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==Yellow fever==
In 1793, there was an [[Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793|outbreak of yellow fever]] in Philadelphia. Although many other well-to-do citizens chose to leave the city, Girard stayed to care for the sick and dying. He supervised the conversion of a mansion outside the city limits into a hospital and recruited volunteers to nurse victims, and personally cared for patients. For his efforts, Girard was feted as a hero by the City Hall after the outbreak subsided.<ref>{{cite book | last = Wilson | first = George | title = Stephen Girard | publisher = Combined Books | location = Conshohocken | year = 1995 |pages=121–133| isbn=0-938289-56-X }}</ref> Again during the yellow fever epidemic of 1797-1798 he took the lead in relieving the poor and caring for the sick.<ref name="eb1911"/>
==Marchand==
He sailed on "La Julie" in 1773,"La Jeune Babé","Sally" and "Les deux Amis"
"l'Aimable Louise" and "La Jeune Babé" captain between 1773-1776 and part-owner with Thomas Randall,ex-privateer and marchand of New-York escape capture on "La Jeune Babé" in May 1776,sold his part and take residence in Philadelphie as merchand
the brig "Flora" armed in course and marchandises,partenership in 1780 with Captain Baldesqui,dissolution of the society in 1787 in favor of Girard
Investor with sixteen partnors in the first Philadelphia-build ship for the China Trade: Asia of 292 tons, Master, John Barry
Build the brig "Two Brothers 1787" part-owner with his brother Jean Girard sold in 1792 : 60000 dollars for Jean and 30000 dollars for him part of the trade between San Domingo and Philadelphie, renamed "Les deux Amis"
Brig "Kitty 1790" of less 100 tons,Captain William Waters,condemned at Basseterre,Guadaloupe
Brig "Polly ",bought in 1789,Captain Congdon,taken by privateers in April 1794
"Good Friends" buy in 1792 after been damaged by a gale and build in Bordeaux France in 1786 of 247 tons, captured during the War of 1812
"Sally 1790" of 153 tons made of mulberry, red cedar and locust wood,half-interest with John Cochran,captured and taken in 1800 to Halifax by Bermudian privateer "Entreprise"
"Aimiable Gentille" seized by British privateer "Duke of York" the first May 1794 and taken to Bermuda,cargo of gunpowder for Haiti
"Liberty 1795" of 259 tons of cedar and live-oak who cost 12000 dollars,alterd in 1801 from brig into a ship,lost going aground in 1809
"Voltaire 5 december 1795” of 305 tons lost in 1822 uninsured as many ships of Girard
and his sister-ship “Rousseau 1801” of 305 tons (97 feet long,72 feet keel,28 feet broad and 18 feet deep) build at the "cost of 32$ per tons Carpenters measurement" in contract with Nicolas Vandusen and was launched on October 1801, in 1839 whale ship of New Bedford [http://books.google.fr/books?id=_qYb8TcQEH8C&pg=PA21&dq=%22301+tons%22+ship&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=BE5hU_3LLYjkswat9YHICw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22301%20tons%22%20ship&f=false)][http://books.google.fr/books?id=hX_CAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA136&dq=%22305+tons%22+ship&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=hlhhU4qCBdHJ0AWHn4HYBA&ved=0CFcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22305%20tons%22%20ship&f=false)] voir photo page 136
"Fanny" owner-ship of two-fifths of the ship and cargo worth of 43036 dollars at destination of Bordeaux in September 1801
"Modest november 1797" lost near Florida on his second voyage in August 1798 with a cargo of 94 693 dollars
“Helvétius 1804” (slightly over 100 feet long)build buy Isaac White at Kensington, finish at whaler in 1832-1834 in a wreck near Hawai
and his sister-ship “Montesquieu 1806” of 372 tons build buy Isaac White at Kensington captured by the English schooner Paz in 27 mars 1813 during the War of 1812, ramsonned for 180000 Dollars taken from the vault of his bank when the species payements were suspended, the cargo of teas, nankeens and silks was sold with 480000 Dollars of benefices for Girard, wrecked in 1824
"North America 1810" of 388 tons(112 feet on deck,92 feet keel straight)build buy Joseph Grice last ship send by Girard to China in 1824 after the Terranova Incident in 1822, finish at whaler
"Superb 1817" of 537 tons (117 feet long, 32 feet beam)
Stephen Girard had not more than six ships at any time: six before the War of 1812 and five just after.
His ships were some of the best: the Rousseau ending her days as a New Bedford whaler in 1893 date of her destruction (thirteen voyages between 1835 and 1886 for Georges Howland).
His best known captains were Ezra Bowen of Rehoboth, Rhode Island and Myles McLeven of Philadelphia.
Search in Googlebook for thoses ships for more if you find, like me
==Girard's Bank==
*[http://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/3902 Country Farmhouse and Outbuildings of Mr. Stephen Girard, Philadelphia, May 1891 by D.J. Kennedy, Historical Society of Philadelphia]
*The Polly ship of GIRARD [http://ojs.libraries.psu.edu/index.php/pmhb/article/download/44303/44024]
*Ships of GIRARD [http://books.google.fr/books?id=LpubOrHDD2gC&pg=PA19&dq=%22Sally+%22+GIRARD+SHIP&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=VRVxU62RPOO60QW0i4DgDg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Sally%20%22%20GIRARD%20SHIP&f=false]
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