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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. Above: Dead House on the Schuylkill during the yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1793, David ...
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Those dead at the Denny boardinghouse were the earliest recorded cases of the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic. Between August and November 1793, yellow fever upended the United States’ temporary capital, bringing commerce to a halt, crippling the city’s government, and killing over 5,000 of the city’s 50,000 inhabitants.
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From the Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. The first major American yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia in July 1793 and peaked during the first weeks of October. Philadelphia, then the nation’s capital, was the most cosmopolitan city in the United States. Two thousand free Black people ...
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. By the end of September, 20,000 people had fled the ...
This map created a few years after the 1793 epidemic helps students to visualize the City as it was during that time. Secondary Sources: 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 ...
William Hamilton, the owner of Bush Hill, received $2,000 for the use of his property during the 1793 epidemic and as rent for the ensuing 1.5 years in the event that Philadelphia should experience a similar need during that period. The estate was used as a yellow fever hospital again in 1797.
May 28, 2020 · Her interest was personal. In the summer of 1793 when a devastating yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia she was in the city, then the U.S. capital, as the wife of the president. Carey, a publisher and bookseller, was also there. He joined a committee that helped the poor and sick who stayed behind when the wealthy fled.
