against them, except that of Mr. Sharples. His two clerks,
who had assisted at the funeral, found it necessary to re-
turn to the city. Such were the difficulties which occurred
not only to the sick, but to the healthy.
The landlord of the Golden Swan, North Third-street,
hired a horse and carriage to the board of health, for the 
purpose of conveying the dead to the burying-ground. 
One day, the driver stopt at a tavern: the horse, not being 
properly fastened, ran off with an empty coffin that hap-
pened to be in the carriage; and returned, with full speed,
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homeward. In passing through the yard of the inn, to-
wards the stable, he was espied by the cook and bar-keeper. 
They instantly raised an alarm that the horse brought home 
a dead body, instead of conveying it to the place of in-
terment. Fame or calumny soon after reported that two or 
three persons were dead at the Golden Swan.
Two persons employed by the committee of health, pur-
sued a man in to the War-Office, whom a physician had 
condemned to the hospital. The patient had been an old 
soldier. He held in his hand a rusty bayonet, and kept 
them off. He had only been too free with his bottle, and 
would not be made a prisoner.
Some have imagined themselves to be attacked by the 
contagion, when they had only been intoxicated. One
young man, an apprentice in Philadelphia, drank too much 
port wine. It returned from his stomach: he mistook it
for the black vomit; and when he got sober, he became
delirious, through fear he should be sent to the hospital. 
One of the most affecting circumstances of death, was, in 
the case of, Dr. Jacob Thompson. He had been married 
in the evening — had gone to bed, and within two hours,
felt the symptoms of the disorder approaching. The fa-
mily were alarmed. The bridegroom removed, and died on 
the third or fourth day, leaving his unfortunate wife, "at 
once a widow and a bride."
Dr. Pleasants had removed to the country: philanthropy
actuated his return, whereby he also perifhed. Dr. Annan, 
another physician, who lost his life, had, like Dr. Thomp-
son, been but newly married. David Thomas, of South-
wark, fell an early and much lamented victim to this 
scourge. In the different and successive capacities of con-
stable, deputy-sheriff, and as steward to the poor at the 
tents, on Schuylkill, he had served with integrity, vigilance 
and humanity. Mr. Peter Helm, so diftinguished in 1793, 
and who, upon this occasion, again offered his services at 
the City-Hospital, was likewise attacked, but has since re-
covered.
During this contagion, Wilmington became the general 
mart for trade over Philadelphia: merchants notified, in
a joint advertisement, their removal to that place. Many 
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fall assortments; in consequence of which, we fear some 
will feel themselves embarrassed to preserve that promp-
titude, which has hitherto generally characterised the 
mercantile houses of our metropolis.
Some of those who were most courageous in 1793, were 
timid, and fled among the most early, in 1797. They had 
witnessed such distress then, that their resolution now faul-
tered. At the commencement of the attack, more or less
of panic seized everyone; but those who procrastinated a 
flight, and saw "Death's shafts fly thick," were like sol-
diers in a battle, who, as we are told, cannot, at its com-
mencement, dispossess themselves of terror; but, after 
balls have, for some time, flown over their heads, feel
less apprehension for personal safety, and composure 
and firmness generally succeed.
No such instances of general fatality occurred now, as
in 1793. Then, according to Mr. Mathew Carey, a man 
of the name of Collins, buried his wife, his two daugh-
ters, his son, and his son's wife, with her child; after all 
this, he got married a second time, before the close of the 
fever, buried his new wife, and, to wind up the scene, died 
himself. Such fatal occurrences being rife in the mind,
people were happily impressed with the danger of remain-
ing in the city.
Drs. Hunter and Stafford distinguishied themselves by 
benevolence. The poor were invited to call at their stores
for medicines, which, with the general prescriptions for 
the relief of those infected, they actually supplied, free of 
expense. Such instances of philanthropy should be record-
ed not only here, but in the grateful minds of our citizens.
Among other persons meriting public notice, for their 
liberality during the disorder, two bakers, Christopher 
Ludwick and Frederick Frailey, ought not to be forgotten. 
They baked, gratis, for the poor, several thousand loaves 
of bread, of flour furnished by the commissioners.
On the Saturday previous to the meeting of the assembly 
of the state, the Mayor expressed his apprehension of the 
progress of the contagion, to an association of Friends,
who styled themselves, "a society for improving the con-
dition of the poor." John James, Thomas Wistar, Ed-
ward Garrigues, Thomas Savery, George Pennock, Sa-

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muel Garigues, jun. and Peter Barker, were appointed to 
apply to the assembly, as the funds of the society itself 
were not adequate to the necessities of the case. Henry 
Drinker, sen. and Thomas Wistar, who were not members 
of that society, joined themselves to the committee. They 
waited on the Tuesday following upon the legislature, and
the ten thousand dollars were granted on the same day.
The promptness of this grant merits considerable enco-
mium. The Mayor had, from his office, peculiar oppor-
tunities of learning the public distress. People's necessities 
impelled them to sue for debts, while those who were sued,
pled in defence, the general langour of business,in con-
sequence of the desertion of the citizens. Jonathan Pen-
rose, late magistrate of Southwark, and now sheriff, in a 
struggle between sympathy and the duties of his office,
actually refused to grant a warrant against a person in
distress, and absented himself, to avoid the pain of being 
importuned to bring suits for creditors. Towards the
more advanced periods, however, of the calamity, the 
courts of justice were suspended.
A grateful mind will recur with singular pleasure to the 
recollection of those gentlemen, who, after having encoun-
tered, in 1793, every degree of toil and hazard, returned 
in 1797, to the same arduous and alarming duty. Among
these were, Israel Israel, John Letchworth, Thomas Savery, 
Stephen Girard, Caleb Lownes, and John Connelly. Mr. 
Israel had, in 1793, first suggested, and afterwards assisted
in promoting the plan of an orphan committee, of which 
he and Mr. Letchworth were active members. The latter 
also served in the committee of distribution. On the late 
emergency, they again officiated with eminent usefulness; 
as did likewise Mr. Savery; who, in 1793, had been also 
a member of the committee of distribution. Messrs. Girard,
Lownes, and Connelly now superintended the City-Hospital. 
In 1793, Mr. Girard had volunteered as one of the ma-
nagers of Bush-hill hospital. Mr. Lownes, at the same
awful period, was secretary to the committee for relieving 
the sick and distressed, while Mr. Connelly acted in va-
rious capacities. In 1793, he twice caught the contagion, 
and, as soon as he recovered, returned to his charge.
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ployment, as well as subsistence for the poor, should ever
be respectfully remembered. The necessitous who were
relieved, doubtless feel gratitude ingrafted in their hearts,
to those gentlemen who stood to their respective posts, 
at the imminent hazard of their lives, to be their guar-
dians and benefactors. What must have been the feelings
of the Board of Health - the Commissioners — the Com-
mittee, and Inspectors of the Hospital and Tents — the 
Overseers of the Poor*, when they were relieving the nee-
dy — eating the sorrows of their fellow-creatures, and dry-
ing up the tears of a parent, and of numerous and help- 
less children? ************ To many of them crouds 
often flocked with children in their arms. — Perhaps one-
half of the family were lying sick at home: ********** 
Was it interest which actuated them? The heart which 
can feel for another's woe, will answer, that it was sym-
pathetic benevolence.
Names of the inspectors of the health-office.
John Miller, jun.
John Savage
Thomas W. Francis
Jacob Clarkson
Edward Russel
William Montgomery
Abraham Kintzing, jun.
John Gardiner, jun.
Jacob Sperry
Samuel Meeker
William Smith, jun.
William Sansom
James Oldden
Leeson Simmons
Jonathan Jones
James Whitehead
Standish Forde
John Starr
William Doughty
Joseph Marsh, jun.
Franklin Wharton
David Evans, jun.
One of the most lamented victims of the disorder,
was Dr. Nicholas Way, who, during 1793, resided at 
Wilmington, and was remarkable for his hospitality to 
the fugitive citizens of Philadelphia. He had since re-
* Joseph Galley, Michael Baker, John Smith, and David Graham, 
were the only persons, out of fourteen of the Overseers for the City and 
Liberties, who adhered to their posts. Their funds, by the number of 
applicants, at an early period, got exhausted; and, to the honor of the 
Bank of Pennsylvania, they lent them four thousand dollars, on the pri-
vate credit of Mr. John Inskeep, Treasurer of the Guardians of the 
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moved to our metropolis, where his talents as a physician, 
and philanthropy as a man, which his fortune enabled 
him to support, introduced him to extensive practice. 
Few men either lived or died with a greater number of 
friends, or a smaller number of enemies. It was by his sug-
gestion, that, during the late calamity, five physicians were 
appointed to search for and attend such of the poorer citi-
zens as might be affected with the disorder. He was trea-
surer of the mint. — While the public lament his depar-
ture, they will be pleased to hear, that that office is now 
filled by a gentleman, to whom they owe an equal re-
spect; — one, who, like him, could feel for the distressed, 
and always exerted himself to benefit his fellow-creatures.
The Committee of Enquiry, appointed on September 
7th, for the Northern Liberties, consisted of the following
gentlemen, viz.
Firft Diftrict.
John Graul
James Pentland
John Kunckle
Jacob Souder
Second Diftrict.
Jesse Groves 
John Kesler
Christian Kunckle
John Goodman, jun.
Third District, or Spring-Garden.
Thomas Kehrom 
John Alberger
John Breish 
William Lawrence
Fourth District.
Casper Snyder 
Samuel Lehman
Charles Fleming
William McIntire
Fifth District.
Henry Sommers 
George Forepaugh
Conrad Rohram
Jacob Zigler.
Sixth District.
William Coats
Daniel Groves
Albertus Sherlock 
Samuel Brown.
Seventh District.
Daniel Miller
Frederick Wolbert
Conrad Seybert
Simon Shugart.
Eighth District.
Peter Gabel
Jacob Keen
John Fisher
Peter Smith

