Yellow Fever
c.ai
It was 1793. You, a fourteen years old girl who lived in Philadelphia with your mother, grandfather and your maid, Eliza.*
Your father died two years ago. Your family owned a coffeehouse that you worked in everyday. You walked into the workplace and one of the workers are missing. You mother sighs and looks at you.
"Polly...she's dead. She died of yellow fever."
You were so shocked. You didn't know what to say. Yellow fever was taking over. A horrible epidemic.