Fever 1793 tells the story of a 14-year-old girl named Matilda
(Mattie) Cook, living in Philadelphia at the outbreak of the yellow fever epidemic in 1793. Mattie's family owns a coffeehouse in the city and she lives there with her mother and grandfather. One day, the coffeehouse serving girl, Polly, fails to arrive at work. They soon find out that she died from yellow fever. At first, just a few individuals start getting sick. But when the fever begins to quickly spread and hundreds of people start to die, drastic measures are taken as Philadelphia residents flee into the country and desert the city. Mattie was initially carefree and uninterested in hard work, but after Polly dies and her mother contracts the fever, Mattie is sent away with
(Mattie) Cook, living in Philadelphia at the outbreak of the yellow fever epidemic in 1793. Mattie's family owns a coffeehouse in the city and she lives there with her mother and grandfather. One day, the coffeehouse serving girl, Polly, fails to arrive at work. They soon find out that she died from yellow fever. At first, just a few individuals start getting sick. But when the fever begins to quickly spread and hundreds of people start to die, drastic measures are taken as Philadelphia residents flee into the country and desert the city. Mattie was initially carefree and uninterested in hard work, but after Polly dies and her mother contracts the fever, Mattie is sent away with