All posts tagged "epidemic"
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27.5K1ConnecticutThe History of Epidemics in New England
The history of epidemics in New England teaches us that they arrive with terrifying swiftness. They also don’t get less lethal with...
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21.6Kboston7 Fun Facts About the Boston Irish
George Washington famously acknowledge the Boston Irish on March 17, 1776, when he ordered new code words to pass through Continental Army...
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11.4K2MassachusettsCotton 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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Judge Samuel Sewall Survives the 1721 Boston Smallpox Epidemic
On April 14, 1721, Judge Samuel Sewall was handed a letter from a Capt. Tuthill, informing him that the ship Swan Anna...
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5.0K3MassachusettsLeverett Saltonstall Worries About Nora Seeing Men in Pyjamas
Nora Saltonstall got a chance to visit her brother on the Western Front during World War I. She, for nearly a year...
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