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"Gainesville (viss.) Advocate" - September ?7, 13^5
Letter to editor describes Gainesville as this river traveler en route to New Orleans saw it.
Tovn consisted of 3 or *t squares.
Believed	location of	graveyard	in	town	was	injurious	to
health of people but reali7ed town grew up around it and possibly there was no danger.
Described horre of Captain Harper on the high bluff with part on slope toward Pearl River.
Has impressed with S?v rill and its growth.
Traveler believed Gainesville was most healthful as to location frce	fro*" threat	of Yellow	Fever	an"5	therefore	a	place
of	refuse for	N,ev Orleans	people.