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Epidemics

Cholera and other epidemics and health concerns in and around Harpers Ferry and Jefferson County, WV, chronicling the region’s public health history.

This topic appears in 80 indexed records between 1821 and 1919.
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June 13, 2026
June 13, 2026

Cholera Appears to be Eradicated

CHOLERA.We believe we are fully justified in asserting that this disease no longer exists in our county as an epidemic. No case has occurred in Charlestown or Harpers-Ferry during the last two weeks; Smithfield has been […]
September 5, 1833
December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020

Two Cholera Cases

HAGERSTOWN, AUG. 22. Our town continues in the enjoyment of an unusual amount of good health. We have had but two cases of Cholera since our last publication— one a laborer from the canal, in the […]
August 29, 1833
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

Shepherdstown Cholera

No case of cholera has occurred in this town or neighborhood since Monday week, the 12th instant.The following report from the Mayor of Shepherdstown, contains our latest information from that place. TO THE EDITOR OF THE […]
August 29, 1833
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

Cholera, Ravages Again.

The Cholera.— This desolating scourge, we are sorry to say, appears to be augmenting its ravages in our county. Since our last publication, several valuable citizens of Shepherdstown have fallen victims to the malignant disease. Many […]
August 22, 1833
June 13, 2026
June 13, 2026

Shepherdstown Cholera; Rears head in Charles Town

By the subjoined letter from Col. HARPER, Mayor of Shepherdstown, it will be seen that the cholera, after lingering for some time past on the Maryland shore, in the vicinity of that place, has at length […]
August 15, 1833
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 34 records
1850s 13 records
1910s 12 records
1820s 6 records
1890s 4 records
1880s 3 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Epidemics" across historical collections.

Carroll
3 records
Moler
3 records
Houser
3 records
Miller
3 records
Flanagan
3 records
Bennett
2 records
Entler
2 records
Griggs
2 records
Harper
2 records
Markle
2 records
Shutt
2 records
Turner
2 records
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