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A Short Account of the Malignant Fever [1] A Short Account of the Malignant Fever (1793) was a pamphlet published by Mathew Carey (January 28, 1760 – September 16, 1839) about the outbreak of the Yellow Fever epidemic Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia in the United States. The first pamphlet of 12 pages was later expanded in three ...
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 is a 2003 nonfiction adolescent history by author Jim Murphy published by Clarion Books. An American Plague was one of the finalists in the 2003 National Book Award and was a 2004 Newbery Honor Book. It portrays the agony and pain this disease brought upon ...
During the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 5,000 or more people were listed in the register of deaths between August 1 and November 9. The vast majority of them died of yellow fever , making the epidemic in the city of 50,000 people one of the most severe in United States history.
Mathew Carey (January 28, 1760 – September 16, 1839) was an Irish-born American publisher and economist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.In Dublin, he had engaged in the cause of parliamentary reform, and in America, attracting the wrath of Federalists, retained his democratic sympathies.
It was edited and published semiweekly in Philadelphia by Philip Freneau until October 23, 1793. The National Gazette was founded at the urging of Democratic-Republican leaders James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in order to counter the influence of the rival Federalist newspaper, the Gazette of the United States .
Pollard’s family called police at about 1 a.m. Tuesday to say she had not been seen since going out at about 5 p.m. Monday to search for Pepper, her cat. The temperature dropped well below ...
At birth, female babies have around 1 to 2 million oocytes, and roughly 1,000 immature eggs are lost each month after the first period. In their late 30s, most women have about 25,000 oocytes ...
August 1 – The yellow fever epidemic of 1793 starts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 18 – United States Capitol cornerstone laying : President George Washington lays the cornerstone for the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.