The Summer the Capital Emptied · Timeline

Year and title of each chapter of “The Summer the Capital Emptied”.

ChapterYearTitle
11793The Nation’s New Seat of Government
21793A Philosophy of the Blood and the Bile
31793The Coffee-House Exchange and the Waterfront Stench
41793The Arrival of the Hankey
51793The First Deaths on Water Street
61793Dr. Rush Recognizes the Enemy
71793The Captain’s Declaration and the Mayor’s Inaction
81793The Exodus Begins
9(year not set)With the Federal Government Gone
10(year not set)The Fraught Establishment and Early
111793The Society’s Pledge
121793The Committee’s Ledger and the Potter’s Field
131793The Mercantile Custodian of Bush Hill
141793The Dispute Over the French Method
151793The Unpaid Account
161793A Calculus of Volunteers
171793The Closed Door and the Marked House
181793The Wind from the Northwest
191793The Mayor’s Last Appeal
201793The First Cart from Germantown
211793The Account of Matthew Carey
221794The Judgment Upon the Society
231794The Mayor’s Ledger of the Lost
241794The Testimony Before the College
251795The Narrow Court of Public Opinion
261796The Unsettled Debt of Bush Hill
271798The New Calculus of City and Capital
281806The Narrative’s Last Reckoning