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Hitchborn of Boston, after an illness of six days;¹⁴⁸
there is no indication in her published obituary as to
whether she took the fever, but it was raging at the
time and could have caused her death. By September 3%
Martin had lost so many workmen through sickness or
through their removal from the city, that he was ob-
liged to publish his paper in half sheets;¹⁴⁹ three
days later he was compelled to suspend it altogether -
there was "not sufficient assistance to publish even
a half sheet"¹⁵⁰ It resumed publication on Monday,
October 20; in this issue Martin apologized for the
defects in the paper, saying that he had been confined
by an indisposition since his return to the city; 151
here again it is possible that the prevailing fever
was the cause.

Martin continued to publish the American through
1002, then sold it to the firm of Pcchin and Frailey.
At this time, his relations with Pcchin were not of
the best; Martin published a periodical called the
Rush-Light in 1004 which included articles against
Pechin. Pechin answered the Rush-Light in the columns
of the American; the Rush-Light. failed,¹⁵² and Martin

148 Telegraphe. August 25, 1800.

149 American. September 15, 1800,

150 Ibid, September 18, 1800.

151 Ibid, October 20, 1800,

152 Scharf, J.T. Chronicles of Baltimore, p. 85