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Ninth Diftrict.
John Kehr
Joseph Baker
Samuel Macferran
John Bender
Tenth Diftrict.
Lewis Deets
Jacob Toy
Adam Upperman
Christian Shitz.
William Coats, Esq. officiated as Chairman.
The following list of patients, who were copiously bled 
in the fever, and recovered, we give on the authority of 
Dr. Redman Coxe:
Charles Burrel 120 oz.
Horace Hall 120
Thomas Smith 96
George Eyre 100
Stephen Thompson 110
David Evans 126 oz.
Mr. McGahan 124
Dr. Physick 176
Mrs. Lewis 96
Mrs. Elliot 90
Mr. David Evans, jun. was twice attacked. In the first
illness, he lost an hundred and twenty-six ounces of blood,
and in the second, twenty-four. This account is given by 
himself.
About the middle of October, the Board of Commis-
sioners, having considered that the distreses of the poor 
would be likely to continue through the ensuing winter, 
opened a subscription, to raise money for the purchase of 
wood and provisions, to be distributed in the rigour of the 
season; and appointed agents to buy up five hundred 
cords of wood, which has been purchased, and is daily
distributed to them. 
As an instance of the malignity of this disease, we shall
mention, that a man from Baltimore, in a convalescent 
state, called, during this time, at a store in Newcastle, kept 
by Clay, Bond and Co. Mr. Clay and Mr. Shelly, of 
the firm, and Mr. Ruth, an accidental purchaser, re-
ceived the contagion, and expired within twenty-four 
hours of each other.
At Philadelphia, a dead body, said to be thrown from 
the Arethusa, was found in the Delaware, sewed up in 
a bag. Another body of a man was picked up, that had 
a note about him, signifying that he had spent his whole 
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complicated infirmities, and that he thought Death was 
the most certain relief. No evidence appears, however,
that he was the writer of the note. Possibly he might have 
been murdered, and that the perpetrator wrote it to elude 
suspicion.
The College of Physicians recommended, in preference, 
as nurses to the sick, Negroes who were natives of Africa.
This produced an inconvenience; for, the blacks of this 
country became alarmed, and generally refused to at-
tend; while the scarcity of Africans, made people bid high 
for them, and raised, to exorbitance, the price of their at-
tendance.
The practice of burning the clothes of the infected, must, 
on serious reflection, be viewed as highly improper. For, 
the pestilential air, arising with the smoke, it is more than 
probable, aided by wind, might have a tendency of com-
municating the fever to any one who inhaled such noxious 
effluvia. One gentleman, who was at a considerable dis-
tance from the Hospital, observing the practice, imagined 
that from them proceeded a disagreeable smell: be this as 
it may, he was soon after seized with the contagion, and 
now imputes it to that cause.
A gentleman in this city, who was attacked with the
disease, immediately sent for his physician. By the ap-
plication of the usual remedies, he was, in a short time, 
out of danger. But, though relieved from the fever, he 
still remained under a deep affection of the salivary glands.
In consequence of this, a bason was provided, which 
received the saliva that fell from his mouth. One day,
two young cats entered the room, unperceived by him, at 
first, and licked up part of the contents of the bason. 
They were seized, within an hour afterwards, with violent 
chills, and continued to waste away to mere skeletons, 
loathing all kinds of food. On the fourth day, one of
them died. The person having experienced the good ef-
fects of mercury, in relation to himself, supposed it might 
be of some service to the surviving cat, and accordingly 
gave her twelve grains. In a short time, to his expecta-
tions, it operated, and the cat, before to appearance near-
ly dead, seemed to recover, and was, during the day, 
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next day she drooped as before. The day after (the se-
venth) it died. The mother of the cats never left them
while in this situation! - She appeared slightly diseased,
but did not die.
On the 13th of August, a man of the name of Peter
Molisis, late a seaman of the ship Hinde, was sent to the 
Marine Hospital, from Love-lane; and died in two or 
three days. This was eleven days after the vessel was ex-
amined. Also, on the 14th, another man, a Portuguese, 
was taken from the corner of Penn and South streets, 
to the Hospital, who had the fever, and said he had 
been landed about five days from the same ship; another 
man, belonging to the Hinde, was also landed sick, and 
lodged at the corner of Almond and Front streets, at Mrs.
O'Connor's. — He was, by the alarm of the neighbours, 
and his landlady, carried off from thence.
On the 24th of August, a meeting of a few citizens 
was held; who appointed a committee, consisting of the 
following gentlemen: — Dr. William White, Dr. Nicho-
las Way*, Nathaniel Falconer, John Connelly, Samuel 
Coates, and Caleb Lownes. The object of this association 
was, to visit the houses of the sick, and, generally, the 
sick and distressed, for the purpose of administering such 
relief, as their suffering situations required. Samuel 
Coates was appointed treasurer; and, besides answering
the orders drawn by the gentlemen of the committee, he 
visited with them the houses of the sick, during the pre-
valence of the fever. This early association had not con-
templated the extensive duties which the different recesses 
of distress unfolded to their view. The unwearied and 
disinterested labours of thefe gentlemen, their posterity
may hear with gratification: it may bring in view the 
unexampled character of the philanthropic Howard. With 
their pecuniary aid, they raised a fund, without any solici-
ation, to the amount of about three thousand six hundred
dollars. With this sum, the sick were asisted without dis-
tinction to the City or Liberties.
An association pf young ladies, of the sect called Friends,
under the name of "The Female Society," a considerable
*Stephen Girard was appointed in the place of Dr. Way, after he
died.
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time since formed in our city, for the purpose of relieving 
the poor without discrimination, at this awful period, amidst 
the frowns of Providence, continued that goodness, which, 
in more tranquil hours, inspired their tender souls. The
last mentioned committee gave them, to aid their views, 
two hundred dollars; thirty pair of childrens' shoes, and 
sixty blankets. They procured numerous donations from 
other sources. Distress plead not here in vain: — The chari-
table — the virtuous — the religious, yet left in a corrupted city, 
may, we hope, avert the correction of Heaven. ****
May the recording angel drop a tear, and blot out many 
of the faults inherent in our natures, that we may, by
repentance, be spared like Nineveh! 
Mr. James Smith, merchant, (brother to one of the firm
of Gurney and Smith) resided, at the beginning of the 
sickness, in the most infectious part of the city. He assisted
strangers that were sick, and particularly the poor, who 
were forsaken by their friends; helped many patients to 
the Hospital, and many bodies to their graves. He defied 
all danger that could ease the patient, or could render re-
spect to the dead. He offered his gratuitous service to the
Board of Health, to superintend the cleansing of infectious 
houses. As soon as he got his commission, the Board fur-
nished him with tubs, buckets, brushes, lime, &c. and he
recruited a black company, consisting of twenty or thirty, 
and entered on his office. Every house, in which he could
get access, where people had died, he purified. While he 
left some of these people in one house, to see how others 
came on elsewhere, they broke open and robbed the store
belonging to it, of a quantity of goods, the property of the 
late house of Richard & James Smith, the former of whom 
had died. Here Mr. Smith had new trouble on his hands,
in pursuing, with constables, this sable, light-fingered groupe,
and in arraigning them before Hilary Baker, our 
Mayor; whose name we cannot pass over, without signi-
fying to distant readers, that he did not flinch from his 
station ; but daily evinced himself to be that mild arbiter,
which, in more tranquil hours, was a conspicuous trait 
in his character. Mr. Smith requested that no address or
application on the subject of his office should be sent to his 
house, that his family might not feel uneasy apprehensions
for his personal safety.

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Mr. Thomas Annesly undertook to cleanse several
houses in Southwark, where people died, free of expense, 
except what actually accrued to him.
Mr. Samuel M. Fox, President of the Bank of Penn-
sylvania, wrote a letter to the Board of Health, on the 22d
of August, offering to lend them any sum of money that 
they might want. This offer, which is like other instances
of liberality that has distinguished the Directors, was ac-
cepted; and they obtained from them 12,000 dollars.
At the close of the fever, the Board of Health appoin-
ted "a committee to purchase and transfer to Dr. Edward
Stevens, to Dr. John Church, to the heirs of Dr. Benger 
Dobel, to the heirs of Dr. Samuel Pleasants, to Dr. John 
Redman Coxe, to Dr. Michael Lieb, and to the heirs of 
Dr. William Annan, each one share of the stock of the 
Bank of Pennsylvania, and that the transfers so made ex-
press, that they are in consideration of the high sense the 
Board of Health entertain of the service of those gentle-
men, during the calamity of 1797."
Dr. Stephens wrote a letter to the Board, politely de-
clining the acceptance of the bank share granted to him.
The Board, on the 10th of November, resolved, That
their thanks should be presented to Dr. John Duffield, for
his services, and that, as an acknowledgment for them, 
he should be presented with a share in the bank of
Pennsylvania, transferred as those to the other physicians. 
On the 23d November, they also "resolved, that their
thanks should be presented to Mr. James Smith, late of
New-York, for his voluntary, disinterested and benevo-
lent services during the late contagious fever, and that the
same be published."
The Chairman of the Board, in notifying to the Gover-
nor certain resolutions, expressed to him, that the Board
are so strongly impressed with the extraordinary labour
and attention of Dr. John Church and Dr. Benger Dobel,
in consequence of their being seated where the disorder
raged with msft violence, that they would chearfully
have voted for each of these physicians a further compli-
ment of a bank share, had their funds warranted such
an appropriation.
The Board of Health estimated their expenses at about
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day; and, during the whole calamity, their aggregate
disbursements were 19,100 dollars.
Physicians to the Hospital. 
Samuel Duffield, Edward Stephens.
Assistant Physicians.
Michael Lieb,
Benger Dobel, William Annan,
John Redman Coxe,
John Church, Samuel Pleasants.
Resident Physician, John Duffield. 
The impropriety practised by the drivers of the car-
riages that conveyed the dead to the burying-grounds, 
should be noticed; so that, in case any such calamity might
visit us hereafter, we may learn to improve by the blun-
ders of others. Those particularly who conveyed the
dead from Southwark, frequently drove the carriage along 
the most central parts of the city, in conveying them to
the Hospital burying ground, instead of taking a direction 
towards the Commons.
While this is issuing from the press, the river is frozen
over, wood is dear, and trade is almost stagnant. The
necessaries of life, are, generally speaking, at a higher rate 
than in 1793. Bankruptcies are as numerous as they were 
at the close of the American revolution. When links 
to a chain are thus broken, we are, literally, on a boiste-
rous sea. Thousands suffer by the failure of hundreds.
Our trade, being long cramped by the aggressions of two 
opposite powers, has rendered money scarce, and increased 
the number of poor to an unexampled amount. Hence, 
though Death has not snatched away from us more than
one-quarter so many souls as in '93, yet we cannot, on 
a cursory view, find much contrast in the picture of the
two periods.*
*The following letter will afford an idea of the sufferings of
some of the poor of the City of Philadelphia:
"Sir, — Once more I find myself called upon to give you a few
lines on as disagreeable a subject as ever occurred in human life.
My situation is such, that, without relief, I shall perish. As Mrs.
S- has given me no relief, by wood or any thing else, and per-
haps will not, as she is a hard-hearted woman, I would still hope 
to find others that would chearfully act contrary part. My situa-
tion is of a peculiar kind. — I have got work to do: — I am both able 
and willing, nay, anxious to do it — but daily prevented for some

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The difficulty of collecting authentic information, has 
caused an unexpected delay in the publication; and by 
constantly receiving information while the work was at 
press, has prevented that degree of system and arrangement 
which we contemplated to observe. The work is now sub-
mitted to the public, with diffidence; and it is sincerely 
hoped, that another opportunity may never occur of re-
suming the pen on a similar subject.
We obtained liberty from the Board of Health, to have
access to all their proceedings on the subject of the calamity; 
and, with the information which we have here presented,
we had printed affidavits and letters from the crew of the
ships Hinde and Arethusa. Previous, however, to the pub-
lication, Judge McKean suggested to the editor the impro-
priety of publishing evidence, on which suits are pending. 
However interesting these documents may be, we are,
for these reasons, induced to suppress them. Eight pages 
are, therefore, unavoidably omitted, which were immedi-
ately to follow here.
days past, and yet, from attending to it as I could wish, by being 
obliged, by the call of nature, at this season, of providing some-
thing to burn, to warm an almost-exhausted woman. The trifling 
things I pick up are insufficient. Last night I experienced as severe 
a cold night as I ever felt, and one or two more such nights, with-
out relief, will certainly prevent me from ever complaining again. 
One of the neighbours said, this morning, that he would not have 
laid in that house (meaning where I am) in the situation it is in, 
for fifty pounds. Having mentioned my situation, and as your bu-
siness is connected with me by your employ, which I would wish 
to do to your satisfaction, as well as to my credit, I would beg
suggest a method that would afford me relief, and give me full li-
berty to prosecute what business I have on hand with alacrity, and 
without obstruction. The method I would intimate is, that you 
would spare me a little wood, during the present work I am on — 
a wheel-barrow load will last me three days; and that you would 
advance me two dollars a week, in two half-weekly advances, for 
subsiftence. This sum is certainly but barely sufficient for two per-
sons for a week — persons who have not the least article before-
hand, except a little salt. Last week I received but 1 1/3, not accoun-
ting what I received Saturday afternoon) and therefore I had to 
suffer part of the time, as we lived three days on only 3/9.
Phila. Dec. 5, '97. Your well-wisher, J. H. H." 
Two days after this letter was wrote, his wife was no more!

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS,
MADE IN PHILADELPHIA,
BY MR. THOMAS PRYOR.
AUGUST, 1797. 
Thermo-meter. Barometer. WINDS and WEATHER.
1 73 to 75 30 0 S.E.E. Rain in the forenoon & afternoon.
2 72 to 76 30 0 N.E. by E. Cloudy with rain in the after-
noon and night. Wind E. by N.
3 72 to 78 30 6  E. 1/2 N. Rain in the morning, and all
day and night.
4 72 to 78 30 4 E. Rained hard all day and at night.
5 74 to 70  29 84 Wind light - S. W. Cloudy. Rain this morn-
ing. The air extremely damp; wind shift-
ed to N. W. This evening heavy showers,
with thunder.
6 73 to 76 30 86 W. N. W. Cloudy.
7 70 to 76 30 4  N. W. Close day. Rain in the evening
and all night. Wind to E.
8 72 to 76 29 95 E. Rain this morning.
9 72 to 76 29 86 S. W. Cloudy morning.
10 69 to 73 30 16 N. W. Clear.
11 70 to 73 1/2 30 25 N. W. Clear. Rain all night.
12 71 to 74 30 5 S. W. Cloudy. Rain in the morning. -
Cloudy all day. - Rain at night.
13 73 to 75 29 87 S. W. Cloudy. Rain all day.
14 70 to 74 29 9 N. W. Clear fine morning.
15 56 to 60 30 15 N. W. Clear fine morning.
16 60 to 64 30 24 N. W. Clear fine morning.
17 60 to 65 30 24 N. W. Air damp.
18 68 to 75 30 4 S. W. Cloudy. Rain, with thunder at night -
a fine shower.
19 72 to 78 29 7  N. W. Clear. Cloudy in the evening, with 
thunder.
20 70 to 77 29 8 W. N. W. Fine clear morning.
21 74 to 76 29 9  N. W. Clear to E.
22 68 to 76 E. Small shower this morning. - Hard
shower at 11, A.M. Wind N. E.
23 71 to 76 29 92 E. Cloudy. At noon calm.
24 71 to 75 29 95 Calm morning and clear.
25 70 to 75 30 5 N. E. Clear. Rain in the afternoon, with
thunder.
26 70 to 75 30 5 S. E. Rain in the morning. Rained hard
in the night, with thunder. N. W.
27 68 to 76 29 9 N. W. Fine clear morning.
28 64 to 75 29 96 N. W. Clear.
29 59 to 70 30 0 E. Clear.
30 70 to 76 30 1 E. by S. Rain in the morning.
31 68 to 74 30 14  S. E. Cloudy. Damp air and sultry.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER, 1797. 
Thermo-meter. Barometer.  WINDS and WEATHER.
1 73 to 80  30 6  S. W. Cloudy. Damp air. Rain in the 
morning.
2 79 to 80  29 9  N. W. Clear. Cloudy in the evening, with
lightning to the southwest.
3 68 to 74  30 0  N. by W. Cloudy. Clear in the afternoon
and night.
4 66 to 74  30 7 W. N. W. Clear fine morning.
5 58 to 72 1/2  30 1  N. W. Clear. Cloudy in the evening.
6 58 to 72  30 13  Fresh at E. Clear. Rain in the evening.
7 56 to 76  30 28  E. Clear. Cloudy in the evening.
8 54 to 65  30 1  N. E. Clear and cool morning. - Flying
clouds at noon.
9 56 to 65  30 1  E. N. E. Clear.
10 58 to 63  30 26  N. E. Clear fine morning. Wind fresh at
N. E. all day.
11 53 to 64  30 13  N. to E. with flying clouds.
12 51 to 62  30 6  W. N. W. Clear cool morning.
13 56 to 67  30 3  S. W. Cloudy. Clear in the afternoon.
14 64 to 70  29 98  S. W. Clear.
15 66 to 73  29 85  S. W. Rain in the morning. Cloudy in the 
afternoon.
16 62 to 70  29 95  N. W. Clear.
17 56 to 67  30 0 N. W. Clear.
18 58 to 63  29 88 to 29 62  E. Cloudy. Rained all day, and thunder.
Rained very heavy at night.
19 55 to 63  29 75  W. N. W. Clear fine morning.
20 47 to 63  30 8  W. N. W. Clear fine morning. ☽︎ Moon at
9 50 morning.
21 46 to 60  30 0  N. E. Clear fine morning; - to S. E. in the
evening. Cloudy at night.
22 56 to 65  30 4  N. W. Rain in the morning. Rain at night.
23 56 to 66  30 0  N. N. E. Cloudy.
24 52 to 66  29 9 to 29 78  E. by S. Clear fine morning. Cloudy at
night.
25 56 to 68  29 37  W. N. W. Clear fine morning - clear all day.
26 58 to 68  29 95  E. In the morning flying clouds.
27 48 to 63  30 2  N. W. Clear fine morning - clear all day.
28 54 to 63  30 2 W. N. W. Clear fine morhing - clear all day.
29 54 to 63  30 15  E. Clear fine morning.
30 60 to 65  30 26  E. Fresh. Cloudy morning. Rain in the night.

