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FURTHER READING:

These are available as Google Books and may be downloaded

 

 

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 in Memphis, Tennessee, By J. M. Keating. Copyrighted by the Howard Association, 1879.

 

Condensed History of the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, By Peter Murtough. Printed by S.C. Toof and Co., Memphis, 1879.

 

Heroes and Heroines of Memphis, By D.A. Quinn. Printed by E.L. Freeman and Son, Providence, 1887.

 

The Sisters of St. Mary at Memphis, Project Canterbury.

 

Journal of Kezia P. DePelchin, a Howard nurse during the epidemic

 

The Commercial Appeal published an excellent and detailed article about Memphis and the epidemic during its 100th anniversary on October 31, 1978. It is available in the archives of the Memphis Public Library on Poplar.

(Author: Mimi White)

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