All posts tagged "smallpox"
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2.9KPolitics and MilitaryThe Oldest Newspaper in Each New England State
Those quarrelsome publishers just love to argue over the honor of being the oldest newspaper in the United States. But which one...
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942MassachusettsCotton Mather Braces for the 1713 Measles Epidemic in New England
In early fall of 1713, reports began making the rounds that measles was spreading in New England. Puritan minister Cotton Mather first...
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1.6K2VermontSusannah Johnson, Indian Captive, Gives Birth in the Wild and Commemorates the Spot 45 Years Later
In August 1754, Susannah Johnson gave birth to a daughter in the Vermont wilderness during a forced march by her Indian captors....
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4.6K5MassachusettsExactly How New England’s Indian Population Was Nearly Wiped Out
Even before European colonists nearly wiped out the Indian population in New England, war and disease had already begun their dirty work....
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1.8K2Rhode IslandJames DeWolf, the RI Senator Who Murdered a Slave and Got Away With It
James DeWolf died the second richest man in America after accumulating a fortune from buying, selling and – in one case –...
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2.1K1MassachusettsYankee Troubadour Jonathan Plummer – The First Massachusetts Poet Laureate
There has never been an official Massachusetts poet laureate, but there certainly was an unofficial one. Jonathan Plummer of Newburyport, while not...
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7.9K2Today's History Highlights ArchiveSix Loyalist Houses
A Loyalist House was likely to be seized and sold when the American Revolution broke out. Many colonies passed laws that let...
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7.3K2MassachusettsMargaret Fuller Dies in a Shipwreck While People Watch
Margaret Fuller, who spent her life protesting injustice, died at the age of 40 in a shipwreck off New York Harbor while...
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10.0K4MaineThe Gravesites of Six Revolutionary Heroines
The gravesites of such revolutionary heroes as Paul Revere and Nathan Hale are well known and well marked, but where are the...
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44.9K3MassachusettsSalem Chop Suey Sandwiches, A Sign of Summer
Chop suey sandwiches have marked the beginning of summer for generations of people who grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts....