Memoir of REV. James Chisholm, A. M., Late Rector of St. John's Church, Portsmouth, Va: With Memoranda of the Pestilence Which Raged in That City During the Summer and Autumn of 1855...
by David Holmes Conrad, Charles Minnigerode
A biographical memoir of Rev. James Chisholm, rector of St. John's Church, Portsmouth, with notes on the 1855 yellow fever epidemic that devastated the city.
About This Book
This volume presents a memoir of Rev. James Chisholm, late rector of St. John's Church in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Compiled by David Holmes Conrad and Charles Minnigerode, the work draws on contemporary records and personal accounts.
Additional memoranda document the yellow fever epidemic that struck Portsmouth during the summer and autumn of 1855.
The text offers insight into the life of a nineteenth-century clergyman and the impact of epidemic disease on a coastal community.
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