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A 230 page atlas with double page maps of the United States and Pennsylvania, a one and a half page map of the county, a geological map, a rail line map of the east and midwest; and maps of all the townships, villages and towns.
The Yellow Fever Epidemic. 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.
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Apr 8, 2024 · This project includes recommended Pennsylvania historic maps and geospatial datasets from a period of 1800 to present organized by thematic categories of geographic names, landmarks, transportation, hydrography, municipal boundaries, land ownership, elevation, land use/land cover, and remote sensing.
- Heather Ross
- 2015
- Textual Primary Sources
- Primary Visual Resources
- Secondary Sources
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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From deadly outbreaks of yellow fever and influenza to the development of the nation’s oldest quarantine station and a vaccine for polio, Pennsylvania has been the site not only of destruction caused by deadly epidemics but of innovations in public health that arose in response to them.
Discover the past of Sullivan County on historical maps. Browse the old maps.