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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER, 1797. 
Thermo-meter. Barometer. WINDS and WEATHER.
1 55 to 65  30 16  N. E. Rain this morning and great part of
the day.
2 55 to 66  30 0  N. W. Clear. 
3 60 to 70  29 9  S. E. Clear. Air damp.
4 60 to 70  29 5  W. N. W. Rain this morning.
5 46 to 60  30 0  W. N. W. to S. by W. in the evening. Clear
all day. White frost this morning.
6 55 to 65  30 0  S. W. Clear fine morning. White frost.
7 56 to 76  30 0  S. W. Cloudy. Rain in the night.
8 56 to 70  30 29  S. Cloudy this morning - air damp. Wind
shifted to W. N. W. Blows fresh.
9 50 to 60  29 85  W. N. W. Clear morning. Fresh at N. W.
in the evening.
10 40 to 58  30 1  W. N. W. Clear. Frost this morning.
11 38 to 56  30 2  W. N. W. Cloudy.
12 34 to 52  30 38  W. N. W. Clear. Ice this morning.
13 35 to 55  30 5  N. Clear fine morning. Ice this morning.
14 40 to 60  30 28  N. E. Cloudy.
15 50 to 65  30 16  W. N. W. Clear.
16 36 to 56  30 2  W. N. W. Clear fine morning.
17 37 to 56  30 18  W. N. W. Clear fine morning.
18 47 to 60  29 86  W. N. W. Clear fine weather.
19 48 to 60  30 6  N. W. Clear fine day.
20 42 to 55  30 8  N. E. Cloudy. Rain in the afternoon and
night. Blows fresh at N. E.
21 42 to 50  29 92  N. E. Blows fresh, (with a little rain.) -
Thunder in the night, with rain.
22 44 to 56 29 57  N. W. Rain in the morning.
23 44 to 56  29 95  S. W. Clear fine morning.
24 42 to 54  30 5  N. E. Cloudy. A great deal of rain in the
night.
25 40 to 52  30 15  N. E. Clear fine morning.
26 36 to 48  30 29  W. N. W. Clear.
27 34 to 46  30 23 Fresh at S. W. Clear.
28 40 to 52  29 95  W. N. W. Cloudy.
29 34 to 46  29 82  W. Cloudy.
30 32 to 42  29 93  N. W. Clear. Hard Frost this morning.
31 38 to 48  30 18  W. S. W. Cloudy part of this day; clear
the remainder.

LIST OF BURIALS
In the several Grave-Yards of the City and Liberties of
PHILADELPHIA,
During the Months of August, September, and October, 1797. 
From the Records of Clergymen, Clerks, Sexton, &c.
CHRIST-CHURCH BURIAL GROUND.
Aug. 7. Alexander Allaire.
8. A child of Jacob Vanscy-
ver.
10. Wife of William Colt.
13. James Campbell.
A child of William Mason.
15. A child of Thomas Smith. 
A child of John Cloer.
18. A child of William Bond.
19. A child of Peter Fritz.
22. Robert Dickson.
A child of James Wilson.
A child of Thomas Amos.
24. Wife of James Ash.
Joseph C. Fisher.
Sept. 1. A child of Peter Grining.
3. A child of William King.
4. John Harrison.
7. A child of Thomas Mil-
lard.
Joseph Reed.
9. Wife of Charles Williams.
12. A child of Richard Mar-
lowe.
Sept. 14. Thomas Noy Oswald.
18. Elizabeth Oswald.
19. Hannah Marshall.
22. A child of Joseph Reed.
23. A child of David Hayfield
Cunningham.
24. Cristiana Cormick.
Abraham Penrose.
27. William Heysham.
Oct. 2. Wife of Eli Vallette.
6. D. Benger Dobel.
A child of John Cloer.
10. Susannah Hopkins.
11. William Dunwick.
13. William Sheerof.
A child of Jacob Earnest.
25. A son of Andrew Bonner.
William Cox.
26. John Witt, Printer.
30. Thomas Leaming.
Total 41.
ST. PETER's CHURCH BURIAL GROUND.
Aug. 3. Mrs. Smith, widow of Mr.
Thomas Smith - yellow
fever.
4. John Bruster - y. fever.
A still born.
5. A boy of Capt. Croch's -
said to be the scurvy.
Elizabeth Murry, daughter
of Alexander Murry - 
said to be the hives.
6. Nathaniel Lewis - yellow
fever.
Aug. 8. James Searle - decay.
Aug. 8. An infant son of Mr. Hatt-
ly.
10 James Sennett - yellow fe-
ver.
A boy named Stuart.
13. William Mason, from Ed-
ward Thomson's, Ver-
non-street - yellow fe-
ver.
14. Capt. Staunton - from the
gaol.
Richard Peter Smith - yel-
low fever.
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Aug. 16. Mary Ruston — decay. 
17. A son of Mr. Smith, por- 
ter - flux. 
19. Hannah Stackhouse - yel- 
low fever. 
21. A still born. 
22. Catharine Much, wife of 
Jeremiah Much - child- 
birth. 
24. A son of Anthony Cuth- 
bert - yellow fever.
25. George Harris; a lad -
yellow fever.
26. Robert Watson, son of
Samuel Watson - yellow
fever.
27. Elizabeth Pollard - old 
age.
James McDugan - yellow
fever.
30. A son of Daniel Smith - 
flux. Samuel Cummings - yel-
low fever.
Sept. 2. Mrs. Waln, mother of 
John Waln - y. fever.
3. Catharine Mason, daugh-
ter of Philip Mason - de-
cay.
Sept. A child of Jeremiah Much
- 12 days.
5. A son of Peter Cooke -
hives.
7. Clementine Loyons, wife
of Patrick Loyons - de-
cay.
10. Elizabeth Cole. - y. fever.
13. Robert Biddison - y. fever.
18. Mrs. Buster, wife of Hen-
ry Buster - yellow fever.
22. A widow, daughter of Col.
Nichola - yellow fever.
30. A daughter of Captain
West - yellow fever.
Oct. 2. Benjamin Smith, son of 
James B. Smith - yel-
low fever.
4. Arthur Stewart - y. fever.
10. John Wilcocks - dropsey.
14. John Morgan - y. fever.
18. Dr. John Hunt - y. fever.
A still-born 
A daughter of John Har-
land.
Total 43.
ST. PAUL's CHURCH BURIAL GROUND.
From August 9 to October 28.
AUGUST.
Edward Drase.
James Ferguson's wife.
Francis Duchamp's child.
Conrad Eckard.
John Kollock.
A son of Thomas Bowen.
Dr. Jacob Thompson.
SEPTEMBER.
Mrs. Thompson.
Thomas Bowen.
SEPTEMBER.
James Smithers, jun.
Daughter of Anthony Fannen.
Dr. Samuel Shober.
Matthew Parks's child.
Mr. Burk.
OCTOBER.
William Colly's child.
Hannah Woodin.
Capt. Thomas Kenney's child.
Total 17.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN BURIAL GROUND.
Aug. 4. Susannah Savage.
5. Elisha H. Hall.
6. Joseph Taggart.
7. William Patton - a child.
17. Ann Wilson.
18. John Ashmead - a child.
20. Caroline Valance; a child.
Aug. 22 Martha Campbell; a child.
23. John McPharland - a child.
Elizabeth Sutter.
25. Capt. John Mease, jun.
27. Catharine Alenxander.
31. Martha Lindze.

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Sept. 2. John Smith - a child.
5. Robert Patton - a child.
9. Capt. James Ewing.
10. Sarah Gallaway - a child.
Ana Waters.
11. Mary Alexander - a child.
12. Edw. Thompson - a child.
19. Martha Hoover - a child.
John McCrea.
21. James Cary.
Sept. 27. Stuart. Wood.
Oct. 2. William Thompson.
3. Ann Miller - a child.
8. Ann McCrea.
9. John Marshall - aged 10
years.
28. Catharine Ballanton.
Total 29.
☞ Twelve of this number died of the Fever.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN BURIAL GROUND.
AUGUST.
Elizabeth Robinson, 10 months.
Elizabeth Gaw, 19 months.
William Watson, 19 months.
Sarah Jones, 21 years.
Benjamin Smith, 34 years.
James Wright, 11 years.
Thomas Nevil, 76 years.
SEPTEMBER.
Mrs. Morchen, 45 years.
Mrs. Morchen's daughter, 9 years.
Luke McGraw, 40 years.
William Kirkpatrick, 37 years.
Matthias Slaymaker, 50 years.
Margaret Fenno, 15 years.
A child of Thomas Mullin, 11 mo.
SEPTERMBER.
Ruth Fenno, 19 years.
William Hall, (Stranger) 25 years.
OCTOBER.
Mrs. Smith, 73 years.
Joseph Newark, (Stranger) 14 years.
Mrs. Hall, (Stranger) 23 years.
A child of Mrs. Larcom, 4 years.
Samuel Fenno, 49 years.
Hugh Sterling, (Stranger) 23 years.
A child of Mr. Davis, 4 weeks.
A child of James Whithed, 3 years.
Thomas Hunter, 9 years.
A child of Mr. Buchanan, 6 days.1
John Clark, 38 years. 
Joan McFail.
Total 29.
THIRD PRESBYTERIAN BURIAL GROUND.
Aug. 1. Wife of Alexander Brady.
2. James Lumsden.
5. Peter Slingbar - fever.
6. A child of Widow Bellos.
10. William Pinkerton.
11. A child of Samuel McCler-
nan.
A child - named Mary No-
ble.
Wife of Conrad Been.
13. Henry Smith - fever.
16. Nelly - ; from Mr. La-
timer's - fever.
A child of Elihu Meeker.
17. A daughter of Nelly - ;
(Mr. Latimer's house-
keeper.)
Mary McCulloh.
19. A child of David Titter-
mary.
Aug. 22. A child of Francis Jack.
23. William Pinkerton, son
of John Pinkerton, iron-
monger.
Mr. Calpin - consumption.
25. Mary Ewing - fever.
29. Margaret Noble.
30. Margaret Scott, widow -
fever.
Mr. Smith - brother to
John Smith, Lombard-
street.
Sept. 5. A daughter of the late Wi-
dow Scott - fever.
10. Mrs. Thompson - fever.
13. Paul Barns - fever.
18. Daniel Boyd - fever.
21. John Blair, New Market - 
fever.

