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title: 'Memorial to the City of New York Seeking Corporate Repentance Regarding the Recent Yellow Fever Outbreak'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Alexander McLeod'
- 'John Brodhead Romeyn'
- 'Stephen N. Rowan'
date: 1822-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Medicine and Health'
- 'Public Worship'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Jonah 3'
- 'Psalms 91'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcleod-romeyn-rowan-1822-memorial-to-the-city-of-new-york-seeking-corporate-repentance-regarding-the-recent-yellow-fever-outbreak
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# Memorial to the City of New York Seeking Corporate Repentance Regarding the Recent Yellow Fever Outbreak

Report on New York’s 1822 yellow fever outbreak: cases, deaths, quarantine, physicians’ opinions, and civic responses including clergy petitioning a public day of humiliation and prayer.

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