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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.06648 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0129] January-March 1796 |
| Title | William Burton to Henry Knox about yellow fever certificates and compensation for those who stayed in Philadelphia |
| Date | 3 March 1796 |
| Author | Burton, William (fl. 1796) |
| Additional authors | Audebert, Philip (fl. 1788-1796) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Burton and Philip Audebert mention that Knox had previously given them certificates verifying that they had remained in Philadelphia during a fever yellow epidemic in 1793. Write that Congress is now considering providing compensation to those who remained, but the Clerk of Congress has misplaced their certificates. Ask Knox to prepare new ones for them so they might be able to receive the benefits they are owed. Signed by both Burton and Audebert. |
| Subjects | Epidemic Disease Government and Civics Congress Yellow Fever |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Audebert, Philip (fl. 1788-1796) Burton, William (fl. 1789-1796) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |