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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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Dead of Cholera: McCarroll, Hays.

Harpers Ferry, Aug. 8. — The cholera is spreading rapidly and is creating much alarm; six deaths occurred here last night. The public works are deserted, and the people are flying from the place in every […]
August 9, 1850
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3 Armorers Dead, Cholera

The cholera, at Harper’s Ferry, is spreading alarmingly. Three operatives in the government works, died on Tuesday.
August 2, 1850
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November 18, 2025

Cholera Rapidly Spreading

The cholera is spreading rapidly. Three deaths occurred at Harper’s Ferry yesterday, and five new cases are reported today.
August 1, 1850
November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

Cholera, Harpers Ferry fatal cases.

Cholera has broken out at Uniontown, Pa. and Harper’s Ferry, Va. Several fatal cases occurred at the latter place yesterday. Cholera prevails in a number of towns along the National road.
July 31, 1850
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November 18, 2025

O’Donovan; Chemist

HARPERS FERRY, (Vir.) July 17.Medical Discovery.– Doctor T. C. Smith, of Dublin, lately obtained 5,800 premium from the English Parliament for the undermentioned recipe for Typhus malignant Fevers. Six drachms of powdered nitre, six drachms of […]
July 21, 1821
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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
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Shutt
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Turner
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