Photo: Civil War-era cannons, Fort Stevens, NW, Washington, D.C. Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around the city during the American Civil War. Credit: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Jamestown Descendants: Who’s Who, Part 19 (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on March 24, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on descendants of the Jamestown settlers, writing about the yellow fever epidemic of 1855... (Read More)

Illustration: a portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, c. 1805. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

In the 1st U.S. Epidemic, Alexander Hamilton Leveraged Newspapers to Save Lives

By Jane Cook on March 18, 2020

Jane Hampton Cook writes about the Yellow Fever Epidemic that hit Philadelphia in 1793, very relevant in light of the current Coronavirus pandemic... (Read More)

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