Citation - Boston Evening Post (Fleet): 1738.06.26

BEP(F.738.022
26 Jun 1738:21 (150)
Extract of a letter from a master of a vessel in Antiqua, to
his owners here, dated May 15. 1738.
It is a very sickly time here with the small pox and a
yellow feaver, the latter carries off ten to one of the
small pox:  I seldom have less than two or three of my
people sick at a time; some the ships have buried almost all
their hands; there is so many buried in a day, that they
have left off tolling the bells at funerals.