Todd A. Herring Archival Collection
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Description
This handwritten letter, written in script and dated September 8, 1826, to Rev. Benjamen Michael Drake in Greenville, Kentucky, from Patrick Thomson, in New Orleans, Louisiana discusses the yellow fever epidemic and an illness referred to as ""cold plague"" in New Orleans, bickering in his Methodist church, some general community gossip, and the state of the Mississippi River.
Publication Date
9-8-1826
Time Period
1820-1829
Subjects
Yellow fever; Sickness; Methodist churches
Geographic Location
New Orleans, LA
Object Type
text
Format (original)
Correspondence
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_MSS-658_1826-09-08_Letter-1826_0001s
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Manuscripts Division, Todd A. Herring Collection, Letters, Drake, Rev. Benjamen Michael Family Re. Sickness in New Orleans and Opelousas, 1826-1830
Repository
Manuscripts
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Rights
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Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.
Recommended Citation
Todd A. Herring Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University