In 1793 Philadelphia, 16-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

The Conococheague Institute is located on historic Rock Hill Farm near the village of Welsh Run, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Established in 1994 as a non-profit corporation, the Institute maintains three historic buildings, a 6000-volume research library, and more than a thirty acres of scenic trail and woodland. The Institute is dedicated to promoting the history of the French and Indian War in the 78th century "Conococheague settlement," as well...

Revised and expanded with recently uncovered information. Detailed maps of escape routes and networks. Eyewitness accounts of fugitives.