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Sept. 21. Murdoch McKinsey - 
fever.
A child.
23. Conrad Been - fever.
Hannah Donagan - fever.
24. Son of Conrad Been - 
fever.
25. Wife of John McMullin - 
fever.
Daniel McDonnald.
A child of Capt. Hughes.
26. A son of David Thomas - 
fever.
27. Mrs. Spinlove, Fifth-str. - 
fever.
28. A child of Capt. Hughes.
29. Andrew Wilson - fever.
30. George Thomas - fever.
Oct. 3. Captain Huble - consump-
tion.
Oct. 4. A child of James Cumings.
6. Wife of Thomas Cochley - 
fever.
Agnes McCreary - fever.
9. Richard Beetts - fever.
10. Mary Perkeson.
David Thomas - fever.
14. Wife of William Causey.
15. Thomas Nilson - fever.
16. David White - fever.
17. Son of Robery Dunlap - 
fever.
18. Samuel Davison - fever.
20. James Cordner.
A child.
21. Wife of John Serah.
23. Sister-in-law to Capt. Ro-
bert Shields.
25. Catharine Skellenger - 
fever.
Total 56.
SCOTS PRESBYTERIAN BURIAL GROUND.
Aug. 12. Capt. Bell's wife.
14. Mrs. Duncan.
Sept. 11. John Somerville.
16. Mrs. Boyd.
19. John Somerville's daugh-
ter.
20. Michael Somerville.
25. Mr. Davison.
Oct. 1. Thomas Forsyth.
4. Mr. Gibbs's child.
Dr. William Annan.
7. John Logan's wife.
8. A child of John McPherson.
12. John McPherson's wife.
15. A child of Hugh Scrachton.
22. John Cowan.
Total 15.
ASSOCIATE CHURCH BURIAL GROUND.
AUGUST.
John Bain, aged 32.
SEPTEMBER.
Mrs. Cooper.
Mrs. Jamison, aged 36.
Elizabeth Colvol, aged 45.
OCTOBER.
James Patterson, aged about 40.
A young man - name unknown.
Total 6.
ST. MARY'S CHAPEL BURIAL GROUND.
Aug. 1. Catharine Colnan.
3. Terence Flanagan.
4. Philip McDede.
Geo. Pigott.
5. John E. Clark - a child.
Assehn Deslables.
Aug. 8. Adam Hausman.
9. Sarah Dyer - a child.
10. Ann Mullowny - a child.
14. William McFee - a child.
Mary Ramsey.
16. Bridget Welsh - a child.

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Aug. 17. Owen McKervy.
John Hurley — a child.
Martha Guinemert - a 
child.
18. Catharine Anderson - a 
child.
21. Patrick Boyle — a child.
24. Jane Williams.
Jerome Walnut.
25. Cornelius Rogers.
27. Frances - a child.
Sally McCabe.
28. John Conner.
29. Daniel Steiler.
30. Mary Melun.
Sept. 1. Eliz. Sawyer - a child.
William Boyle.
2. Catharine McCauly.
3. Hugh McCauly.
Ann Timony.
4. Valentine Peacan.
7. Willia, Guiry - a child.
9. Miles Rourke.
11. Francis Revel.
Eliz. Carroll.
John Bethridge.
Sarah Robinson.
12. Eliz. Smith.
Edward Barry - a child.
13. Margaret Burns.
14. Eleanor Riley.
Eliza Dunn - A child.
18. John Victor Journel.
20. Mary Carroll.
Matt. McCrane - a child.
23. Patrick Miller.
John Green.
24. Maurice Burns.
25. Susanna Bonell.
Henry Snyder.
Sept. 26. Eliz. Hungary.
28. Cath. Copia.
Michael Gallagher.
Cornelius Boyle.
29. Patrick McCauley.
William Harkins.
John Griffin - a child.
Eliza McCabe - a child.
30. John Scully.
John McEnclis.
Oct. 2. John Kelly.
Lewis Sardon.
3. Isabella White.
Mary Kean. Barney Boyle.
4. Florence McCarthy.
5. Hippolite Anglais.
6. Ann Stewart.
7. Bridget Ward.
Catharine Lynam.
8. Grace Boyle
Catharine Ward - a child.
9. Mary Sarazen - a child.
Owen McAnestry.
10. Louisa Myers.
Rose Monday.
11. Mary Mullen.
12. Jane Lawless.
13. Dominick Monday.
14. Sarah Arnold.
16. Willaim Lawless.
Margaret McFarlane.
19. William Milly - a child.
Timothy Tamalby.
20. James Kean.
Jeremiah Mahony.
21. William Snyder.
26. Bernard Caffry.
Mary Ann McCarthy.
Total 89.
TRINITY CHURCH BURIAL GROUND.
Aug. 5. John Deip.
7. John Lampau.
19. Francis Galateau.
Wm. Burjeley Sermaise -
a child.
Maria Bouvier.
25. Christopher Lambert.
29. John Heedler.
Catharina Vican - a child.
Sept. 1. George Bastian - a child.
Henricus de Beavois - a
child.
4. Francis Hamelin - a child.
9. Jeremi Glevardan.
Sept. 10. Catharine Smeul.
13. Francis Lourniere.
14. Catharine Premich.
17. Anthony Basty.
Oct. 1. Nicholas Lering.
4. Clara Mole.
Catharine Omelon.
14. John Pardoux.
15. George Radix.
24. John Duval.
29. Charles Morel.
Laurens Smith.
Catharine Standel.
Total 25.

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FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND.
5th Mo. (called August.)
l. A child of Thomas Cowperth-
waite.
5. A child of Mœitia Davis, 
8. A child of William Hart.
10. A child of Samuel Bonsal.
12. Widow Lydia Hanlon — an an-
cient woman.
13. A child of Samuel Harmer.
14. A child of John Corbit.
15. A child of Joseph Justis.
16. A child of William North.
A child of James Rowland.
17. A child of Jonathan Willis.
19. Daniel Williams.
24. Willia, Oram's wife.
25. Caleb Ash. [This person was
the first of the Society who
died of the fever - those that
follow, in this list, died ge-
nerally of the same.]
25. Hannah Howell.
A child of Joseph Conro.
27. A child of Morris Dickinson.
28. A child of John Wilson.
9th Mo. (called September.)
1. A child of Peter Barker.
2. John West.
3. Dr. Nicholas Way.
Joseph Allen.
7. John Davis.
11. Mary Hendricks.
14. John Fimester.
9th Mo. (called Septelber.)
15. Patrick Ogilby.
19. Esther Nuttle.
20. John Stockdale.
22. Joshua Clibborn.
26. A child of Fabius Brown.
27. A child of Lewis Taylor.
30. Mary Means.
Elizabeth Wood.
10th Mo. (called October.)
1. Tamason Clifford.
2. A daughter of Hugh Roberts.
5. Rachel Johns.
6. William Millward.
Abigail Woddrop.
8. Abraham Roberts.
12. A daughter of Wm. Vaughn.
13. Richard Johns.
Sarah Moran.
Joseph Garwood.
15. Dr. Samuel Pleasants.
17. Sevus Smith.
18. Capt. Benjamin Loxley [Died
near Darby.]
19. A child of Saluem Fisher.
29. Hannah Williams.
11th Mo. (called November.)
4. Sarah Pennington.
5. Hannah Rhoades.
Robert Jordan.
9. A child of Joshua Tyson.
Total 52.
FREE QUAKERS.
SEPTEMBER.
John Wetherill, son of Isaac We-
therill, aged 21 years - died of
the malignant fever.
John Goale, architect by profession;
a native of Great-Britain. - Died
of the yellow fever.
James Logan, labourer, aged about
32 yeas. - His death occasioned
by suffocation in a well. - A na-
tive of Ireland, but served his
time in Jersey.
Peter Barier, a mariner; a native
of Bonrdeaux, in France; aged
45 years.
Richard Hand, Printer. - Died of
a fever.
James Taylor Thomas, son of Sa-
muel Thomas, aged 14 months.
Died of teething.
John Laver, son of John Laver. - 
Died of a consumption.
Total 8.

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SWEDISH CEMETERY.
Grown Persons.
Aug. 3. A seaman, name not given,
24 years - bilious fever.
4. Margaret, widow of Da-
vid Gonaway, 49 years - 
decay, with final diarrhea.
8. William Bowes, 35 years -
pleurisy, with long pre-
vious debility.
14. John Croshan. 16 years - 
fever, said to have arisen
from frequent swimming.
26. Catharine, wife of Willi-
am Scott, 40 years - sick
three weeks, with a kind
of jaundice.
28. Elizabeth, widow of Isaac
Middleton, 36 years.
Sept. 16. Elizabeth, wife of Lau-
rence Justis, p. 40;
died in child bed.
17. Mary, wife of James
Williams, 28 years - 
sick two weeks, from
walking too much on
a hot day.
21. Mary, wife of John Fea-
lany, 32 years - sick 6
days of the fever; un-
well a while before.
22. Wife of Asa Smith, 31
years; sick 5 or 6 days;
fever; weakly before.
William Stow; sick a few
days in a fever; had
got wet in the river.
23. William Hutton, sixteen
years; fever.
24. Mary, widow of John
Hutchinson, 62 years.
Wife of Doctor Goss, of
a long consumption.
29. Hannah, wife of Nicho-
las Collin, 48 years;
died on the 9th day in
the fever.
30. Mary, daughter of the
late John Sherwood,
13 years; ailing for 4
years, but died of a 
fever in 8 days.
Mary, wife of Joseph Pi-
nore, 20 years; died
in child-bed.
Grown Persons.
Oct. 2. William Holden, 30 years;
sick a year. with deliri-
ous complaint.
4. William Taylor, 21 years;
sick a week; came from 
Ireland two years ago.
John Potter, between 30
and 40 years; sick a few
days.
8. Laurance Justis, 42 years;
fever in 5 days.
13. James Bowden, 34 years;
sick 7 days; took cold in
the water.
Martha, wife of George
Cooper, 37 years; sick 6
days.
17. Samuel Howard, near 30
years; sick 7 days.
Isabella, daughter of David
Witel, 22 years; died of 
fever.
18. Henry Miller, 25 years.
29. David Witel, father of Isa-
bella, 60 years; sick 8
days in fever. This fa-
mily from Ireland 2 or 3
years ago.
30. Mary, widow of Capt. Da-
vid Semple; 40 years; de-
cay.
Children.
Aug. 1. A stillborn son of George
Cooper.
4. Mary, daughter of John
White, 18 months.
6. William, son of Widow
Hammil, 19 months.
7. John, son of Hugh Mac-
bride, 3 months.
8. John, son of - McKare,
4 months.
14. Andrew, son of Abel An-
derson, 2 years.
18. Isaac, stillborn son of Isaac
Hozey.
28. A son of John Selx, 15 m.
30. Thomas Newlin, 8 years;
rash fever.
A daughter of Nehemiah
Agers, 2 years.
31. A son of James Snell, 1 year.
Sept. 11. Thomas, son of William
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Sept. 12. John, son of - Basset.
17. Martha, daughter of Sa-
muel Carpenter, eight
years; inflammation in
the head.
24. Mary, daughter of Eze-
kiel German, 10 years;
sick 4 days in the fever.
30. A son of Robert Litle, 2
months.
Sept. 30. A child of - Poulnot, 5
weeks.
Children of Capt. Francis Grice.
Sept. 23. George, 3 years.
28. Rebecca, 10 months.
Oct. 6. Elizabeth, 8 years; died
in fever.
Total 49.
GERMAN LUTHERAN BURIAL GROUND.
AUGUST.
Balthasar Emrick's child.
Peter Kuhn's child.
Jacob Hantz's child.
Widow Best's child.
Gottlieb Myer's child.
Conrad C. Timanus's child.
John Norton's child.
Stephen Lippincott's child.
Henry Keel's child.
Isaac Keller's child.
Peter Rose's child.
John Hutz's child.
John War's child.
Lewis Treichel's child.
William Buckius's child.
Widow Rittleson.
John Hess's child.
John Diamond's child.
Peter Miller.
Adam West.
Widow Young.
Henry Deemer.
Widow Roth.
Daniel Burkhart's child.
Jacob Senderling's child.
John Fisler's child.
Martin Trost's child.
Caspar Wall's wife.
Godfrey Lentz's child.
George Reiche's child.
Widow Ott.
William Mudgeon's child.
George Bantlion's child.
Lewis Uber - drowned at Frank-
ford.
Christopher Hartranft's child.
Widow Buck.
John Ubel's child.
George Schneider's child.
Adam Mitts.
SEPTEMBER.
Godfrey Zargebel.
John Frysmuth.
SEPTEMBER.
Elivan Dickinson's wife.
A servant girl of Mr. Loxley.
James Baker's child.
Abraham Stewart's child.
John Peck's mother.
Godfrey Rapp's daughter's child.
George Will, butcher.
John Plum's child.
Frederick Kessler's mother.
Baltus Grove's mother.
Adam Weaver's child.
Martin Will, butcher.
Nicholas Day's child.
Conrad Deal.
John Kerr's child.
Peter Grove.
Baltus Kantzler. - Ran over by a 
cart.
Nicklain Gracey.
John Griner's child.
John Lingcor's child.
Jacob Louden's child.
Henry Roorman's child.
John Dobelbower, Printer; son of
Frederick Dobelbower.
Baltus Clymer.
OCTOBER.
Mrs. Clymer.
William Really, blacksmith.
Widow Sansfelter.
Peter Hetz.
Jaboc Schifler's child.
John Garrison.
- Mockberger.
Adam Foulke, blacksmith.
Widow Plum.
Jesse Friend.
John Miller, blacksmith.
Michael Lutz.
John Griner's child.
Jesse Turner's child.
Barbary Sent.
Ludwick Clouse's child.

