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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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August 4, 2023
August 4, 2023

Seven Deaths In One Day; Harpers Ferry

CHOLERA IN AMERICANew York, Sept. 9. — In this city the deaths by cholera, during the week ending on Saturday, were 138, which is 40 less than occurred the preceding week, though the population of the […]
October 8, 1832
August 3, 2023
August 3, 2023

Workmen Fleeing Harpers Ferry

CHOLERA INTELLIGENCE.MARYLAND.– Baltimore, Sept. 10: The Board of Health report for the 24 hours ending at 10 o’clock, 23 deaths by cholera–eleven white and twelve colored persons: during the week the total number of deaths by […]
September 12, 1832
August 3, 2023
August 3, 2023

Cholera in Jefferson County, Va.

Extract of a letter dated Jefferson County, Va. Sept. 1. I am extremely sorry to inform you, that the Cholera has made its appearance in this neighborhood. We had a case on the mountain, between this […]
September 11, 1832
August 3, 2023
August 3, 2023

Cholera Surrounding Harpers Ferry

THE CHOLERA.Health of the City.– The deaths in this city last week were only SEVENTEEN, one of which was of malignant Cholera.– Boston Gaz.— In another column we publish the weekly report, which has been so […]
September 7, 1832
August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023

Cholera; Irish Laborers suffering in Harpers Ferry

THE CHOLERA. In Baltimore the deaths by cholera from the 23d to the 30th ult, inclusive, were 99. The disease does not excite any alarm, and indeed there is no perceptible change in the pursuits of […]
September 1, 1832
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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
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Moler
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Houser
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Miller
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Flanagan
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Bennett
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Entler
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Griggs
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Harper
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Markle
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Shutt
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Turner
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