Hamilton and Yellow Fever: The Library Where It Happens | NLM in Focus

Hamilton and Yellow Fever: The Library Where It Happens | NLM in Focus

Hamilton and Yellow Fever: The Library Where It Happens

01/11/2019 07:00 AM EST

The year was 1793. The place was Philadelphia, which was at that time the nation’s capital. The city was thriving. And so was a dangerous disease called yellow fever. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton would contract it. As would the prominent physician and founding father Benjamin Rush. George Washington didn’t get it. He fled…