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By the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a proclamation whereas from information to be relied on, it appears, that the yellow fever has spread its baneful contagion so generally over the whole of the West-India Islands, as to excite just ground of apprehension ... : given under my hand as governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and of the Commnwealth the nineteenth.

Title
By the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a proclamation [electronic resource] : whereas from information to be relied on, it appears, that the yellow fever has spread its baneful contagion so generally over the whole of the West-India Islands, as to excite just ground of apprehension ... : given under my hand as governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and of the Commnwealth the nineteenth.
Author
Virginia. Governor (1794-1796 : Brooke)
Publication
[Richmond : s.n., 1795]

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Description
1 sheet ([1] p.)
Subject
  • Yellow fever > West Indies > Early works to 1800
  • Yellow fever > Virginia > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Announcing the preventative measures to be taken to retard the spread of the yellow fever.
  • Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
  • Sabin no. 100222.
Indexed In (note)
  • RLIN
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
CTRG01-B1150
Author
Virginia. Governor (1794-1796 : Brooke)
Title
By the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a proclamation [electronic resource] : whereas from information to be relied on, it appears, that the yellow fever has spread its baneful contagion so generally over the whole of the West-India Islands, as to excite just ground of apprehension ... : given under my hand as governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and of the Commnwealth the nineteenth.
Imprint
[Richmond : s.n., 1795]
Indexed In:
RLIN, CTRG01-B1150
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Library's copy defective: lower one-half of sheet wanting.
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