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To George Washington from Edward Newenham, 20 November 1794

From Edward Newenham

Carlow [Ireland] 20th Novr 1794

I send this to Newry, as I see a Ship is to sail from that Port in a few days for New Yorke1—a Proclamation is just Issued by this Government for all Vessels coming from Maryland, to perform Quarantine as a dangerous Fever had Spread through that State2—God Send it a Speedy Stop.

Lady Newenham joins me in Sincere respects to Mrs Washington & you. I remain Dear Sir with due Respect & perfect Esteem your most obliged & most faithfull Humble Servt

Edward Newenham

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. Newenham wrote on the cover, “per the Ostand Captain Shuter.”

2. The proclamation was printed in the London Gazette, 15–18 November. For discussion of the fever at Baltimore in 1794, see GW to William Pearce, 14 Sept., and n.4.

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    To George Washington from Edward Newenham, 20 November 1794
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    “To George Washington from Edward Newenham, 20 November 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0128. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 17, 1 October 1794–31 March 1795, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 193.]

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