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This 1797 map still depicts a city with neighborhoods clustered closer to the waterfront, where mosquitoes could easily spread yellow fever among the people of Philadelphia. Philadelphia proved an ideal climate for the spread of yellow fever in the summer of 1793.
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1)Benjamin Rush Manuscripts Vol. 35: Let ers to Benjamin Rush on Yellow Fever 1793. These are the letters that were sent to Dr. Benjamin Rush during the Yellow Fever Epidemic. They document the symptoms and treatments of Rush’s Yellow Fever patients. These also are the letters Rush received from citizens of Philadelphia on their loved ones' symptom...
1) Dead House on Schuylkill during Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793, This image depicts a house that stood on the corner of 22nd Street on thet bank of the Schuylkill River during the Yellow Fever epidemic. 2)House of Schuylkill Fishing Company This image depicts the fishing company that furnished the citizens of Philadelphia with fresh fish du...
1) Anderson, Laurie Halse. Fever 1793, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. This is a popular classroom book to begin a unit on Yellow Fever. It is a young adult historical fiction novel about the Yellow Fever Epidemic. 2) Powell, J. H. Bring Out Your Dead; the Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793. Special edition, Time Reading progr...
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Yellow Fever broke out in epidemic proportion in 1793, 1797, 1798, and 1799. The most severe, and one of the most deadly in American history, occurred in 1793, when an estimated 5,000 inhabitants died. This map records the intensity of the fever, with darker colored lines marking the streets with highest mortality.
Apr 13, 2023 · This was the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, which overwhelmed the city’s residents, Quakers and non-Quakers alike, from August to November. People died, families fled, businesses closed, but volunteers, including Quaker and Blacks, helped the afflicted in basic ways. Symptoms of the spreading disease included high fevers ...
INTERACTIVE MAPS VIEWER. The purpose of the Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network is to gather geographic materials useful for the study of historic Philadelphia and its region. This site contains thousands of old maps, property atlases, city directories, industrial site surveys, and other items documenting the history and development of the ...
The belief in immunity turned out to be unfounded; 240 black residents died of yellow fever. On September 12, Mayor Clarkson warned a group of citizens that the city was approaching anarchy. At ...
In 1793, Philadelphia was struck with the worst outbreak of Yellow Fever ever recorded in North America. The fever took a devastating toll on the city as nearly 5,000 individuals died, among them close to 400 African Americans.
