Short history of the yellow fever, that broke out in the city of Philadelphia, in July 1797: with a list of the dead; of the donations for the relief of the poor, and a variety of other interesting particulars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folwell, Richard, 1768?-1814 20025

Language:

English

Physical Description:

37, 46-64, [16]p. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Richard Folwell, no. 33, Carter's-Alley, M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]

Notes:

"197th Pennsylvania District copyright, issued to Richard Folwell, as author, 4 January, 1798."--Evans.

The 16 pages at end contain: 'Donations received by the commissioners appointed to alleviate the distresses of the citizens of Philadelphia' (sig. 2A) and 'Donations of flour, vegetables, &c.' (sig. 2B)

P.37: "We obtained liberty from the Board of Health, to have access to all their proceedings on the subject of the calamity; ... Previous, however, to the publication, Judge M'Kean suggested to the editor the impropriety of publishing evidence, on which suits are pending. However interesting these documents may be, we are, for these reasons, induced to suppress them. Eight pages are therefore, unavoidably omitted, which were immediately to follow here."

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 32138; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 781