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A Sick Richmonder Seeks to Improve His Health, 1798

[William Hay, Sr., to James Wood, Governor of Virginia,August 9, 1798, in Henry W. Flournoy, ed., Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts… 8 (Richmond, 1890), p.507:]

[Themes: health]

 

     I am at present so much indisposed from a spell of sickness that I have had for a fortnight….

     I mean to set off for the Green Springs the day after tomorrow, and perhaps it will not be in my power to render that service [as a director for the construction of the State Capitol] to the public which I wish.
Poplar Grove National Cemetery  

Did You Know?
Poplar Grove National Cemetery, located just south of Petersburg, Virginia, has two Medal of Honor recipients buried there: Lewis Morgan (Grave #3142) and Henry Hardenburg (Grave #1283). (Petersburg National Battlefield)

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