Necessity of a Port Physician in San Francisco: last 2 months several contagious diseases introduced by vessels from abroad, prevalent & often fatal; immense influx of foreigners from Pacific countries brings peculiar diseases — yellow fever & smallpox — yellow fever may propagate in SF; impossible to establish complete quarantine regs, but precautions needed; vessels with contagion should moor at some convenient point in bay; thinks a port physician should be appointed & would like to be it
| Date | 1848-12-21 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Alex. Perry |
| To | Gov. Mason |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 20 |
| Scan leaf | n20–21 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Alex. Perry to Gov. Mason, San Francisco, 1848-12-21, Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, Unbound, —, Archives of California, C-A 63, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca63/ca63-d94.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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