Meditations written during the prevalence of the yellow fever, in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793 : which proved fatal to upwards of 4000 of its inhabitants

Meditations written during the prevalence of the yellow fever, in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793 : which proved fatal to upwards of 4000 of its inhabitants / by Joshua Cresson, of Philadelphia, of the people called Quakers, and one of the latest victims of the disease.

Author/creator	Cresson, Joshua, 1744-1793
Other author/creator	Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824.
Other author/creator	Cresson, Mary.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	London : Printed and sold by W. Phillips, 1803.
Description	ix, 23 p. ; 18 cm.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Yellow fever--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --History --18th century.

Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local note	SCI-154
Local note	SCI-154
Local note	SCI-154
General note	Edited by William Dillwyn with a prefatory note dated London, 8th mo. 26, 1803. Cf. Sabin.
General note	"[To these Meditations (found after his decease) the writer does not appear to have made any addition: on Third day, the 15th, he was himself attacked by the prevalent disease, and died on the 21st.]"--P. 20.
General note	Memoir by author's widow: signed Mary Cresson, Philadelphia, the 27th of the 3d Month, 1794 (p. 21-23)
General note	Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General note	Sabin no. 17484.
References	RLIN, CTRG93-B455
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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