The inscription on this monument at Grosse Isle reads: "To the memory of Dr. Benson of Dublin, who died in this hospital, May 27, 1847; Dr. Alexr. Pinet of Varennes, died July 24, 1847; Dr. Alfred Mailhot of Vercheres, died July 22, 1847; Dr. John Jameson of Montreal, died Aug. 2, 1847 aged 34 years. These gentlemen were assistant medical officers of this hospital and all died of typhus fever contacted in the faithful discharge of their duty upon the sick. In this secluded spot lie the mortal remains of 3,424 persons who, flying from pestilence and famine in Ireland in the year 1847, found in America but a grave."
