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Illness and Disease, Medicine, Religion December 8, 2020 December 3, 2020

Yellow Fever and Church Attendance

by Brian Patrick O'Malley

John Adams was certain he made a mistake by going to church. Philadelphia’s yellow fever outbreak only ended in November 1793. On Sunday, December…

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Critical Thinking, Illness and Disease, Postwar Politics (>1783), Primary Sources May 14, 2020 May 11, 2020

Thomas Jefferson and the Public Benefits of Epidemics

by Geoff Smock

An epidemic that violently attacks public health—that sickens and takes lives; that cripples our economy; that forces us into our homes; that turns cities…

Features, Illness and Disease, Interviews April 4, 2020 April 4, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Brian Patrick O’Malley on Philadelphia’s Yellow Fever Epidemic

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Brian Patrick O’Malley on the social and medical response to the Yellow Fever epidemic that ravaged…

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1. David Price The Significance of John Cadwalader

Thank you for the nostalgic feedback, Joseph. I don't have such Trenton roots myself but did work in the city for 34 years as a NJ state employee.
2. Ray Blakeney, UE Searching for Samuel’s Service: Stories of the Revolution Revealed Through One Man

I am a descendant of a loyalist on both my father and mother's side. My father's ancestor and his brother served in the S.C. Militia at Kings Mountain and later…
3. Kim The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

Now I will have to make a flying trip to the local library! This looks great! Thanks, Don! Kim