Compiled by Sara E. Lewis
From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.

Saturday, August 18, 2018

July 18, 1766 - Excessive Heat

Last week, through the excessive heat of the weather, a man while at work upon a house in the town of Portsmouth fainted and died soon after, a Negro of Mr. Tatem’s in Norfolk county dropt down in the corn field and expired, and two Negroes in the borough of Norfolk, one belonging to Doctor Campbell, and the other to the Tanwork there, died likewise. The thermometer at a house in this city, about that time, although hanging in a cool place, quite from the sun, was at 94 degrees.
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