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OCTOBER.
Frederick Gash.
Jacab Greor's child.
Ludwick Clouse's child.
Elias Keel's child.
OCTOBER.
John Peck's child.
Widow Mouse, (Harrowgate.)
Peter Dick's child.
Total 88.
German Reformed Presbyterian Burial Ground.
August, September, and October.
Jacob Neip's wife,
George Freytag,
Ludwick Hiesp,
Robert Macfield,
Susanna Paul,
Peter Deal's daughter,
Daniel Walter,
Widow Werner,
Mr. Baker's child,
Jacob Shermer's child,
Widow Wind,
Nicholas Knauff,
George Heans's child,
Mr. Dealman's child,
Widow Knauff,
Christina Murdick,
David Maesser,
John Murdick,
Widow Hesh,
Michael Kinfinger's child,
Widow Smith,
Anthony Balte's child,
Anthony Balte's wife,
Jeremiah Deal's child,
Jacob Gaerdner's child,
William Christi,
John Stubert,
John Stup's child.
Total 31.
UNITED BRETHREN, (known also by the name MORA-
VIANS.)
AUGUST.
John Meerwein, a child.
SEPTEMBER.
Sibylla Claus, a married woman.
Sarah Payran, a married woman.
OCTOBER.
Eleonora Sibylla Claus, a child 6
weeks old.
Total 4.
BAPTISTS BURIAL GROUND.
Aug. 5. Esther Jones.
15. Nathaniel Dickeson.
17. Hannah Spong.
Sept. 3. Margaret Jackway - a 
child.
11. Wife of John Grigery - 
fever.
12. Son of Widow Bassel - a 
child.
15. Son of Thomas Steward;
a child - fever.
Sept. 17. Dr. Samuel Jones - fever.
19. William Davis - fever.
24. William Robenson.
29. John S. Holmes; a child -
fever.
30. Elizabeth Holmes - fever:
Oct. 4. Widow Penrose's child.
5. Samuel Burkalow, jun. -
fever.
8. John Merriam - a child.
20. Martha Davis.
24. Stephen Engel.
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Oct. 24. Jonathan Rose.
25. Catharine Miles, wife of 
Colonel Samuel Miles, of
Cheltenham township -
formerly Mayer of this
city.
Total 20.
METHODISTS BURIAL GROUND.
AUGUST.
Daniel Reese's child.
William Stubbs's child.
Mrs. Williams's son.
Abigail Adams's son; a young man.
Abisha Chattin's child.
James Gates's child.
Isaac Jackson, sexton of Ebenexer,
the Methodist Church In Second-
street, Southwark.
SEPTEMBER.
ISaac Gordon.
Elizabeth Burns.
John Davison.
Elizabeth Bradley.
Alley Mills.
OCTOBER.
David Landreth's child.
Catharine Burk's son; a young man.
James Wallace. *
Ann Wallace.
Sarah Carrel's child.
Jacob Knouse's servant girl.
Total 8.
*James Wallace was buried on the 7th of October; his wife followed his re-
mains to the place of its interment; on the 11th of the same month (four days
after) she was a corpse and buried.
UNIVERSALISTS BURIAL GROUND.
Capt. Drisdale - fever.
The wife of Mr. Webb.
A child of Mr. Bangor.
Widow Van Ness.
Total 4.
AFRICAN CHURCH (St. Thomas's) BURIAL GROUND.
Elizabeth Jackson.
John Richman.
Cuffe Jordan.
Total 3.
AFRICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Bethel) BURIAL
GROUND.
Grown Persons.
Grace Nuby - consumption.
Catharine Lancaster - fever.
Adult.
A child of Charles Stewart.
Total 3.
JEWS BURIAL GROUND.
Myer Hart.
Nathan Barnett.
Total 2.

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POTTERS' FIELD.
☞ The names are not mentioned, as they were not taken at the
time the persons died.
Whites.
August 19
September 13
October 9
-
41
Blacks.
August 20
September 8
October 6
-
34
Total 75.
KENSINGTON BURIAL GROUND.
AUGIST.
Joseph Bowers, shipwright.
Jacob Stiner.
Peggy Lins.
George Washington, of North-Ca-
rolina.
John Fry's child.
Mr. Baker.
Capt. Frankling's wife.
Andrew Himes's child.
Mr. Wilson.
Thomas Rile.
SEPTEMBER.
Mrs. Bowers's son.
A Man, (name unknown) by trade
a blue-dyer.
Enoch Morgan's child.
Charles Mathews.
Polly Himes.
Jonathan Eaton's child.
John Keays's child. John King.
Peter Kene.
A poor Woman. [Name not men-
tioned.]
James Johnson's wife.
George McDonnald.
Charles Fleming's son.
George Bakoven.
Henry Apt.
Henry Apt's wife.
John Haron's child.
Jacob Peaster's wife.
Nelly Langue's child.
SEPTEMBER.
Yolington Sork.
Lewis Garlinger's child.
Mr. Broomfield's child.
Sophia Shripe.
Charles Renseimer.
Mr. Andrews.
Christopher Painter.
John Brown's child.
Elizabeth Taylor.
John Carey.
Isaac Matlock.
John Jessy's child.
John Rile.
Matthias Sheets.
Mr. Pennel's wife.
Christian Frail.
Isaac Starr.
Joseph Bamont.
John Shepherd's child.
OCTOBER.
Kitty Siders.
Andrew Heyfinger's wife.
William Dougherty's child.
Edward Sutton.
Matthew Cramer.
Daniel Freehouse's wife.
John Murel.
Mrs. Hitner.
Samuel Penick's child.
John Douglass.
Benjamin Robinson.
Hannah Hager.
Total 60.
COATS's BURIAL GROUND.
Mrs. Dennis, widow of Richard
Dennis, dec. of Southwark.
Jacob Miller, shipwright, of Ken-
sington.
Total 2.

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PFEIFFER's BURIAL GROUND, in Poplar-Lanc, Northern- 
Liberties; belonging to the Family of Dr. Pfeiffer.
A grandchild of Dr. Pfeiffer. Total 1. 
CITY HOSPITAL BURIAL GROUND.
AUGUST.
Patrick Thomas,
John Foulth,
Andrew Caldwell,
Henry Philips,
Patrick McGahy,
Christopher Sutherland,
Joseph White,
James Steward,
Maurice Wurts,
Daniel Packer,
Mary Tate,
John T. Woods,
John Scharlot,
John Fleetwood,
John McLaughlin,
Mary Fercheson,
John Wiggins,
Charles Malone,
Robert Rattoon,
William Hubbs,
Mary Chatham,
William Aulhorn.
Report from the 31st of August to
the 1st of September,
Christian Honn,
John Corris,
James Simpson.
From the 1st to the 2d of Septem-
ber, in the morning,
Robert Parks,
George Trimble,
Susanna - Mr. McCleod's Negro.
From the 3d to the 4th of Septem-
ber, in the morning,
Margaret McCleod.
From the 4th to the 5th of Septem- 
ber, in the morning,
William Henderson,
Jacob Shoemaker,
Robert McGowan.
From the 5th to the 6th of Septem- 
ber, in the morning,
Nathaniel Foster,
Mary Ellis - aged 16 months.
From the 6th to the 7th of Septem-
ber, in the morning,
James Mecklin,
John Toy,
Thomas Butt,
John Brown.
From the 7th to the 8th of Septem- 
ber, in the morning,
Henry Hamilton,
Mary W. Farland,
Adam Gaslinger,
William Collins.
From the 8th to the 9th of Septem- 
ber, in the morning,
James Reynolds,
Francis Dougherty,
Peggy Silcox.
From the 9th to the 10th of Septem- 
ber, in the morning,
Elizabeth Ellis,
Nelly Corrall,
Samuel Peoples,
Stusil Ryenfult.
From the 10th to the 11th of Sep- 
tember, in the morning,
William McDonald,
Paul Long,
Catharine Turner,
Hugh Parry,
Joseph Azani.
From the 11th to the 12th of Sep- 
tember, in the morning,
Daniel Rourke,
Peter Smith,
William Silby,
Leonard Brown,
William Robertson,
Sarah Black,
Abner Cartwright.

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From the 12th to the 13th of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
Thomas Lefly, 
John Chapman,
Joseph Wood, 
Israel Vanlieur.
From the 13th to the 14th of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
Jane McFarland,
Hannah Jackson, 
Samuel Bell,
Ann Jane Fottrill.
From the 14th to the 15th of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
William Hartran, 
Patrick Rowe,
Lyman Cady, 
Luke Williams, 
Elizabeth Hitner,
Elizabeth Boyd, 
Henry Fitt.
From the 15th to the 16th of Sep- 
tember, in the morning,
Christian Schultz,
Henry Snyder,
John Lindon,
Eliza Gibson,
Thomas Marshall,
Ben — a Negro,
George Wilkins. 
From the 16th to the 17th of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
James Field, 
Alexander Fowler, 
John Cowans, 
Andrew Prenhou, 
Mary Kisney,
John McFarland.
From the 17th to the 18th of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
Elisha Vagur.
From the 18th to the 19th of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
John Dally, 
Elizabeth Schryht, 
Mary Maglone, 
Benjamin Johnson.
From the 19th to the 20th of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
Arnold Craigh,
John Fletcher,
Patrick Dougherty,
Daniel McCarter,
James Johnson,
Mary - a Negro.
From the 20th to the 21st of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
Died - None.
From the 22d to the 23d of Sep- 
tember, in the morning,
Elizabeth Smith,
Elizabeth Cotter,
Caty Culinel,
Barney O'Nlea,
Richard Davis,
James Sutton,
Edward Mager.
From the 23d to the 24th Sep- 
tember, in the morning,
George Speice,
Robert Shaw,
Andrew McKew,
Anthony Jose.
From the 24th to the 25th of Sep- 
tember, in the morning,
Cuffe Jordan,
Patrick Fleming,
Rachel Tennet,
Nelly Duncan,
Ann McLaughlin,
Thomas Rosseter,
Elizabeth Miller.
From the 25th to the 26th of Sep- 
tember, in the morning,
Laurence Huddlestone,
John Chapman,
William Hamilton.
From the 26th to the 27th of Sep- 
tember, in the morrning,
Mary Dennis,
Richard Jones - a Negro.
From the 27th to the 28th of Sep- 
tember, in the motning,
Elizabeth Dickey,
Francsi Ward,
Cannon Massey,
Peter Poliston,
William Charles.

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From the 28th to the 29th of Sep-
tember, in the morning,
Mary Carwell, 
Mary Neal, 
Letty Smith.
From the 29th to the 30th of Sep-
tember, in the morning, 
Guy Blakely,
Tabitha Walton, 
Rebecca Hubbard, 
- Modestienne — a Frenchman.
From the 30th of Sept. to the 1st
of October, in the morning,
Michael Kenner,
Theobald McMahon,
Hugh Dougherty,
Mary Patterson,
Thomas Morrison,
William Norris.
From the 1st to the 2d of October,
in the morning,
Andrew Ridsley,
William McCrerey.
From the 2d to the 3d of October,
in the morning,
Jane Montgomery - consumptive.
James Moore,
Clarissa Graham,
Margarey Gueron.
From the 3d to the 4th of October,
in the morning,
David Smith - a Negro.
Susanna Reily - a child.
Neal Gallaspie.
From the 4th to the 5th of October,
in the morning,
Herman Schas.
From the 5th to the 6th of October,
in the morning,
Died - None.
From the 6th to the 7th of October,
in the morning,
Christian Overstag,
William Cosgrave,
Sarah Ross,
Elizabeth Morgan,
M. Vanteville,
Mary Read,
H. Campbell.
From the 7th to the 8th of October,
in the morning,
Died - None.
From the 8th ro the 9th of October,
in the morning,
Jane Rusk,
Michael Toy.
From the 9th to the 10th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
Died - None.
From the 10th to the 11th of Oct- 
ber, in the morning,
Elizabeth Rowe,
Donald McKenzie,
Benjamin Charles - an Indian.
From the 11th to the 12th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
Elizabeth O'Neal,
Maria Franks.
From the 12th to the 13th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
James Colhoun.
Froom the 13th to the 14th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
Died - None.
From the 15th to the 16th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
Daniel Ross,
Henry - a Negro.
Ann Reilly.
From the 16th to the 17th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
Catharine Cooley,
Daniel Ross.
From the 17th to the 18th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
James Fairchild.
From the 18th to the 19th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
John Rowe,
Mary Ellis.

