Map of Decatur, Tenn[essee] illustrating [the] Yellow Fever epidemic [of] 1878

Subject

Decatur, Tennessee, 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic

Date

1878 (historical)

Mapmaker

F. M. K.

Publisher

[National Yellow Fever Commission ?]

Place of Publication

unidentified

Accession Number

T0055.1997.0507

Condition

Fair. Surface dirt, some foxing, browning.

Curatorial Notes

should be deaccessioned. Other maps, of cities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee (Vicksburg, Water Valley, Tuscumbia, Milan, Port Gibson, Greenville, Holly Springs, Canton, Decatur, Osyka, Memphis, Brownsville, McComb City, Chattanooga) relating to 1878 yellow fever epidemic found T0055.1997.0455-456, T0055.1997.492, T0055.1997.0494-096, T0055.1997.0505-0508, T0055.1997.0511-012, T0055.1997.0515-0517.

Notes

Indicates location and names of those who contracted the disease and recovered, those who died. Includes some names.

Size

19 1/2 x 20 3/4

Storage

c04d05