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BAYLEY, Richard (1745 – 1801)

BAYLEY, Richard (1745 – 1801)

1745 – 1801

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1796 CE

#13162

An account of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the city of New York, during part of the summer and fall of 1795.

BAYLEY, Richard (1745 – 1801)
BAYLEY, Richard (1745 – 1801)

Traces the spread of yellow fever in late July, 1795, to the ship Zephyr, recently arrived from the West Indies. After spreading to nearby ships and then into the neighborhoods surrounding the port, the epidemic kille…