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The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

The Sanitary Code of New Orleans, 1899.

The Sanitary Code of New Orleans, 1899.

Citation Information: “The sanitary code. 1899,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/2a8f813b1b463d4f6fc11a8da2ae444c.

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Item 13 of 14 in the Primary Source Set The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

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A medal from the Howard Association, an organization of volunteers, in recognition of service during yellow fever epidemic, 1878.

An account of an expedition for yellow fever relief by the US War Department, 1878.

An image depicting the collection of clothes in New York for fever patients, 1878.

A letter from William Lloyd Garrison to his son Francis about a fair to be held to benefit the yellow fever victims in the South, 1878.

The Sanitary Code of New Orleans, 1899.

A postcard showing an armed man taking on a yellow fever-carrying mosquito, 1905.

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