Not just an old cemetery but the location of "pest house", a small settlement of infected people from the 18th century. Show Notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/details-for-episode-3-small-pox-burial-ground

The History of Sudbury

The text image posted here was read during the episode, it is from The History of Sudbury (1889) by Rev. Alfred Sereno Hudson.

Pest House

We visited the location of a long gone Pest House but there is a preserved Pest House in Concord Mass., the The Ephraim Potter House. The Potter house period was concurrent to the Sudbury Pest House and related to the same outbreak.

Maps, etc.

Refer to any one of these articles/descriptions of the Nobscot area: chooseframingham.com, findagrave.com, sudbury.wickedlocal.com, sudburytrails.info, Old Scout Nobscot Map.

Small Pox

Please read this extensive 1932 medical oration on The Story of Smallpox in Massachusetts.

More scout shenanigans, what's a rod? Real pest house, Lost Mass News, how big is a rod? what's up with the postcards? next episode preview. Show Notes: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/extra-exploration-small-pox-burial-ground

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