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Letter from Dr. Alexander Baxter to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary, regarding scarlet fever among the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains
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40.

Inspectors Office
Halifax 19th Jany 1827

Sir
I have the honor of enclosing for the information of His Excellency the Report of the Medical Officers sent to Hammonds Plain for the purpose of examining into the nature of the Disease prevalent at that place, which I have only this moment received.

I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most Obedient Humble [servt?]
Alexr Baxter MD
Inspector of Hospitals

[written in lower left]
Sir R.D. George Bart.
Colonial Secretary
[R R R?]


Date: 19 January 1827

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 40

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