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Yellow Fever Casebook: Benjamin Smith: Quaker Merchant
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Descriptions of historic yellow fever cases, especially in Philadelphia and New York in the 1790s. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Benjamin Smith: Quaker Merchant. My delight is in Thee.'" But 15 people were in her house and she very much the strongest. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My new book from History Press. George Washington and Yellow Fever. In 1793 there were neither policies nor precedents about how the federal government should react to a deadly epidemic in the nations . First Two Cases 1793.
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Yellow Fever Casebook: George Washington and Yellow Fever
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Descriptions of historic yellow fever cases, especially in Philadelphia and New York in the 1790s. Friday, January 20, 2012. George Washington and Yellow Fever. On September 9, on the eve of his scheduled departure, the President wrote to Secretary of War Knox about a rumor about French intentions, adding:. One could argue that on the 25th the President had put the onus for leaving on his wife, and that personally he wished to stay, mindful of the affect that might have on the morale of the afflicted cit...
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Yellow Fever Casebook: Samuel Powel
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Descriptions of historic yellow fever cases, especially in Philadelphia and New York in the 1790s. Monday, April 18, 2011. Mindful of the threat of the epidemic to their friends, the Washingtons invited the Powels to join them in Mount Vernon. Mrs. Powel declined the invitation saying that her husband "thought there was no propriety in the citizens fleeing from the one spot where doctors were conversant with the treatment of the fever.". Rush visited Powel on the 26th. Early Saturday morning, Septemb...
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Capitol and President's House Construction Workers' Payrolls 1794 to 1800: Payroll for carpenters March 1798 (Capitol)
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Capitol and President's House Construction Workers' Payrolls 1794 to 1800. However, most of the payrolls here and in the Archives chronicle the work of free laborers. Even taken as a whole these payrolls should not be used to compare the contributions of free and slave labor because the slave laborers hired by the year for a total wage going to their masters of between $60 to $72 were not on payrolls. Monday, February 9, 2015. Payroll for carpenters March 1798 (Capitol). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Capitol and President's House Construction Workers' Payrolls 1794 to 1800: Payroll for carpenters February 1798 (Capitol)
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Capitol and President's House Construction Workers' Payrolls 1794 to 1800. However, most of the payrolls here and in the Archives chronicle the work of free laborers. Even taken as a whole these payrolls should not be used to compare the contributions of free and slave labor because the slave laborers hired by the year for a total wage going to their masters of between $60 to $72 were not on payrolls. Monday, February 9, 2015. Payroll for carpenters February 1798 (Capitol). Slave Labor in the Capital.
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Capitol and President's House Construction Workers' Payrolls 1794 to 1800: Payroll for stonecutters March 1798
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Capitol and President's House Construction Workers' Payrolls 1794 to 1800. However, most of the payrolls here and in the Archives chronicle the work of free laborers. Even taken as a whole these payrolls should not be used to compare the contributions of free and slave labor because the slave laborers hired by the year for a total wage going to their masters of between $60 to $72 were not on payrolls. Monday, February 9, 2015. Payroll for stonecutters March 1798. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Capitol and President's House Construction Workers' Payrolls 1794 to 1800: Payroll for stone carvers & cutters February 1795
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Capitol and President's House Construction Workers' Payrolls 1794 to 1800. However, most of the payrolls here and in the Archives chronicle the work of free laborers. Even taken as a whole these payrolls should not be used to compare the contributions of free and slave labor because the slave laborers hired by the year for a total wage going to their masters of between $60 to $72 were not on payrolls. Monday, February 9, 2015. Payroll for stone carvers and cutters February 1795. Slave Labor in the Capital.
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Washington Examined
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Sunday, November 23, 2014. Has just published my new book Slave Labor in the Capital. When I left Washington in 1994, I made the fateful decision to take all the research materials I accumulated while writing my 1991 book, Through a Fiery Trial. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My history web pages. A Short History of Washington, DC, to 1860. Benjamin Rush and Yellow Fever. Tracking the Speculators: Greenleaf. Morris and Nicholson. Six Freemasons from Edinburgh" and the White House. I have several blo...
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Washington Examined: November 2014
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Sunday, November 23, 2014. Has just published my new book Slave Labor in the Capital. When I left Washington in 1994, I made the fateful decision to take all the research materials I accumulated while writing my 1991 book, Through a Fiery Trial. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My history web pages. A Short History of Washington, DC, to 1860. Benjamin Rush and Yellow Fever. Tracking the Speculators: Greenleaf. Morris and Nicholson. Six Freemasons from Edinburgh" and the White House. Samuel Davidson for sale.