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From the 19th to the 20th of Octo-
ber, in the morning,
John Curran.
From the 20th to the 21st of Octo-
ber, in the morning,
Hugh McMullin,
Lætitia Hall,
Catharine Buchanan,
Peggy McDonnald, 
Daniel McKenzie.
From the 21st to the 22d of Octo-
ber, in the morning,
Elizabeth White.
From the 22d to the 23d of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
Dead - None.
From the 23d to the 24th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
Edward Edwards.
From the 24th to the 25th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning,
Died - None.
October 26 - the Board of Health
did not meed this forenoon.
From the 26th to the 27th of Octo- 
ber, in the morning.
James Wood,
Jacob Side.
Total 184.
DIED in the MARINE HOSPITAL, on State-Island.
Sept. 4. Patrick Cassidey, ship Hinde, at the Fort.
5. William Brown, Philadelphia.
6. William Hornsby, ship Johanna, Lisbon.
French girl, Mr. Riault, New-Jersey.
7. Joseph Mattis Stoppish, ship America, Philadelphia.
8. Joseph Unsworth, brig Peggy, bound out.
15. John Brown, Philadelphia.
22. Thomas Elliot, ship Columbus, Havannah.
23. Alexander Sutherland, brig Welcome-Return, Savanna.
26. Henry Miller, schooner Nancy, George-Town, South-Carolina.
Oct. 2. James Rogers, ship Commerce, St. Bartholomew's.
6. Erich Strombourge, Barque Gustavus Adolphus, Philadelphia.
8. Peter Sundstrum, do. do.
13. Frederick Taylor, brig Concordia, Italy.
17. Thomas Scott, schooner Peggy, Savanna.
Total 15.
DEATHS not mentioned in any of the foregoing Lists.
Aug. Mr. McDowell.
Sept. 5. Archibald Cumming Craig.
8. Lewis Lift, Messenger of
the War-Office of the
United States.
9. A man (to all appearance a 
seafaring man) died
suddenly in a fit in the
street.
Timothy Russel, Printer.
10. Nathaniel Barnett.
George Dormon, of the
Custom-House.
Sept. 11. John Turner; a native of
England.
12. Mr. Lockwood, sailing-
master of the U. States 
Frigate.
In the Pennsylvania Hos-
pital, Manns. McGee.
21. At Bordentown, Robert 
Cary, of this city.
At Social-Hall, Alexander 
Watt.

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Oct. 4. Charles Davies. 
7. At Haddonfield, Dr. Evan
Clement, Druggist.
John Potter, of this city, late
of London.
Oct. 11. William Gould.
John Horn.
Mr. Fleming, of Lamber-
ton, New-Jersey.
Total 19.
Total of  the Burials in the several Grave-Yards of the City
and Liberties of Philadelphia.
Christ Church - 41
St. Peter's Church - 43
St. Paul's Church - 17
First Presbyterian - 29
Second Presbyterian - 29
Third Presbyterian - 56
Scots Presbyterian - 15
Associate Church - 6
St. Mary's Chapel - 89
Trinity Church - 25
Friends - 52
Free Quakers - 8
Swedes - 49
German Lutheran - 88
German Reformed 
Presbyterian - 31
United Brethren, (known
also by the name Mo-
ravians) - 4
Total carried forward 582
Total brought forward 582
Baptists - 20
Methodists - 18
Universalists - 4
St. Thomas's African
Church - 3
African Episcopal Church,
Bethel - 3
Jews - 2
Potters' Field - 75
Kensington - 60
Coats's - 2
Pfeiffer's - 1
City Hospital - 184
Marine Hospital, on
State-Island - 15
Deaths not mentioned in
any of the foregoing
lists - 19
Aggregate Total 988
☞ The List of DEATHS, during the months of August,Sep-
tember, and October, the period within which the Fever was more
or less violent, we have been careful to obtain, from the records of Mi-
ssioners, Sextons, &c. and though we have lifts from some grave-
yards not noticed, through hurry, in thepublic papers, still we do not 
find so many victims to the contagion, as appeared to be the ag-
gregate reported by the public papers. — We refer to the different sources 
from which we obtained our information, for the authenticity of ours,
in preference to others. Not, however, without liberally acknowledg-
ing, that from the confused fate of the people who rendered lists— the vast
trouble and time necessary for daily receiving them - and the blunders of
grave-diggers, particularly their reporting that bodies would be buried at 
one time that perhaps would not be interred for several hours after-
wards; and so, perhaps, were enumerated twice. These observations
we make, as a justificaton for our accuracy, that naturally, by com- 
parison, might be called in question.

DONATIONS RECEIVED
By the Commissioners appointed to alleviate the Distresses 
OF THE CITIZENS OF
PHILADELPHIA, &c.
1797.
Dols. Cts.
Mordecai Lewis 100
Thomas McEuen 100
Thomas Hale 20
William Buckley 40
John Nixon 20
Robert Bridges 20
Joseph Crukshank 50
Jonathan Dawes, &c. 11
William Bingham 300
Dr. Luff 8
Cash 5
Samuel Blodget 200
William Davidson 20
Josiah Hewes 100
Dr. Heylin 8
William Dawson & Son 30
James Wills 10
Cash 20
Clerks of the Bank of N.
America 50
Henry Toland 50
James Yard 100
John Miller, stone cutter 50
Clerks of the Bank of N.
America 3
Joshua Byron 50
Benjamin Wilson 20
Thomas M. Willing 100
Daniel Hartung 25
Hannah Pemberton 40
Robert Dawson 20
Stephen Girard 100
Dols. Cts.
Thomas Moore 100
Montgomery and New-
bold 50
Abraham Kintsing, junr. 10
Charles Wharton 100
James Sawyer 10
James Marton 20
Cash 10
Joseph D. Drinker 20
Charles Bitters 20
Nathan Shepherd 35
Dr. Adam Kuhn 100
George Davis 20
Clerks of the Bank of the 
United States 130
John Nixon (additional) 100
Stephen Beasley (South-
wark) 20
Archibald McCall 100
Cash 20
William Rawle 50
William Bell (a labourer)  50
Sarah Lea 30
Edward Burd 50
Curtis Clay 20
William McMutrie 20
George Irwin 10
Cash from a friend (per
Mr. Dawson) 30
Nathan Baker 10
Samuel Merrick 10
Dr. John Redman 20
Aa

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE
From the Vicinity of
Frankford.
Dols. Cts.
Isaac Wharton 100
Pattison Hartshorne 100
Robert Smith 100
Robert Waln 100
Nicholas Waln 100
Godfrey Haga 50
Conyngham, Nesbitt
& Co. 100
Miers Fisher 50
Samuel Howell 50
Samuel M. Fox 50
David Lewis 50
Jesse Waln 50
William Bell 50
Thomas Greaves 50
Samuel Breck 50
James Ash 50
Benjamin R. Morgan 50
George Roberts 50
Ebenezer Large 50
Daniel Smith 30
Abraham Van Beuren 20
John Waddington 20
John Barry 20
Abijah Dawes 15
Isaac Austin 5
Joseph P. Norris 50
DARBY.
George Latimer 50
Jesse Sharples 30
Benjamin Say 50
Isaac Lloyd 40
S. York 20
H. Sparks, junr. 20
Captain Williams 5
H. Sparks, sen. 5
Isaac Price 30
David Rawn 10
James Strawbridge 50
James S. Coxe 20
Peter Brown 100
Robert Revetts 10
Thomas Randall 5
Dols. Cts.
William Bell 20
James Read 50
John Simpson 30
Cash 14 10
Matthew McConnel 15
Alexander Fullerton 15
Peter Wykoff 50
George Weed 10
John D. G. Wachsmuth 50
Leopold Nottnagell 50
John M. Soullier 10
Thomas Leiper 25
Jacob G. Koch 100
Ann Bartram 5
William I. Smith 50
John Palmer, junr. 5
Jacob Beninghove, junr. 10
Simeon Reynolds 5
Zeba Barton 5
John Dougherty 5
Jacob Carver 5
Benjamin Paschall 10
James Millegan 10
Francis Markoe 20
Cash 10
William Levis 20
Cash 23
Curtis Lewis 3
George Ashton 20
Josiah Matlack 5
James Humphreys 8
Samuel Williams 10
William Sargeant 50
William Crammond 100
Charles Minifie 50
George Emlen 50
Cash from 3 Persons 45
Cash 5
Cash 30
Abraham Markoe 100
Eliza Powell 100
Ambrose Vasse 50
United Society of Dun-
kers in and about
Germantown. 83

RELIEF OF THE POOR.
Dols. Cts.
The African Episcopal
Church of St. Thomas 43 91
Benjamin Fuller 50
Cash 10
Samuel Wetherill 50
John B. Boardley 100
Jonathan T. Mifflin 20
Inhabitants of Mount Holly,
and Citizens of Philadel-
phia, then in and about
there 300
Conrad Hanse 20
Elisha Gordon 10
Cash 3
Isaac Austin (additional) 20
John Coburn, rigger 20
George Schlosser 50
Thomas & John Clifford 50
Christopher Marshall (ad-
ditional) 60
John Ross 100
Cash 5
Cash (per William Moul-
der) 5 18
Asheton & George Hum-
phreys 50
Bickham & Reese 60
Edmund Burns 25
Thomas Biggs 20
David Jackson 20
Sharp Delany 100
William Sansom 200
Elliston & John Perot 100
The Charity Sermons preached
at Germantown by Dr. Blair
and Mr. Abercrombie (per
Robert Hare & P. F. Glent-
worth) 422 91
Thomas W. Francis 100
Elizabeth Dawson, Vine-
street 2
Dols. Cts.
William Sheaff 100
Levi Hollingsworth &
Son 50
Committee of Northern
Liberties, Donations
received by them. 50
Certain Citizens in and about
Trenton, viz.
William Innes 30
Joseph Higbee 50
Robert Rainey 20
John Harrison 20
Joseph Brown 25
D. C. Claypoole 20
Michael Roberts 20
Samuel Baker 20
David Jackson, junr. 10
William Innes, junr. 10
Philip McLaughlin 8
John Lindsay 4
John Patten 2
Cash 2
Esther Cox 24
Ebenezer Cowell 2
Mary Cowell 3
Joseph Habersham 15
Cash 5
James Thorn 1
Cash 3
Olivia Sproat 5
Timothy Pickering 25
Samuel Boys 10
Inhabitants of Trenton
(per James Ewing) 370
The Indian Corn gevin
by C. Marshall, sold 24
Ebenezer Hazard 20
Cash 10
Dr. William Rogers 10
Clerks of the Bank of
the United States
(additional) 3

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE
Dols. Cts.
Certain Inhabitants of Chel-
tenham. 61 35
Thomas H. Leuffer 25
Cash 10
Robert Coleman, Lan-
caster County 100
From Adam Lechler, & Work-
men upon the Roads, under
him, viz.
Adam Lechler 1
Archibald Curry 1
Samuel Shaw 1
Hugh Roy  50
James Carr  50
Philip Ankerman 1
James Reily  50
Caster Sheffmeyer  50
Christopher Diel  50
Hilary Baker (Mayor) 20
Thomas Snowden's wife 10
George Nelson 60
Inhabitants of Haddonfield and
Citizens of Philadelphia
there (per Thomas Red-
man) 409 55
From said T. Redman,
a Balance of Money
subscribed in 1793,
and not then received 20 21
Inhabitants of Wilmington and
Brandywine, received in a
letter from Joseph Warner,
and John White 411 38
John Guillemard, Esq.
(per P. Nicklin & Co.) 100
Certain Citizens of Philadel-
phia, residing in Montgo-
mery County, viz.
Dols. Cts.
James Pemberton 50
Samuel Morris 50
Isaac Parrish 20
James Cresson 20
Thomas Morgan 30
Andrew Lenau 5
Frederick Haylor 2
John E. Cresson 8
John Care 6
Luke W. Morris 20
Thomas Shoemaker 20
William Pritchett 10
Israel Morris, junr. 20
Alexander Wilcocks 40
From Citizens of Carlisle, viz.
John Montgomery 10
James Hamilton 15
T. Duncan 15
D. Watts 10
William Lyon 10
Robert Davidson 10
James Duncan 10
John Creigh 10
Robert Miller 10
Samuel A. McCosky 10
Dr. C. Nisbet 6
George Kline 4
Samuel Postlethwaite 6 60
Charles Cooper 3 30
John Hughes 6
James Armstrong 10
Ephrain Steel 4
Thomas Foster 2 20
George Logue 3
Samuel Laird 4
James Given 2
John Douglas 3
William Miller 3 30
Edward Magauran 3
Hugh Wilson 3
Charles Boyard 2 20
Joseph Hays 3 30
John Holmes 6
Charles McClure 6
David Irvine 4

