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The Connecticut Courant And Hartford Weekly Intelligencer
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
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On July 11, Boston's General Court passed acts permitting smallpox inoculation in the town until July 15, then banning it with penalties, directing selectmen to remove infected persons by August 3, and allowing inoculation hospitals in each county of the colony.
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The General Court have passed an Act allowing of Inoculation with the Small Pox in the Town of Boston till next Monday the 15th Instant, after which Time it is forbidden on severe Penalties both on the Inoculator and Inoculated. And the Selectmen are impowered and directed to remove all Persons sick with the Small Pox on the third of August next, in Order that the Town may be cleared of all Infection immediately after. The Court have also passed an Act allowing of Hospitals for inoculating for the Small Pox in each County in this Colony.
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Boston
Event Date
July 11
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inoculation allowed until july 15 instant, then forbidden with severe penalties; infected persons to be removed by august 3 next; hospitals allowed in each county.
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The General Court passed an Act allowing smallpox inoculation in Boston until next Monday the 15th instant, after which it is forbidden with severe penalties on inoculator and inoculated. Selectmen are directed to remove all persons sick with smallpox on August 3 next to clear the town of infection. Another Act allows hospitals for inoculation in each county in the colony.