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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.011 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters and documents relating to the Jeffery/Woodlief families and naval matters |
| Title | Robert Archer to the governor & council of the state of Virginia regarding the Quarantine establishment located on Tanner Creek |
| Date | n.d. |
| Author | Archer, Robert (fl. 1840) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Regarding the present Quarantine establishment located on Tanners Creek 7 miles from Norfolk, acquisition and decrepit condition of the property and structures thereon, inability to bring boats up creek due to low-level of water, possible better sites, example of situation where new site could have been put to good use. Archer petitions the Virginia government for a quarantine area, with the example of “a vessel arrives, freighted if I may use the expression yellow fever; her crew lingering off a miserable existence, insulated by a cargo of animal and vegetable putrefaction.” Dr. Archer had been health officer of the port of Norfolk during a yellow fever epidemic there in 1821. |
| Subjects | Hospital Disease Health and Medical Yellow Fever Maritime Government and Civics |
| People | Archer, Robert (fl. 1840) |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |