We discuss the cholera in NYC while Walter Bowne was mayor and make connections to yellow fever as well as to Covid-19.

We read two poems. One written by John Bowne around 1692 and another by Samuel Bowne Parson in 1841

Eliza lives through yellow fever

Eliza's letters to her cousin Moses Porter and ideas about education.

For the Bowne House Historical Society's celebration of Women's history month we are discussing the letters of Eliza Southgate Bowne. For our chat today, we are discussing her thoughts about fashion.