in which the Poor were relieved during this awful Calamity. III. A List of the Donations . . . IV. A List of the Names of
the Dead . . . V. A Comparative View of the Fever of the Year 1798, with that of the year 1795. By James Hardie, A.M. . . .
New-York: Printed by
Hurtin and M’Farlane and Sold by the Author, by
John Low, the other Booksellers, and the Printers,
1799.
RC211 .N7 H26
First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 74 leaves.
Evans 35586.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, v, 841.
James Hardie, 1760-1826, of New York, explains in the preface to this work, dated 15th January 1799, that he was employed by the Health
Commissioners during the outbreak of fever described in this book. He wrote an account of each subsequent visitation of the
Yellow Fever to New York.
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iv. BLANE,
Sir Gilbert.
On the Yellow Fever. ?
1807.
No copy of a separate edition of a tract on this subject was located.
On the Yellow Fever was included in Blane’s
Select Disserations
, 1822, and in other collections of his works.
The tract was sent to Jefferson by Sir Gilbert Blane in 1807. On October 2 he wrote from London to The President of the United
States of America: “Having formerly had the Honor of being in correspondence with the Government of the American States respecting the Nature
and Prevention of the Yellow Fever, and observing that in my humble opinion some errors still prevail on that subject so interesting
to the United States, I take the liberty of enclosing a copy of a small Tract in form of a letter to a foreign Minister submitting
to your better judgement how far it may be useful to the Government over which you preside . . .”
This letter was sent under cover to a correspondent whose name is not known, with a letter written on the same day: “I take the liberty of enclosing a copy of a tract on the Yellow Fever, and also a letter to the President of the United States,
begging you will do me the honor to transmit it, after sealing it and filling out the direction.”
Sir Gilbert Blane, 1749-1834, Scottish naval physician, and an authority on the diseases of sailors, on yellow fever, diseases to which prisoners
are liable, and numerous other subjects. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of various other learned bodies
in England and on the Continent.
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v. MILLER,
Edward.
Report on the Malignant Disease, which prevailed in the City of New-York, in the Autumn of 1805: addressed to the Governor
of the State of New-York. By Edward Miller, M.D. Resident Physician for the City of New-York.
[
New York:
1806.]
RC211 .N7 M5
8vo. in fours. 24 leaves.
Sabin 49015.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, ix, 310.
Presentation copy from the author who wrote to Jefferson from New York on March 12, 1806: “I beg leave to lay before you a small publication concerning the Malignant Fever which has so often prevailed within a few
years in various parts of the United States.
"The importance of this subject, in relation to the foreign commerce of America and the social intercourse of nations, will
afford, I trust, a sufficient apology for another attempt to exhibit & arrange the facts on which public opinion ought to
be formed . . .”
Jefferson replied from Washington on April 27: “
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doct
r. Miller, & his thanks for the pamphlet on Yellow fever he was so kind as to send him. he has read it
”
