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Table of Contents Title Page Table of Contents Copyright Dedication Map No One Noticed “All Was Not Right” Church Bells Tolling Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation “It Was Our Duty” The Prince of Bleeders “By Twelve Only” “This Unmerciful Enemy” “A Delicate Situation” Improvements and the Public Gratitude “A Modern-Day Time Bomb” Sources Acknowledgments A Note About the Illustrations Index About the Author COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2003 by Jim Murphy All rights reserved. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003. Clarion Books 215 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10003 www.hmhco.com The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows: Murphy, Jim An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 / by Jim Murphy, p, cm. 1. Yellow fever—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History—18th century— Juvenile literature. [1. Yellow fever—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History —18th century. 2. Pennsylvania—History—1775–1865.] 1. Title. RA644.Y4 M875 2003 614.5'41'09......