{"product_id":"1873-galveston-texas-yellow-fever-quarantine-broadside","title":"Notice of Quarantine. Galveston, Texas, May 15th, 1873","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Western United States, Texas Imprints, Public Health)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHURLEY, C. W. (Mayor). \u003cstrong\u003eNOTICE OF QUARANTINE. GALVESTON, TEXAS, MAY 15TH, 1873; SIGNED IN TYPE, \"C. W. HURLEY, MAYOR.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGalveston, Texas: Mayor's Office, 1873\u003cb\u003e. FIRST EDITION. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-979 citation-980 citation-981 citation-982 citation-end-982\"\u003eLetterpress broadside, measuri\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-979 citation-980 citation-981 citation-end-981\"\u003eng 13-15\/16\" x 8-1\/2\". The sheet exhibits one horizontal an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-979 citation-980 citation-end-980\"\u003ed two vertical folds from contemporary filing. Physical defects are limited to two minor, short closed tears to the margin of the bottom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-979 citation-end-979\"\u003eedge and one to both the left and right margins at the horizontal fold line. The verso displays historical ink offsetting from a manuscri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-978 citation-end-978\"\u003ept document against which it was stored.\u003c\/span\u003e The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eNEAR FINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEpidemic Mitigation and Maritime Commerce on the Texas Coast\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis broadside represents the official municipal posting of a critical \u003cb\u003estatewide maritime quarantine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e in Galveston\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued in response to a major outbreak of yellow fever. During the 19th century, the Texas Gulf Coast suffered repeated epidemics that severely disrupted public health and regional commerce. At the time of this publication in 1873, the etiology of yellow fever was poorly understood, with medical authorities operating under the theory of miasma (foul air) and contaminated shipping ballast rather than vector transmission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mandate, signed in type by Galveston Mayor Charles W. Hurley, effectively restricted incoming shipping traffic at the port—the primary economic engine of Texas—to prevent the introduction of the disease from arriving vessels. It was not until the turn of the 20th century that scientific consensus proved the disease was \u003cb\u003emosquito-borne\u003c\/b\u003e, leading to targeted sanitation, drainage programs, and eventual eradication in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBibliographic Documentation and Institutional Census\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949 citation-950 citation-951 citation-end-951\"\u003eEphemeral broadsides documenting early public health enforcement in\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949 citation-950 citation-end-950\"\u003e the Western Gulf region have a low survival rate due to their temporary administrative nature. This specific imprint is documented in the definitive bibliog\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949\"\u003eraphy by Ernest W. Winkler and Llerena B. Friend, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949\"\u003eCheck List of Texas Imprints\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-949 citation-end-949\"\u003e, where it\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-948 citation-end-948\"\u003e is recorded as Winkler \u0026amp; Frien\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ed No. 3210. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates 0 copies \u003c\/strong\u003epreserved in institutional special collections worldwide, marking this duplicate survival as an undocumented commercial scarcity \u003cstrong\u003e(Winkler and Friend located a single copy in the Texas State Archives and Library).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA SIGNIFICANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE SURVIVAL OF RECONSTRUCTION-ERA PRINTING, FORMING A VITAL DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF AMERICAN EPIDEMIC MITIGATION, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF TEXAS IMPRINTS, NINETEENTH-CENTURY PUBLIC HEALTH, OR MARITIME COMMERCE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001105\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41820887613589,"sku":null,"price":8000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/noticeofquarantine.01.20220115.jpg?v=1642872172","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/products\/1873-galveston-texas-yellow-fever-quarantine-broadside","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}