Showing posts with label small -pox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label small -pox. Show all posts

In 1863 M.M. White was paid by Washinton DC to bury small- pox paupers

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted in , | Posted on September 06, 2020

 


The Evening Star December 1863 : Mr Gulick introduced an act for the relief of M.M. White for burying small-pox paupers, This bill passed.

 

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Laws of the Corporation of the City of Washington, Passed by the Sixty-first Council 1864

M.M. White contracts with city of DC to bury Small Pox Paupers 1863

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted in , | Posted on August 31, 2020

M.M. White contracts with city of DC to bury Small Pox Paupers 1863 How damgerous it was to handle the bodies of these victims.

It's possible these were buried in Presbyterian Cemetery common graves.

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