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Smallpox -- New York (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hawkins family letters

 Collection — Manuscript box 1 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065239265]
Identifier: 81
Scope and content

Letters by Henry Hawkins refer to senatorial duties in Albany, trips by stage, canal, and Hudson River packet to various parts of the state; other letters refer to the death of Henry Hawkins due to smallpox; also, the Articles of Association of the Exchange Bank of Alexander, with a list of first director and subscribers.

Dates: 1826-1840.

Sage College mock epic poem

 Collection — Manuscript box 48 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924070593896]
Identifier: 37-5-3977m
Scope and content

Mock epic poem (partial) about a smallpox epidemic at Cornell University in January of 1883 describes the reactions of women students at Sage College, vaccination of students, and fumigation of people, clothing, and rooms.

Dates: 1883.