Public Health Chronicles

Ocean cable celebration. The New York Times 1858 Sep 2;1:1.

Burrows EG Wallace M . Gotham: a history of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press; 2000.

Extracts from the Minutes of the Board of Health of the town of Castleton, Richmond County. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:4.

The Quarantine incendiaries [editorial]. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;4:2.

Committee appointed by the House of Assembly, at its last session, to inquire into the propriety of the removal of the Quarantine establishment. Communication to state of New York, No. 60, in Assembly; January 30, 1849.

Old pamphlet, just found, tells of burning of Quarantine by citizens. Unknown newspaper, undated (probably Staten Island Advance, early 20th century). Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Quarantine Collection.

Rosenwaike I . Population history of New York City. Syracuse (NY): Syracuse University Press; 1972.

Simonson JB . Affidavit of John B. Simonson. In: Committee appointed by the House of Assembly, at its last session, to inquire into the propriety of the removal of the Quarantine establishment. Communication to state of New York, No. 60, in Assembly; January 30, 1849. p. 79–81.

Clute JJ . Annals of Staten Island: from its discovery to the present time. New York: Press of Chas, Vogt.; 1877.

Steinmeyer HG . Staten Island 1524–1898. Staten Island: Staten Island Historical Society; 1987.

Destruction of Quarantine completed. The New York Daily Tribune 1858 Sep 4;5:1.

Harris E . Description of the Quarantine buildings. The New York Herald 1858 Sep 3;1:1.

Ewen D . Map of the Marine Hospital ground, Staten Island: reduced from a survey made by John Ewen. Albany (NY): R. H. Pease Lith.; 1845 March.

Testimony taken before Judge Metcalfe in the case of the People against Ray Tompkins and John C. Thompson charged with the destruction of the Quarantine buildings. New York: Baptist and Taylor, Book and Job Printers; 1859.

The rebellion on Staten Island. The New York Herald 1858 Sep 4;1:2.

Ernst R . Immigrant life in New York City, 1825–1863. New York: King's Crown Press; 1949.

Binder FM Reimers DM . All the nations under heaven: an ethnic and racial history of New York City. New York: Columbia University Press; 1995.

Harris E . Statement of Elisha Harris, M.D., in reply to inquiries from the Quarantine Commissioners. In: Report of the Commissioners relative to removal of the Quarantine Station. Transmitted to the Assembly March 10, 1858. Albany (NY): C. Van Benthuysen, Printer to the Legislature; 1858.

Annual report of the Commissioners of Emigration, 1860. Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Quarantine Collection.

Annual report of the Commissioners of Emigration, 1851. Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Quarantine Collection.

Annual report of the Commissioners of Emigration, 1850. Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Quarantine Collection.

Rosenberg CE . The cholera years: the United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 1987.

Doane S . Affidavit of Sidney Doane. In: Committee appointed by the House of Assembly, at its last session, to inquire into the propriety of the removal of the Quarantine establishment. Communication to state of New York, No. 60, in Assembly; January 30, 1849. p. 68–9.

Annual report of the Commissioners of Emigration, 1850–1860. Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Quarantine Collection.

Annual report of the Physician-in-Chief of the Marine Hospital at Quarantine: presented to the legislature February 4, 1857. Albany (NY): C. Van Benthuysen, Printer to the Legislature; 1857.

Reese DN . Affidavit of David M. Reese. In: Committee appointed by the House of Assembly, at its last session, to inquire into the propriety of the removal of the Quarantine establishment. Communication to state of New York, No. 60, in Assembly; January 30, 1849. p. 66–7.

Porter R . The greatest benefit to mankind: a medical history of humanity. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company; 1997.

Action of the health commissioners. The New York Times 1858 Sep 6;1:3.

Quarantine yesterday. The New York Times 1858 Sep 6;1:3.

To the legislature of the state of New York: The memorial of the undersigned merchants, underwriters, shipowners and others doing business in the City of New York: Charles H. Marshall & Co.'s plan for extending the Quarantine nuisance on Staten Island—presented to the legislature last March (1858); March 13, 1858.

Staaten Island—its glory and its shame. The Staaten Islander 1856 Sep 24.

Morris IK . Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York. Vol. II. New York: Winthrop Press; 1900.

Tompkins M . Affidavit of Minthorne Tompkins. In: Committee appointed by the House of Assembly, at its last session, to inquire into the propriety of the removal of the Quarantine establishment. Communication to state of New York, No. 60, in Assembly; January 30, 1849. p. 88–9.

Sterling JW . Supplementary note by Dr. Sterling. In: N.Y. Chamber of Commerce report of Select Committee on Quarantine, adopted July 7, 1859. New York: D. Van Nostrand; 1859. p. 43.

Swinton P . Affidavit of Peter Swinton. In: Committee appointed by the House of Assembly, at its last session, to inquire into the propriety of the removal of the Quarantine establishment. Communication to state of New York, No. 60, in Assembly; January 30, 1849. p. 78–9.

Thompson JC . Affirmation of John C. Thompson. In: Committee appointed by the House of Assembly, at its last session, to inquire into the propriety of the removal of the Quarantine establishment. Communication to state of New York, No. 60, in Assembly; January 30, 1849. p. 83–6.

