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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.03246 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [079] 1770 |
| Title | Robert Cambridge Livingston to his father, Robert Livingston re: family afflicted with small pox |
| Date | September 1770 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) |
| Recipient | Livingston, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Robert Cambridge writes that there is little chance that his brother Henry will recover from the pox, but notes with hope: "As many people, that have been afflicted with this malignant disorder, have overcome it, when they were on the verge of expiring; I have some hopes that the strength of his constitution may prove favorable to him." He also states that the illness "rages" through the city at the moment. Docketed on address leaf. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Health and Medical Disease Smallpox |
| People | Livingston, Robert Cambridge (1742-1794) Livingston, Robert (1708-1790) Livingston, Henry (1753-1823) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |