Matthew Clarkson was a symbol of heroism for all those who stayed behind in Philadelphia of 1793 because he took the chance to lose his position as mayor by disobeying the law. This showed that staying behind and betraying the law showed the colonists that Clarkson wanted to help.
When reading An American Plague by Tim Murphy, the author writes, “Mayor Clarkson’s orden to clean the streets was being carried out”(22). This clearly shows the reader that Mayor Clarkson was trying to help fix the problems of the Yellow Fever. Clarkson continued to do things like this, such as “to ask the country’s most prestigious medical society”(Murphy 25), to help fever victims. Matthew Clarkson also not only did many things to help fever victims, but he
When reading An American Plague by Tim Murphy, the author writes, “Mayor Clarkson’s orden to clean the streets was being carried out”(22). This clearly shows the reader that Mayor Clarkson was trying to help fix the problems of the Yellow Fever. Clarkson continued to do things like this, such as “to ask the country’s most prestigious medical society”(Murphy 25), to help fever victims. Matthew Clarkson also not only did many things to help fever victims, but he