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  1. Twelve Days to Live: A Fearful Yellow Fever Epidemic
    date October 14, 1853 to October 26, 1853map EAST FELICIANA, Louisianatags Health/Death

    In 1853, B. W. Hatch wrote a letter to W. W. Cook of Mississippi telling him of a yellow fever epidemic that was causing fear and panic throughout the Clinton community. The population dropped from between 1,500 to 2,000 people to 250, some of whom died and some of whom had fled to the country. At the time of the letter, 46 people were receiving treatment, five of whom had been diagnosed in the past...