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Illness and Disease, Medicine, The War Years (1775-1783) October 21, 2020 October 18, 2020

Starting from Scratch: Combating “the Itch”

by Joseph Lee Boyle

Although it may not have been fatal, scabies brought more patients to British Army hospitals during the Seven Years’ War than any other condition,…

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1. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

That was a joke about the attorneys (the grin text was not picked up when the comment posted).
2. Phil Weaver Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Thanks Mark, likewise. Thanks also for the correction. I love working with original documents, but transcriptions can sometimes be difficult. Many of the pension application files are actually harder to…
3. Mark Sternberg Caleb Brewster’s Spy Boat Boys

Nice article, Phil, and great to meet you at Fort Lee. Just a minor correction - it's Zachariah "Hawkins," not "Newkirk."