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Caitlin G. DeAngelis
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historian; spouse to @fionawhim; she/they 🏳️‍🌈 THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance): tinyurl.com/yksh3ksa antiquarian books: www.instagram.com/snapdragons.lair.books/
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Epidemics are really bad. Vaccines are good. Four of these children died in the same month, probably in the diphtheria epidemic of 1741. gravestone at the Phipps Street burying ground in Charlestown, MA for five daughters of Francis & Frances Lee, Lamson shop carvers, circa 1748

gray slate gravestone with winged skull decoration
here lyes Five of ye Children of Mr. Francis & Mrs. Frances Lee
Mary Died Oct 7th 1748 in her 18th year
Margaret, age 10, d. December 1741
Frances, age 7, age 10, d. December 1741
Elizabeth, age 5, age 10, d. December 1741
Sarah, age 3, age 10, d. December 1741
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis
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historian; spouse to @fionawhim; she/they 🏳️‍🌈 THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance): tinyurl.com/yksh3ksa antiquarian books: www.instagram.com/snapdragons.lair.books/
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