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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
Indian hostages (mentioned in our last) of the small-pox at Cambridge. （Jan. 22, 1721-2.) On Friday last, the General Assembly of this Province met at Cambridge, there not being a sufficient number of members to make a House on Wednesday, to which day they were before prorogued. They are adjourned till Tuesday next, when they are to meet a few miles out of town, the small-pox being now in the heart of that place. （March 5, 1721-2.) The Town Records show that a Committee was appointed, Jan. 29, 1721-2, to provide for the relief of such persons and families as may stand in need thereof, in case the small-pox spread amongst us. Inoculation for the small-pox was first introduced in Boston at this time by Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, who encountered the most violent opposition. Out of 286 persons who were inoculated for the smallpox, but six died. Drake's Hist. Boston, pp. 562, 563. In 1730, the small-pox again prevailed in Cambridge with alarming violence. Nine town meetings were h