The Yellow Fever epidemic...
THE SPECTATOR, New York, Oct. 3, 1798 An unusual issue being single sheet rather than the typical 4 pages due to the on-going Yellow Fever Epidemic which ravaged much of the Eastern United States at that time.
There are front page articles relating to the epidemic including a report on the number of recent deaths from the fever, and another beginning: "Two opinions exist as to the cause of the plague in America...".
Four pages, never-trimmed, irregular at the spine margin.
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