In 1793 Philadelphia was the seat of government, and the republic, still young. What if, in 1793, the deadly epidemic had killed off Washington and all his Cabinet, bar none? A Netflix series for someone other than me to make about President Hamilton or Knox or Randolph … Ultimately, I’m always more interested in fact than fiction. A Secretary of Housing is sworn in as President, after he escapes a bomb at the Capitol that kills the rest of the government. I blame Designated Survivor on Netflix, which I’ve been watching. Recently, however, I’ve been indulging wild thoughts about the yellow fever epidemic that afflicted Philadelphia in the summer of 1793, at the outset of Washington’s second term of office. I’m not normally one to pursue the “What if’s” of counterfactual history.
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