Page 5., 08/09/1879-08/10/1879

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: 55779

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

(Folder 1) Contains the first folio of the scrapbook, pp.1-20. Pages 1a and 1b are blank.

Dates

08/09/1879-08/10/1879

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains news items bearing the following headlines: @ Yellow Fever - Five Deaths and Thirty-nine New Cases in Memphis (New York Herald, 8/9/1879). @ The Inter-Oceanic Canal - Practicability of the Various Routes Discussed and Comparisons Made (New York Herald, 8/10/1879) [cont'd. on p.6). Includes interview with Colonel George M. Totten "who built the Panama Railroad and has for nearly a third of a century made his home in the torridity of the Isthmus of Panama..."

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

YELLOW FEVER, MEMPHIS (1879) P.5: Printed Item

INTEROCEANIC CANAL: TOTTEN'S OPINION P.5: Printed Item

TOTTEN, GEORGE M. RE INTER-OCEANIC CANAL P.5: Printed Item