Yellow fever

Malloch writes that he will make negative photostats of the yellow fever manuscript for Hench.

Malloch will send Hench photostats of the yellow fever manuscript.

Agramonte writes about the responsibilities of the Yellow Fever Commission members, and gives a brief chronology of their activities.

Agramonte demands that Kean correct the injustice done to him regarding his unfair portrayal in the Yellow Fever Commission. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Agramonte informs Kean of Finlay's declining health. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Agramonte appreciates Kean's balanced report of the yellow fever work. He comments on current yellow fever work.

Agramonte describes his role with the Yellow Fever Commission. Included are autograph notes by Truby and Hench.

Agramonte informs Mrs. Ames about her husband's actions and responsibilities with the yellow fever board in Cuba, enclosing answers to questions she has posed.

Agramonte informs Kissinger that he has written to members of the United States Congress on his behalf.

Agramonte informs Gorgas that all his reports about the Yellow Fever Commission are completely accurate and can be proven, and that he believes he will never receive proper recognition for his contribution. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Jacobson informs Hench that he does not believe Reed examined yellow fever cases in Brooklyn during his internship. There are no records of any yellow fever outbreaks during this time period.

A preamble to the bill about to be presented to Congress grants Emilie Lawrence Reed a yearly pension of $4,000. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Hardy requests information on Walter Reed. He wants to make Reed's birthplace a national shrine.

Pinto lauds Truby for his decision to write an autobiography. He comments on Agramonte's role in the yellow fever experiments.

Pinto forwards his belief that Carroll tried to take credit for the mosquito theory after Lazear's death. He thinks Dean was bitten by a mosquito while in the ward.

Von Mansfelde writes that he is eager to see that Carroll and Lazear receive due credit for their yellow fever work.

Atcheson Hench details the dinner given in honor of Moran.

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Ames objects to the inadequate recognition given to Carroll, Lazear, and Agramonte for their yellow fever work.

O'Hara asks Tate for a notarized statement that proves that Lambert participated in the yellow fever experiment with Reed.