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The 1849 cholera outbreak in Jefferson City / Gary Elliott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Gary W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cholera--Missouri--Jefferson City--19th century.
- Cholera.
- River steamers--Missouri River--History--19th century.
- River steamers.
- Cholera--Missouri--Jefferson City--History--19th century.
- History.
- Jefferson City (Mo.)--History--19th century.
- Jefferson City (Mo.).
- Cole County (Mo.)--History--19th century.
- Cole County (Mo.).
- Missouri--Cole County.
- Missouri--Jefferson City.
- Missouri River.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 140 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Eighteen hundred and forty-nine cholera outbreak in Jefferson City
- Eighteen forty-nine cholera outbreak in Jefferson City
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- An account of the cholera epidemic aboard the steamship James Monroe, which arrived in Jefferson City, Missouri, in May of 1849.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Philadelphia Company of Latter-Day Saints
- 2. The Jeffersonville Forty-niners
- 3. The Steamship James Monroe
- 4. The Missouri River Journey and Death by the Cholera
- 5. Departure, Death and Adventure at Jefferson City
- 6. The Cholera
- 7. What Next?
- 8. Survivors
- 9. Deaths
- 10. Personal Accounts
- 11. Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-135) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781467148054
- 1467148059
- OCLC:
- 1200028176
- Publisher Number:
- 99988835464
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