It was about September 10th that my curiosity led or rather drove me to go and see this pit again, when there had been about four hundred people
Watchmen Guard Quarantined Houses
A terrible pit it was, and I could not resist the curiosity to go and see it.Continuing The Great London Plague,our selection from History of the
Escapes of the Quarantined
Many such escapes were made out of infected houses, as particularly when the watchman was sent some errand, that is to say, for necessaries, such as
Cruel Quarantines of the Houses of the Sick
As I went along Houndsditch one morning, about eight o'clock, there was a great noise.Continuing The Great London Plague,our selection from
The Great London Plague
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Comet Foretells Death.IntroductionNone of the great visitations of
Boston Established
Today's installment concludes The Great Puritan Migration to New England,our selection from History of New England by John G. Palfrey published in
Organizing the New Settlers
After a sufficient pause for deliberation and conference concerning the forms of organization of the new society, the subject of an ecclesiastical
The New Puritan Settlers Arrive
After all of the organizational preparations had been made, the wave of new settlers sailed.Continuing The Great Puritan Migration to New
Visions of a Puritan British Empire
When a renovated England, secure in freedom and pure in religion, would rise in North America.Continuing The Great Puritan Migration to New