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Story October 5, 1829

Providence Daily Advertiser

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

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In Western, Massachusetts, 19 marriages occurred within one week, indicating a surge in matrimonial activity that benefits clergy and physicians, with a nod to anti-Malthusian sentiments.

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Western.—This little town in Massachusetts, if not anti-masonic is decidedly anti-Malthus, as fully appears from one of the Worcester papers which contains the notices of nineteen marriages in that place, all in a row. There must have been a conjunction of Mars and Venus, calculated by the matrimonial astronomers of Western, as all these alliances were formed within one week, or at most ten days. The prevalence of matrimonial fevers is a good indication for two of the learned professions in that quarter, the clergy and physicians. If divorces were granted as readily as in R. Island, perhaps the lawyers might ultimately come in for their share.

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Curiosity

What themes does it cover?

Social Manners

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Marriages Western Massachusetts Matrimonial Fever Anti Malthus

Where did it happen?

Western, Massachusetts

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Western, Massachusetts

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Nineteen marriages in Western, Massachusetts, all within one week, suggesting a matrimonial surge beneficial to clergy and physicians.

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