1Thomas Jefferson to John L. E. W. Shecut, 29 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns thanks to D r Shecut for the pa mphlet on Yellow fever which he has been so kind as to send him . he remarks with satisfaction the distinction observed between the fever which has always existed in ce rtain situations of our country & has been known by the name of the Strangers’ fever , because affecting them alone, and that known latterly by the name of the Yellow fever,...