Letter from John Nott
Reference code
SAL/01/02/08/35
Title
Letter from John Nott
Date
1808
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Letter from John Nott noting an increase in mortality rates in the town of Uffculme in Devon in the year 1551, as recorded in the Parish registrar. These deaths are attributed to ‘Stoop Gallant’, or the sweating sickness.
Mentioned in the minutes for 10th November 1808: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.032.001
There are no other mentions of this specific parish in relation to the illness and it seems to have been part of a country-wide outbreak of the disease.
Mentioned in the minutes for 10th November 1808: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.032.001
There are no other mentions of this specific parish in relation to the illness and it seems to have been part of a country-wide outbreak of the disease.