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Title
Selectmen of Raynham, Massachusetts vote that there should be an inoculating hospitals in the houses of three inhabitants, with Dr. David Cobb as physician
Subject
Hospitals--United States--Revolution, 1775-1783
Meetings
Smallpox--Inoculation
Meetings
Smallpox--Inoculation
Description
Autograph document signed, written on18th century hand-laid watermarked paper, 6 3/8 by 8 ½ inches, creased where folded, missing upper part of right recto with some loss of few letters of text, otherwise in very good condition.
A handwritten letter, undated, describing a public meeting at which time the Selectmen of Raynham, Massachusetts voted to develop inoculating hospitals for smallpox in the houses of Noah Hall, Stephen Dean and John Shaw.
A handwritten letter, undated, describing a public meeting at which time the Selectmen of Raynham, Massachusetts voted to develop inoculating hospitals for smallpox in the houses of Noah Hall, Stephen Dean and John Shaw.
Creator
Raynham (Mass.: Town) Selectmen
Publisher
Digitized by the rights holder
Date
March 1, 1775 or 1776
Language
English
Type
Resolutions (administrative records)
Identifier
raynham_smallpox
Temporal Coverage
Eighteenth century
Spatial Coverage
Raynham (Mass.: Town)
Rights Holder
Anonymous. Name available upon request.
Citation
Raynham (Mass.: Town) Selectmen, “Selectmen of Raynham, Massachusetts vote that there should be an inoculating hospitals in the houses of three inhabitants, with Dr. David Cobb as physician,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 23, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/8156.