Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 8 September 1820
From Thomas Cooper
sep. 8. 1820 Philada
Dr sir
Mr Vaughan cut the inclosed out of a Carolina Paper that came here yesterday. I suppose it must have been of date about the last of last month.
I understand there have been no cases of sickness but among the irish who work on the Canal. I am with great respect
Thomas Cooper
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 24 Sept. 1820 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: clipping, pasted at foot of text, from the Charleston Courier, 26 Aug. 1820, which reads “HEALTH OF COLUMBIA.—The citizens of Columbia continue to enjoy uninterrupted good health. But two or three inhabitants of the place have died during the summer, and perhaps as many strangers; and at present our physicians are the most idle men in town.” The Courier credited this article to the 22 Aug. 1820 issue of the Columbia Telescope.
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