| Description Of Item | From the papers of Richard Poole. These are all original documents. In five sections titled 'Answer to the Lord Provost letter anent the plague'; 'Memorial concerning the administration of the City of Edinburgh in case of its being in more immediate danger of the Plague or of its being actually infected with it', 12 June 1771; 'Some observations on the preceeding Memorial concerning the Plague by Sr K. Thripeland & Dr. Steedman members of the Committee appointed by the Royal Coll. Of Physicians to draw up an answer to the Lord Provost's letter asking the College's advice to prevent the infection of the Plague & it's spreading', 2 May 1771; 'De Peste', extracts from various author's writings on the plague, 17 May 1771; and memorial of the 'Committee of Physicians and Surgeons appointed for the Inoculating Hospital proposed to be established under the protection of these societies' signed by Dr John Boswell, 9 May 1771. |