The yellow fever epidemic of 1878, in Memphis, Tenn. : Embracing a complete list of the dead, the names of the doctors and nurses employed, names of all who contributed money or means, and the names and history of the Howards, together with other data, and lists of the dead elsewhere / By J.M. Keating.

  • Keating, John McLeod, 1830-1906
Date:
1879
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Credit: The yellow fever epidemic of 1878, in Memphis, Tenn. : Embracing a complete list of the dead, the names of the doctors and nurses employed, names of all who contributed money or means, and the names and history of the Howards, together with other data, and lists of the dead elsewhere / By J.M. Keating. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    Thirteenth,—To tlie clergy and religious orders of Memjjhis, and volimteers from abi-oad. Fourteenth,—To the employes in the Memphis post-office. Fifteenth,—To the Memphis daily press. Sixteenth,—To the working committees of the Odd Fellows, Masons, Knights of Honor, Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of Workingmen, Independent Order of iNIutual Aiders, and other benevolent organizations. Seventeenth,—To the maj'or and other city officials, and to the police and fire departments of Memphis. Eigldee)itli,—To the military companies, uhite and cclored, who remained on duty during the pestilence. Nineteenth,—To the Memphis and Louisville, the IMemphis ar.d Charleston, the IMississi]ipi and Tennessee, and other railway lines; and to the Memphis and Ohio River and the Anchor Line Packet Companies. Twentieth,—To the officers and employes of the Memphis banks, of the South- ern Express Company, and of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Twenty-first,—To the charitable of the known and unknown people not con- nected with any charitable or philanthropic association — persons from every walk and station in life, both lofty and humble; and to the many who, sacri- ficing interest, safety, the ties of kindred f.nd the comforts of home, risked all in the humanitarian mission to which they had dedicated their lives. Tiventy-second,—To the women of America, whose hearts went out towards the sick and afflicted of the land. Twenty-third,—To the martyred dead, we feel but can not express our grati- tude; yet, in all tlie days to come, their memories shall be kept green, and their names go down in the annals of our city, honored, revered, and blessed. It w'oukl be a pleasing thougl; melancholy task to call the roll of our illustrious dead, and let our grateful hearts respond in fitting tribute to their many vir- tues: but to a list so long, wiiere every virtue is conspicuous, your Committee believes this to be not the time nor the place to mention individual merit. To do justice to the memory of any one of a hundred whose names might be sug- gested, w ould occupy more time than is now at your disposal; hence it is we restrain our inclination to mention names, and leave to each of you the sacred privilege of recalling the pleasant memories which cluster around our hallowed dead.