Metcalfe HB . Affidavit of Henry B. Metcalfe. In: Committee appointed by the House of Assembly, at its last session, to inquire into the propriety of the removal of the Quarantine establishment. Communication to state of New York, No. 60, in Assembly; January 30, 1849. p. 81–2.

Easterbrooke J . Letter to “Mr. Shaw”; 1858 Sep 8. Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Quarantine Collection.

The taxes! The taxes! The Staaten Islander 1856 Aug 23.

Great conflagration at Staten Island: destruction of the Quarantine establishment. The New York Times 1858 Sep 2;4:5.

The incendiaries in council. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:5.

Accounts by the other side. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:4.

Statement of the night watchman. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:3.

Statement of the night watchman. The New York Daily Tribune 1858 Sep 3;3:1.

Statement of Nash, the cooper. The The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:5.

Statement of Nash, the cooper. The New York Daily Tribune 1858 Sep 3;3:1.

John Cready's statement. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:4.

Statement by Thomas Burns, the Neptune's foreman. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:4.

Statement of Thomas Burns. The New York Daily Tribune 1858 Sep 3;3:1.

Statement of the harbor policemen. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:3.

The man who was shot at the Quarantine riot. The New York Times 1858 Sep 4;1:4.

Dr. Bissell's statement. The New York Times 1858 Sep 4;1:4.

The Staten Island arson. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:1.

The police force. The New York Times 1858 Sep 4;1:4.

Quarantine, Friday. The New York Daily Tribune 1858 Sep 4;5:1.

Action of the Commissioners of Emigration. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:5.

The Quarantine conflagration. The New York Times 1858 Sep 4;1:1.

A meeting of the citizens of Richmond County [poster]; 1858 Sep 2. Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Print Collection.

Later from the Quarantine War. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:5.

Latest from Quarantine: a second burning. The New York Daily Tribune 1858 Sep 3;8:3.

The latest from Quarantine. New York Herald 1858 Sep 3;1:1.

The Quarantine War. The New York Times 1858 Sep 3;1:5.

The Quarantine War. New York Herald 1858 Sep 5;1:1.

The Staten Island War. The New York Times 1858 Sep 7;1:1.

The Staten Island Insurrection. New York Herald 1858 Sep 6;1:1.

The Staten Island Rebellion. New York Herald 1858 Sep 7;1:1.

Quarantine affairs. The New York Daily Tribune 1858 Sep 17;8:2.

Douglas GH . The golden age of the newspaper. Westport (CT): Greenwood Press; 1999.

The Quarantine arson. The New York Times 1858 Sep 6;1:1.

The Staten Island incendiaries. The New York Times 1858 Sep 4;4:3.

The burning of the Quarantine. New York Herald 1858 Sep 3;4:3.

The Quarantine War [editorial]. New York Herald. 1858 Sep 4;4:2.

Slander—proof demanded. The New York Times 1858 Sep 6;4:3.

The law on the Quarantine case. New York Herald 1858 Sep 7;4:3.

Shall the Quarantine be reestablished. The New York Daily Tribune 1858 Sep 7;4:1.

The Staten Island War. The New York Times 1858 Sep 11;1:1.

The Staten Island Rebellion. New York Herald 1858 Sep 11;1:1.

The destruction of the Quarantine. The New York Times 1858 Sep 12;4:5.

Untitled. Richmond County Gazette 1859 Jun 22;1:1.

Untitled. Richmond County Gazette 1859 Sep 14.

Cook A . The armies of the streets: the New York City draft riots of 1863. Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky; 1974.

VanPelt PJ . An oration, containing sketches of the life, character and services of the late Daniel D. Tompkins, governor of the state of New York. New York: C.C. & E. Childs, Jr., Printers; 1843.

Rothman DJ . The discovery of the asylum: social order and disorder in the new republic. Boston: Little, Brown; 1971.

Markel H . Quarantine! Baltimore (MD): Johns Hopkins University Press; 1997.

Garrison FH . The destruction of the quarantine station on Staten Island in 1858: reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1926. J Urban Health 1999;76(3):380–3.

Horton R . The plagues are flying. New York Review of Books 2001 Aug 9;53.

Barbera J Macintyre A Gostin L Inglesby T O'Toole T DeAtley C . Large-scale quarantine following biological terrorism in the United States: scientific examination, logistic and legal limits, and possible consequences. JAMA 2001;286:2711–7.

Eckholm E . SARS is the spark for a riot in China. The New York Times 2003 Apr 29; Sect. A:1.

Annas GJ . Bioterrorism, public health and civil liberties. New Engl J Med 2002;346:1337–42.

Bayer R Colgrove J . Public health vs. civil liberties. Science 2002;297:1811.

The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act as of December 21, 2001: a draft for discussion prepared by the Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist: National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Association of County and City Health Officials [cited 2003 Oct 20]. Available from: URL: http://www.publichealthlaw.net/MSEHPA/MSEHPA2.pdf

The Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities. The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act State: legislative activity as of August 11, 2003 [cited 2003 Sep 11]. Available from: URL: http://www.publichealthlaw.net/MSEHPA/MSEHPA_Legis_Activity.pdf

O'Toole T Mair M Inglesby TV . Shining light on “Dark Winter.” Clin Infect Dis 2002;34:972–83.