Download or read book A Short Account of the Malignant Fever, Lately Prevalent in Philadelphia written by Mathew Carey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short Account of the Malignant Fever, Lately Prevalent in Philadelphia: With a Statement of the Proceedings That Took Place on the Subject in Different Parts of the United States, to Which Are Added, Accounts of the Plague in London and Marseilles; And a List of the Dead, From August 1, to the Middle of December, 1793 In the number of viélims to the late calamlty, them: were many ftrangers, - amongl whom were probably fome, by whofe death, eftates ave fallen to heirs at a difiance. It being, therefore, of great importance to ex. Ten'd and improve the lift of the dead, and to remedy the extreme inacuracy of the fextonsj returns, Iernployed fuitable perfons to go thro'r the city and liberties, and make enquiry at every houfe, without exocption, for the names and occupations of the dead. The difobligx ing temper of fome, and the fears of others, that an, improper ufe would be made of the information they could have given, have in various inftances defeated my purpofe. Imperfect as the lift {till remains, I hope it will be found ufeful in removing anxious doubts. And conveying to perfons in different countries, thei melancholy information of the deceafe of relatives, which, but for fuch a channel of mommunioation, would in many cafes be difficult, if not impofiible to acquire for years to come. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.