Timeline for To what extent did the 1793 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia influence the process of relocating the capital to Washington DC in 1800?

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Dec 4, 2017 at 15:55	comment	added	user18963		Note also that DC is at the confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac rivers, and was in many ways an actual "Swamp" before it became known as a political one. IIRC, during Lincoln's and other administrations there were temporary exoduses from it due to epidemics. From a health point of view, DC would hardly have been more appealing.
Dec 4, 2017 at 15:14	vote	accept	tardigrade
Dec 4, 2017 at 15:10	comment	added	Tom Au		@tardigrade:I found a new link that explains why the decision had reached a "point of no return" in 1790 (new second to last paragraph).
Dec 4, 2017 at 15:07	history	edited	Tom Au	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 446 characters in body
Nov 17, 2017 at 12:28	comment	added	tardigrade		Although this is useful, it doesn't mention whether there were any attempts during the 1790s by Philadelphia to try and reverse the decision (either legal appeals or appeals to public opinion), and if so how these were affected by the epidemic. (I realise the Act was passed in 1790, but I'm not sure how Philadelphia responded.)
Oct 25, 2017 at 16:15	history	edited	user15620	CC BY-SA 3.0	typo
Oct 25, 2017 at 6:46	history	answered	Tom Au	CC BY-SA 3.0