Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Great Pestilence in Virginia: Being an Historical Account of the Origin, General Character and Ravages of the Yellow Fever in Norfolk and Portsmouth in 1855; Together With Sketches of Some of the Victims, Incidents of the Scourge, Etc
When the pestilence, which recently desolated the two adjacent sister sea - port cities Of Virginia, had ceased its ravages; when the fearful death storm, that raged so furiously, had swept by, a general and very reasonable desire was expressed to have an authentic account of the great calamity -a reliable record of Death's relentless sway especially during those memorable months - Au gust, September, and October, 1855.
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