Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-10-23
WILLIAM AND MARY C 0ILEGE.

As the time approaches for the opening of this ins,i
ton II Is important Tor its prosperity that the ptc mind
should be well informed to the heahiness of Williams.
burg and the country Immediately surrounding. This may
be necessary, to any unfoundcd reports which MAY
have been put into crcuIaon TO the existence of the
prevailing epidemic (the Cholera) in this place. That
such reports have been circulated the of this has
reason to believe; but the community may be well assn
red, that they without the least foundation Williams
burg has been wonderfully and miraculously preserved
and we may Judge from the past Of Che
lcra having yet occurre we may be permitted TO in
duge the hope, that mercul and sparing Providence
will still continue to protect from this dreadful and Justly
dreaded malddy The Old City, and the surrounding coul
try uncOmnonly healthy and if there is any disease
existing at this fine, there is little of it, and that of the
mdes kind. The writer will take this opportunity of
endcavorng TO correct most impression which
he Is apprehensve has been made upon the minds many
at distance, OF the unhealthuess of Williamsburg gene
rally and particularly during what is usually termed lie
sicky season., embracing the months of Julv August
PERIOD the writer has suspect that many persons
at distance, who know nothing from their expert
ence, oil our real situation, impressed with firm
iet, that disease RACES with fearful violence II such am
opinion prevails, let such persons be assured that il is
most uniounded To remove such impression he will
state what he knows to he facts For several years past the
country generally, and particularly towns, have been
afflicted with scarlet fever and other epidenic From all
'heSe Nldmshurg has been entirely exempt During the
present season, out OF population Of between fifteen and
sixteen hundred persons than six deaths white
and black have occurred Out of this number there
was but one adult person So far relates to the Col
lege, the exemption from disease has been remarkable
For several years there have been College, from one
w onc INJURED dUu twenty students and Gram
mar boys Some of those have resided in College and
the rest have lived in different parts of the city During
all tins PERIOD not death has occurred, and the writer Gas
far as hc has been niormcd) may safely affirm that not
one case oil serious disease has taken place among them
An appeal then, 1t is hoped may safely be made the
good and judgment the public TO saw whether
Williamsburg has been the place. which the writer has
too much reason TO fear has been represented be-
Let Parents and Guardians then be well assured, that
Williamsburg is perfectly healthy that it has BEEN
and is entirely free from the cholera, and that they may
send Their sons and wards to college with perfect safety
as TO Their health As TO their morals he believes they
Will be well guarded and the advantages which
they VIII derive from attending William and Mary Col
ege he has no doubt they will be great as can be a
orded by any other Seminary In this State, of the Uni
ted States. a ERIEND TO IRmII Az SnLEAcr