Yellow fever
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Rees Family. Papers, 1804-1827
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0013A
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of copies of transcripts of the letters from Mrs. Margaret Jones Rees Morgan of Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania to her son David Rees in Louisiana (usually sent in care of Benjamin Morgan or George Morgan of New Orleans). The letters are dated from 1804 to 1827. David Rees settled near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, served as a justice of the peace from 1805 to 1835, represented Attakapas County in the first legislature of Louisiana, and served as a major in the...
Dates:
1804-1827
Rees Family. Papers, 1826-1901, 1974
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0013
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal and business correspondence of the Henry Rees Family of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. It reflects life from about mid-nineteenth century to the twentieth century dealing with family life, illness (such as yellow fever), community life, agriculture, finances, taxes, legal matters and attitudes and opinions on contemporary events. Included also are the legal papers of Henry Rees generated while he served as Justice of the Peace in St. Martin Parish and Orderly...
Dates:
1826-1901, 1974
Smith, Homer (1827-1886). Diary, 1846 (or 1851)
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-MSS-0159