Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued ... set up a "fever hospital" for victims. 2. New York City; July-October 1795; 730 dead New York City ...

The book, celebrated at a recent launch at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, is a collection of sonnets – traditionally a ...

The poem was found in a 17th-century “miscellany,” a manuscript ... at England’s University Of Birmingham, tells the New York Times’ Amelia Nierenberg. But the miscellany’s copy of ...