RELIEF OF THE POOR.
Dols. Cts.
Samuel Gustine 5
Jacob Crever 1
James Lamberton 4
John Noble 1
William Levis 2
William Irvine 10
Cash 2
From Radnor (per Sime-
on Matlack) 10 32
Henry Hill 50
In a letter, signed a Negro 5
Huizinga Nesschett 40
Collection for Wood
(per T. Wistar and
G. Pennock) 1104 10
Inhabitants of Abington and
Citizens of Philadelphia
there.
William Sitgreaves 30
James Whitehead 30
Ralph Peacock 30
Leeson & Joseph Sim-
mons 30
John Maybin 30
Isaac Potts 30
John Sitgreaves 20
John R. Smith 20
James Gibson 20
William Flenthan 20
William Redwood 20
Lydia Gilpin 20
Robinson & Paul 20
Samuel Noble 15
Cash (from a Lady) 10
Thomas Barnes, junr. 10
William Shannon 10
Isaac Rich 10
Abraham Colladay 10
Richard Noble 10
William & Jonathan
Leedom 10
Samuel Jones 10
Robert Hiltzheimer 5
Thomas Baker 5
Richard Robinson 5
Dols. Cts.
Jonathan Tyson, junr. 5
Samuel Scholfield 5
Joseph Shoemaker 5
William Jones 4
James McCalla 4
Dominic Sheridan 1
John C. Wells 10
Cash (by the hands of
William M. Smith) 30
Phineas Bond 100
Samuel Wilcocks 20
Inhabitants of German-
town and Citizens of
Philadelphia there,
by the hands of Gide-
on H. Wells (addi-
tional) 480
Citizens of Philadelphia, in
Blockly and Merion town-
ships, and Inhabitants of
said townships, as follows.
Charles Biddle 50
Richard Peters 50
Col. Francis Johnson 20
David Jackson 15
Mrs. Hartland 10
Algernon Roberts 15
David Roberts 10
Edward Roberts 10
Hugh Knox 10
John Heaton 10
Thomas & Hugh Cooper 10
Mary Roberts 50
Thomas George 20
Jonathan Jones 20
Rachel Wharton 20
Jacob Jones 10
James Jones 10
Charles Jervis 8
Jacob Zell 6
William Govett 6
William Roberts 6
Thomas Cochran 5
Enoch Thomas 5
William Huzey 5

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE
Dols. Cts.
George Helmbold 5
Robert Roberts 5
John Price 5
Rebecca George 5
Richard Crane 5
William Jones 4
Joseph Price 4
Abel Thomas 4
Jesse Thomas 4
Henry Helmbold 4
John Thomas 4
Mary Streper 3
George Hirts 3
Isaac Bond 3
Thomas Goucher 4 20
David Zell 2 50
Phineas Roberts 2
Benjamin Tunis 2
Jacob Latch 2
Mrs. Sheets 2
Jonathan Walton 2
John Thomas 2
Jacob Morris 2
John Frailey 2
Lewis Thomas 2
Mary Gamble 2
Alexander Hoffman 1 55
Jacob Johnson 1 10
George Marshall 1
David Latch 1
John Rowland 1
George Grove 1
Frederick Grove 1
Isaac Hayn 1
Hannah Moore 1
Jacob Huffman 1
Christopher Leech 1
Cash from sundry persons 18
James McHenry, Secre-
tary of War 50
Jacob Beninghove 10
Robert Haydock (addi-
tional) 12
Benjamin Price 20
Certain Inhabitants of
Abington, by Tho-
mas Barnes, junr. 11 70
Dols. Cts.
Inhabitants of the Bo-
rough of Lancaster,
by Paul Zantzinger 720 4
From a number of Citizens then
at Lancaster, as follows.
Philip Wagner 50
Samuel Hayes 50
Aaron Levy 50
Michael Keppele 50
W. Barton 20
Hyman Marks 20
George Lauman 20
Henry Miller 20
Benjamin S. Barton 10
Aaron Joseph 5
John Carrell 14
S. Gottshalkson 9
Isaac Roush 5
Elizabeth Helm 20
Mrs. Rhea 10
Josiah H. Anthony 20
James Furze 5
Mark Kaennel 5
Cash 3 10
Cash 15
Christopher Marshall (ad-
ditional) 20
Joseph Hutchins 10
John Singer 20
Cash (by Col. James Read) 20
Jonathan B. Smith 30
Israel Pleasants 25
Cash (from Manheim,
Lancaster County) 4 71
Owen Jones 20
Caleb Carmalt 20
Jonathan Carmalt 20
Richard Rundle 100
Crook Stevenson 20
John Barnes 10
Cash (by said Barnes) 20

RELIEF OF THE POOR.
Dols. Cts.
Cash (additional from
Cheltenham) 9 67
Cash (additional from
Germantown) 50
Cash (by Israel Israel) 20
Alexander J. Dallas 20
Joseph Reed 20
Inhabitants of Middletown,
New-Castle county, by John
Merrit and Robert Max-
well 120 87
P. W. Gallaudet, omit-
ted in the list from
Trenton, 25
Zaccheus Collins 50
Sundry inhabitants of
Monmouth county,
New-Jersey, by M.
J. Rhees, 68
Benjamin Loxley 20
Morgan J. Rhees 12
Rachael Richards, (by
S. Bettle) 50
Cash from West Nant-
mill township 10 58
Do. from Plymouth,
Montgomery county 35
Do. from Charlestown
township, Chester
county 45
William Tilghman 50
Capt. Billis 2
M. Lankanaye 2
Mrs. Brown 2
Dr. Ulmo 2
M. Rayner 2
M. Brockman 4
M. Sevene 2
Capt. Russel 2
Capt. Roliff 2
Capt. Mason 3
Capt. Whelan 2
Robert Corry 40
Ann Corry 10
William Smith 25
Dols. Cts.
Cash from Horsham
and part of Bucks
county by said Smith 65 52
Do. from Cocolico,
Lancaster county 15
Do. from upper Spring-
field, by J. Sansom 100
Do. from Whitemarsh,
&c. by Jos. Potts 104 40
Daniel Broadhead 20
Cash from Strasburg,
by G. Duffield 56 15
From Abington, col-
lected by T. Fletch-
er, O. Hallowell, &
W. Dougherty 153 85
Cash, by the chairman 2
From citizens of Philadelphia
at Chester, and inhabitants
of that place:
William Martin 3 30
And for Chester Lodge 10
Seth Willis 5
Joseph Russell 20
Mary Norris 5
Joseph Ashbridge 5
John Wall 10
Edward Russell 10
Cash 2
Jonas Eyre 5
John Harrison 5
Isaac Fitzrandolph 5
Abraham Dicks 2
John Scully 1
Cash 1
Edward Engle 1
Peter Stimble 1
Capt. McGiddis 5
William Budden 5
John Odenheimer, jun. 2
Raper Hoskins 20
Cash 2
Do. 20
M. Harris 5

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE
Dols. Cts. 
W. Anderson 5
Jonas Sharples 2
Capt. Shotten 1
From Charlestown
township Chester
county, sent per
Matthias Penne-
becker 7
From West Nantmel,
Chester county, re-
ceived by Michael
Graham 4 81
Doctor Robert David-
son, the contribu-
tions of the Presby-
terian congregation
at Carlisle 130 40
David Lapsley 20
Henry Helmuth 20
By the hands of Tho-
mas Wistar 12
Dols. Cts.
Additional from Co-
lumbia, Lancaster
county, forwarded
by Joseph Smith 86
A donation was recei-
ved from John
Young, attorney at
law in Greensburgh
by the hands of Ni-
cholas Collin 30
A donation was recei-
ved from Dromore
township, Lancaster
county, by the hands
of Philip Wager 46 13
Inhabitants of Upper
Dublin township,
Montgomery coun-
ty, by Joseph Lukens 62 34
Cash by the hands of
Robert Wharton, 200

DONATIONS OF FLOUR,
VEGETABLES, &c. &c.
Received by the Commissioners appointed to alleviate the Distresses
OF THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA, &c.
1797.
From Citizens of Philadelphia now in and about Germantown,
received in a letter from Robert Hare, John Dunlap, John McCul-
loch, Benjamin Chew, jun. Henry Pratt, Peter Baynton, Gideon 
Hill Wells and William Wistar, (omitted in the list of Cash Do-
nations,) Dollars 3891 70 Cents. 
Susanna Jones, 3 1-2 hundred rye meal. 
Charles Harris, 100 loaves of bread, 1 barrel of cheese, 1 keg
of sugar, and 1 keg tea.
George Pennock, for Caspar Wistar, sen. 40 bushels potatoes.
Christopher Marshall, 32 bushels of Indian corn. 
Widow Taylor and son, Strawberry-alley, 100 loaves of bread. 
William Zane, by James Oldden, 40 bushels of potatoes.
From New-Jersey, 4 do.
Joseph Tatnall, 15 barrels flour. 
James Jack, 3 tierces of rice.
John Bedford, 3 sheep, 8 bushels of potatoes, 100 loaves of
bread, and 49 cabbages. 
Balzer Emerick, 100 loaves of bread.
John Haworth, 4 loads of potatoes.
Jonathan Meredith, a waggon load of potatoes and turnips. 
Certain inhabitants of Roxborough township, by Peter Robe-
son, 3 barrels flour, a quantity of potatoes, turnips and cabbages. 
Inhabitants of Cheltenham, 40 bushels potatoes, 100 and 3 quar-
ters of rye flour, 2 bushels of Indian meal, and of 961b. bacon 
and beef.
Sundry persons in the neighbourhood of the Gulph Mill, in 
Upper Merion, 9 half barrels of buckwheat meal, 2 ditto of rye
meal, 24 bushels of potatoes and 4 of turnips.
John Haworth, 1 additional load of potatoes.
John Jones, of Montgomery, 12 bushels of potatoes and turnips, 
Inhabitants of Radnor, 22 bushels of potatoes, 6 do. of turnips,
18 fowls, 1 piece of bacon, 1 sheep, 4 1-2 cwt. of buckwheat meal.
1 1-2 do. of rye flour, 3 do. of corn meal. 
Bb

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE
Inhabitants of Wilmington and Brandywine, 15 barrels of mid-
dlings, and 2 of Indian meal.
Charles West, of New-Jersey, 102 lbs. mutton, and 47 lbs. beef.
Inhabitants of Radnor, additional, 15 bushels potatoes, 4 1-2C. 
buckwheat meal, 3 bushels turnips, 1 1-2 do. rye flour.
Widow Lukens, 3 C. buckwheat meal, 15 bushels potatoes, 6
bushels turnips.
Pearson Hunt, 3 barrels rye flour.
Inhabitant of New-Castle, 1 barrel superfine flour, 1 barrel po-
tatoes, 1 keg pearl barley, and 1 bag turnips. 
Charles Shoemaker, 5 barrels flour.
By the hands of Joseph Bringhurst, jun. a bundle of new clothes 
for women.
Inhabitants of Manheim township, Lancafter county, 12 bar-
rels flour.
Inhabitants of Cheltenham, additional, 1 1-2 C. rye flour, 2 C. 
buckwheat meal, 2 bushels Indian meal, 30 bushels potatoes.
Inhabitants of Strasburg township, Lancafter county, 8 barrels 
wheat flour, and 6 of rye.
Clerks of the market, collected by them, 2 cart loads provisions. 
Charles Biddle, Esq. 1 side of beef.
Inhabitants of Roxborough, additional, by Peter Robeson, 1 
waggon load of potatoes, cabbages and turnips.
Dr. Edwards, 22 bushels potatoes.
Sundry inhabitants of West Nantmill township, Chester county, 
by D. Denny, 8 barrels rye, buckwheat and Indian corn flour.
Plymouth, Montgomery county, by William Sheppard, 4 bar-
rels and 158 lbs. common flour, 2 do. buckwheatmeal, 5 bushels
potatoes and 2 do. of turnips.
Leacock township, Lancafter county, by Abraham Gibbons,
29 C. buckwheat meal, 17 C. 2 quarters rye do. 6 C. 2 quarters, 
14 1b. wheat flour.
Cocolico township, Lancafter county, by Peter Murten, 29 bar-
rels wheat, rye, and buckwheat flour.
Earl township, Lancaster county, by Frederick Seiger and Wil-
liam Smith, 15 barrels wheat, rye and buckwheat flour, and 
4 pieces of bacon.
Salsbury township, Lancafter county, by David Buckley, 784 lb. 
wheat; 343 lb. rye; and 967 lb. buckwheat flour.
Columbia, Lancaster county, by Emanuel Reigart, 8 barrels 
wheat flour, and 4 of rye.
Abington, 1 C. flour; 1 bushel of buckwheat meal; 37 bushels 
of potatoes; 21 do. of turnips; and 12 cabbages.
Donegal township, Lancafter county, by Paul Zantzinger, 9 
barrels of wheat, and 1 of rye flour.
Earl township, do. by John Sensenig and John Smith, 11 barrels 
rye flour.

