1From George Washington to William Jones and the Philadelphia Board of Health, 10 September 1798 (Washington Papers)
Among those who commiserate the afflicted Citizens of Philadelphia, I beg you to be persuaded that none do it with more sincerity, or with more feeling than I do—and the poignancy is very much increased by the declaration of the malignancy of the fever, & difficulty of cure. That I may contribute my mite towards the relief of the suffering and unfortunate poor of that place, I enclose two Post...