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WEBThe Boston Smallpox Epidemic, 1721. Between April and December 1721, 5,889 Bostonians had smallpox, and 844 died of it. October was the worst month, with 411 deaths. Smallpox caused more than three–quarters of all deaths in Boston that year. Colman, Benjamin. A narrative of the method and success of inoculating the small-pox in New England.
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