RELIEF OF THE POOR.
Manheim township, Lancaster county, 12 barrels wheat flour.
Earl township, Lancaster county, additional, 2 barrels wheat, 
150 lb. rye flour, forwarded by Frederick Sieger and Wm. Smith.
Charlestown township, Chester county, additional, 7 barrels 
buckwheat meal, 6 do. rye, by Matthias Pennebecker.
George Moore and Bernard Kart, a quantity of provisions col-
lected in High-street market.
West Nantmill township, Chester county, by the hands of Mi-
chael Graham, 2C. 1 qr. 26 lb. wheat, 3C. 1 qr. 27 lb. rye, 14C.
1 qr. 27 lb. buckwheat flour.
Salsbury township, Lancaster county, by Archibald Hender-
son's team, per Samuel Smith, 8 C. 1 qr. 5 lb. wheat; 14 Cwt. 
rye; 18C. 1 qr. 11 lb. buckwheat flour, forwarded by Daniel
Buckley. 
Hempfield township, Lancaster county, 20 barrels of flour, for-
warded by Paul Zantzinger. 
Manor township, Lancaster county, 19 barrels flour.
Salsbury township, Lancaster county, forwarded by Daniel 
Buckley, additional, 724 lb. wheat, 183 lb. buckwheat flour.
Earl township, Lancaster county, additional, 5 barrels wheat 
and rye meal, forwarded by Frederick Seeger.
Earl township, Lancaster county, additional, 3 barrels and a 
bag of wheat, rye, and buckwheat flour, forwarded by Fred: Seeger. 
Lancaster township, additional, by Andrew Graff's waggon,
forwarded by Paul Zantzinger, 7 barrels flour.
Earl township, additional, by Michael Kinser's waggon, 3 bar-
rels and 3 quarters of rye, wheat and buckwheat flour.
Strasburgh township, Lancaster county, additional, by Nicholas 
Walter's waggon, 10 barrels flour.
Mount-Joy township, Lancaster county, 26 barrels of wheat, 
rye, and buckwheat flour, forwarded by Paul Zantzinger.
Lampetre township, Lancastor county, forwarded by Edward 
Hand, 28 barrels of wheat and rye flour.
Earl township, Lancaster county, additional, forwarded by Frede-
rick Sieger, 6 barrels flour.
Little Britain township, Lancaster county, forwarded by Vin-
cent Stubbs, 7 barrels flour.
Conestogo township, Lancaster county, 15 barrels wheat and 
rye flour, manufactured at Shenks, Wengers and Ehrbach's mills.
Charlestown township, Chester county, 6 barrels of flour, ma-
nufactured at Abraham Haldeman's mill.
Lancaster township, 5 barrels wheat and rye flour, sent by Mi-
chael Rine's waggon.
Leacock township, Lancaster county, forwarded by Peter Ec-
kart, 2 barrels of flour, delivered to John Smith, overseer of the 
poor, through mistake, and by hm sent to the board of commis-
sioners.

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE
Cocolico township, Lancaster county, additional, by the hands 
of George Whiteman, 4 barrels of flour.
Mount-Joy township, Lancaster county, additional, by the 
hands of Philip Frederick, five barrels of flour.
DONATIONS received by SAMUEL COATES, for the
use of the Sick Poor suffering by the yellow fever in 1797; 
and paid by him to the order of the Committee appointed to
distribute the same.
Dols. Cts.
PHILIP NICKLIN, of Philadelphia, 100
Michael Kepele, ditto 8
James Gibson, ditto 8
Samuel M. Fox, ditto 8
Joseph P. Norris, ditto 8
James Strawbridge, ditto 20
Thomas McEuen, ditto 10
Anna Palmer, ditto 20
Mordecai Lewis, ditto 30
Sundry Exiles from Philadelphia, and inhabitants of
Chester, per Captain Harrison, 158 30
Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, 20
John Ashley, ditto late of G. Britain, 200
Simon Walker, ditto 50
Peter Blight, ditto 100
Elias Boudinot, ditto late of N. Jersey 50
Robert Ralston, the subscription of sundry inhabitants
of Philadelphia now at Wilmington, in Delaware 300
Subscription of 5 ladies of Philadelphia at Wil-
mington, 20
Nathaniel Falconer, Philadelphia, 20
Isaac & Edward Penington, ditto 100
Henry Philips, ditto 100
Jared Ingersol, ditto 166 66
John Travis, ditto 100
Cash, ditto 10
Ditto, of James Tiffin, ditto 20
Jacob Shoemaker, the subscription of several Philadel-
phians at Wilmington, 100
Michael Prager, Philadelphia 100
Benville, Burlington 100
Samuel Chew, Chester-Town, Maryland 10
Unknown, from New-York, per post 10
Benedict Dorsey, Philadelphia 35

RELIEF OF THE POOR.
Dols. Cts.
Samuel Coates, remitted him by the Citizens of New-
bury-Port, New-England 600
Richard Harrison, Philadelphia 20
Samuel Meredith, esquire, ditto 50
Thomas Willing, esquire, ditto 100
John Taggart, ditto 30
Isaac Hazlehurst & Son, ditto 50
John Elliott, ditto 30
Joseph Swift, esquire, ditto 50
Benjamin Buck, ditto 10
Edward Simmons, ditto 20
The Inhabitants of the Village of Frankfort, by Isaac
Worrell 112 95
John Redinger, 3
The Inhabitants of Portsmouth in New-Hampshire, 220
Independents, a religious society at Portsmouth, do. 44 25
The South Parish of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire 50
The Parish of Greenland, near do. 35
A Gentleman of Northampton, in do. 13 38
Matthew Clarkson, Philadelphia, (late Mayor) 35
Hoy Cr. Vanvagenen, of Newtown, Long-Island, per
Hilary Baker, Mayor of the city 50
Thomas Leacock, per Thomas Parker 3 34
Religious society of St. Ann's Church near Middleton,
on Delaware 50
Total 3577 49
Deduct overpaid Samuel Coates, by a subscriber
being an error, 136 66
Total is 3440 83
DONATIONS received by the Committee at the Tents.
Andrew Hannis, 1 hundred bundles of straw, 1 barrel of flour,
1 bushel of potatoes, and half a bushel of onions.
Benjamin Nones, 1 tierce of rice.
Richard Peters, Esq. bacon, bread, Indian meal, cabbage, beans
and milk.
Francis Johnson, 1 quarter of beef.
Robert Ansley, 1 bullock.
Caleb Lippincott, (New-Jersey) 1 cord of wood.
Israel and D. Jones, 1 1-2 cwt. sugar, and a quantity of coffee.

DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE
John Clenin, Berks county, 1 keg of butter.
Shubart Armitage, 1 load of straw.
Richard Wells, a quantity of potatoes and straw.
John McElroy, 11 bushels of potatoes, 2 1-2 bushels of buck-
wheat meal, and 5 gallons of milk, beets and carrots. 
Inhabitants of Darby, viz.
Richard Lloyd, 4 half barrels flour.
Edward Home, 3 bushels potatoes, 4 lbs. butter, and 22 lbs. beef.
Samuel Ash, 1 side beef, 270 lbs.
John Hurt, 1 quarter do. 125 do. 
Aaron Oakford, 1 do. 135 do.
Jonathan Haycock, 1 sheep, 45 lb. 1 bushel turnips, and straw. 
John Rively, 6 pair shoes.
Isaac Oakford, 5 bushel potatoes. 
Jacob Serrell, 1 cwt. middlings.
The inhabitants of Radnor, collected by Simeon Matlack, Na-
than Evans, and Joseph Hoskins, as follows: — 34 bushels pota-
toes, 4 bushels turnips, 1 quarter beef, 7 quarters mutton, 1 quar-
ter veal, 14 fowls, 27 lbs. butter, 70 lbs. rye flour, 3 bushels buck-
wheat meal, 4 cwt. Indian do.
Enoch Edwards, 18 bushels potatoes.
Samuel Coates, 40 pair shoes, valued at 30 dollars.
Thomas Parker, 1 load of straw.
Jeremiah Warder, 3 fat cattle.
Elias Boudinot, a quantity of potatoes and vegetables. 
Conrad Hanse, 8 bushels of potatoes.
Willet Smith, 58 loaves of bread.
Samuel Cooper, a quantity of sweet potatoes and cabbage, and 
3 quarters of mutton.
Joseph Burroughs, 8 1-2 C. rice, 12 lb. tea, and 4 1b. chocolate.
M. R. Peters, 1 sheep, 8 bushels of potatoes, and a quantity
of bread and vegetables. 
From different persons living on the five mile round, 54 bushels
potatoes, 46 heads of cabbage, 4 bushels onions, and 96 beets, 
collected by Nicholas Pickle.
James Crukshank, jun. 100 bundles of straw.
Benjamin Chew, jun. 14 bushels potatoes, and a load of oat straw. 
Mr. Lloyd, a load of straw.
John Kerwin, 10 bushels potatoes, and a number of cabbages.
Dr. Logan, a load of straw, a quantity of potatoes, turnips, ap-
ples and old clothes.
Thomas Leiper, a waggon load of potatoes. 
Cadwalader Foulke, 10 bushels potatoes.
David Breintnall, 2 sheep, 8 bushels potatoes, 12 heads cabbage, 
and 100 loaves of bread.
Sundry inhabitants of Haverford township, Delaware county,
[forwa]rded by colonel Richard Willing, a quantity of potatoes, 
barrels of rye, Indian and buck-wheat meal.

RELIEF OF THE POOR.
Jacob Downing, 2 barrels of flour.
Richard Folwell, 1 barrel of flour. 
William Brown's three sons, 500wt. pilot bread. 
William Lippincott, 20 bushels potatoes. 
George Latimer, 1 load of straw.
Thomas Cuthbert, 1 do.
Peter and Henry Miercken, 1 barrel sugar.
William Hunter, 1 load of straw, 4 bushels potatoes.
William Johnston, a quantity of vegetables. 
George Sterling, 100 loaves of bread.
Richard Footman and Isaac Jones, the subscrip-
tion of a number of citizens residing at Burling-
ton, Dollars 358 20 Cts.
Resolve Smith, Southwark, 50
James Stewart, jun. 30
B. Sims, 40
Andrew Kennedy, by Archibald McElroy, 50
Captain Willam Jones, 30
Cash, 40
Archibald McElroy, being the donations of a
number of the inhabitants of Bristol, and citizens
of Philadelphia residing in and about Bristol, 470
Cash, 40
Jogn Davis and Co. 50
Dr. Preston, Newtown township, 3 quarters beef.
Sundry persons of the same place, through Thomas Inch, 59 
bushels of potatoes, 5 cwt. rye and buckwheat meal, 1 cheese.
Major Jackson do. 20 bushels of potatoes, 2 sheep, wt. 84lb. 
Mr. Faron, Northern-Liberties, 1 quarter of beef, 14 bushels
of potatoes and turnips.
Michael Kunkle, 344 lbs. bread.
William Davidson, 20 bushels potatoes, 2 cwt. rye flour. 
Samuel Pleasants, 40 bushels of potatoes, 10 do. turnips, 100
cabbages.
Joseph B. Bird, 1 fat cow.
From the inhabitants of Evesham, New-Jersey, a quantity of
provisions, valued at 82 dollars, 45 cents. Cash 162 dollars, 82 
cents.
DONATIONS received by the Committee of Southwark.
John McClellan, of Frankford, by the hands of John Jones, 
250 lb. prime beef, and 12 heads of cabbage.
Joseph Williamson, 1 cart-load of potatoes.

DONATIONS.
Andrew Hannis, 10 bushels potatoes. 
Mrs. Gardiner, 100 loaves bread. 
Thomas Ferguson, 2 barrels ship bread. 
L. Morris, 1 barrel flour.
Levi Hollingsworth and son, 1 barrel middlings. 
Peter and Jonathan Robeson, 1 do. do.
A citizen of Philadelphia, half a tierce of rice.
Henry Bell, 1 cwt. rice, 6 lb. chocolate, and 3 lb. bohea tea. 
Butchers at High-street market, 3 barrow loads of meat. 
Butchers at Newmarket, 3 do. do.
Thompson and Lyle, 6 lb. tea.
A citizen of Southwark, six dollars worth of loaf bread.
Captain Eldridge, 10 dollars cash. 
A Citizen of Philadelphia, 5 do.
Donations received by the Committee of the Northern-Liberties.
The committee of enquiry have received, since their establishment,
from sundry persons, residents of the township, the following 
donations, for the use of the poor, viz Dolls. Cts.
From sundry inhabitants, at the Town-house 94 54
From the first district, collected by Mess. Pentland, Sou-
der, and Kunkle, 133 25
Fromm the second district, collected by Messrs. J. Groves
and Goodman, 113 90
From the sixth district, collected by Mess. D. Groves,
Browne and Sherlock, 25 87
From the seventh district, collected by Messrs. Miller and
Wolpert, 22 25
From the eighth district, collected by Mr. Keen, 9
From the ninth district, collected by Messrs. Macferran
and Kher, 22 12
Total, Dolls. 420 93
Of which sum they have expended as follows, viz. 
Cash presented the commissioners 50
Relief granted sundry poor sick persons 11 
Paid for provisions distributed to the poor 29 43
Paid incidental expenses 37 49
Dolls. 127 92