w j ' j w 1 tuksday octobber 2 1792 ( vol i ) printhd by alexander martin for j0e5n s1bley ( t^umb 9 two negroes apprehended came to my plantation on cape-fear river one mile from this town on the night of the 5th of march lall and now in my pofi.h'on a necjro man and a negro woman who fay they hive no mailer — that they have been drolling about ever fince the britilhleft cha.lefton except four or five yeara when they were iri~tneferv ice of a mr fatnes craigg,on linche's creek in sou'h carolina from whom they ran away fome time lalt fummer or fall for fear of being fent to the weft-indies the fellow appears to be between t'le a^e of ihirty-five and forty — about five feet fevea inches high — thick et — ot a bl.i:k complexion — his eari bored and bv his language luppofe he was born in africa the wench is fmall — appears to be bo tueceti twenty and twenty-five yeats old lavs he was brought from africa very young james more ravtttcvihe september li 1792 o the public phe frffident and fellows ■*• of the medical society of the flate of delaware in conformity to one of the rigtnal purpofes of their ioftituuony at<p<rince the following queftiob as a lutt j ct of prize di(fcrtation,and beg leave to invite the ingenious and learned of all na iins to the competition i^ie(kbn — what is the origin nr.dr.atur e ef 7 v noxfotii power whish prevails t ejpecitl ly in hot iind moijl climates during fummer and autuihrt ana produces intermittent und remittunt leverty and certain other difinfis ? j vh:jt mean nuy^tbh infulubrity at clim ate b e»t re led and the ctijecfes thence *■ tiling m*ji fiiccefi fully prevented and trea ' l the competitors for this prize are re queued to obfervti that the me;\ns of cor rearing this fpecies of roxioiis climate will be confmered as the principal ftreft of the piopofjd queltion conditions 1 n . he premium fliall lie awarded to the author of the bell differtation upon tot queflidn propofed t the candidate fiiall tranfmit his diflertation addrefled to the prclitlent of the fociety free of portage or other char ges en or before the fecond tud'jay of may 1705 ; and hall didinguilh hii per formance by fame motto devife or other fignature,at his pleafure togtther with his differtation he lhall alfo.feud a fealed letter containing the fame motto dev'ce r-r fijrnamre and fubferibed with the real name and place of residence of the au thor 3 parfons of any nation or profefllon whatever hall be admitted as candidates fijr this pieminm /.. nr diirertarion wliich hath becnal ready piiblifhed or for which the author hath been publickly rewarded elfcwhere lliall be eniirled to this premium 5 the diflertation muft be written ei thi ■ in the er lilh french german or l tin lanju.i •. 6.a difintcieftcd committccnfthefocie ty hall be appointed to examine the mer its of the feveral performances that may be offered and to adjudge the premium to the irioft deferving 7 the fociety will exe'reife their d!f cre ion bj publilhing the fucceliful dif feitauon u any manner which they n y approve ar ! in order to avail the >..,:. lie n r vi poflihleir.fi n '.: ; ; m •• 1 ihis 1 ib jedl and at he fame \\. :. to ei t'ie impartiality of their a kca ion e ■ ... a'.(o corfidcr til ... is . ; th ■ v ' tr pith'ifh hi ■ othei of '•'■'■ fer cations offtitdjwlicb they hull j go worthy nf publick noiice tinlefs ihe au thor fliall otherwifedirett bi thc namei of the au hor hall n<n be pubiilhed with out their content excepting lib name to whom th piize ha 1 be awarded 8 such trea ites as may be received an not pumiihed together will all the letter containing the turnes ol the un filccelsful candidate wihut b caking thefe.ils lh ill be returned or otherwise il'pol'ed of as ihe au hois relpectivdy hall jiiect 9 i none frhc dilterta'i ns ft.red hall bet und o meii the premium the fociety r f rve the power of withholding and devoting it to on otjiet important purpofes 10 the premiun hall confift of three httndiej dollars r the value thereol in plate at the option of he author to he paid to him or his order wi bin fu xn.ki h'aftei he adjudication tne magnitude an . importance ofthli qnellion mull ppea n h m it cuil'ory obferva ion largep rtiont-nf the earth and e/p ci.lly tho e countries w hihother wife enj y iheriched hi lings ol nature are from this caufci annually fu jeer to itckne s and depopulation and u may be cafely affirmed that of all the foa>ccs ot dill dis incident lo mankin.1 this is one of the molt _ cn.ive maliirnant and fa al a fuceefsful in vert gallon of the origin and natar.pf hi morbid principle would gicatly cni irjie he boundaries ( f fcience and advance he comtort ard i appineis of human fociety wh ver lhan i co ver a ce rain anl r.n > method ol correi5r in,7 its vmrlcni eft ii , wliile he tenders a fplendid lervice of medical phjlpfpphy wjll.have ajnft claim to h applaufe of his cotemporaries and to the grauiude fofdofterii v the 1 ciery acknowledge and lament he obfeurity which involves this question they trull however that this o jefilon though formidable ai firh vie \ ill de ter no perfon from an enqiiity fo preg nant wi:h iir pnr'aucc mtility and r pu t'ltion l'he obfeurity how great foever it may be a<lfiit;c ', imph'e not any ab folute in r a>li'y a d at the fume ti eth 11 the ncie dep erite lh e cen ure of th learned wot i fo the indulgence of ezpevl itioir which e'yvntually mav prove to hive been o er laug ii?e they iliulli - ter thetnfelves that the difcovery they now comtemplate is within the reach of the human mind alti '<■ i by th ■ en'i.ht ened vie^vs ot :. ode n icience and at.ima tej by oie enterprize and ardour which difttnguiflies the prefent inquifitive aud philofophic age publifliea by order ofthe fbciety edward miller a c the feve r al printer in me /'_•