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    Smallpox was prevalent in colonial Boston, as evidenced by burial sites like Copp's Hill Graveyard. The disease spread through dense urban areas near the waterfront like Long Wharf and Dock Square. Several notable people and locations from the time are mentioned, including Benjamin Franklin's printing of the New England Courant, Thomas Thatcher's preaching at the Old South Meeting House, and Samuel Sewall's grave in the Granary Burying Ground. The document provides a brief student-led walking tour highlighting places relevant to smallpox outbreaks in colonial Boston.

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    Smallpox was prevalent in colonial Boston, as evidenced by burial sites like Copp's Hill Graveyard. The disease spread through dense urban areas near the waterfront like Long Wharf and Dock Square. Several notable people and locations from the time are mentioned, including Benjamin Franklin's printing of the New England Courant, Thomas Thatcher's preaching at the Old South Meeting House, and Samuel Sewall's grave in the Granary Burying Ground. The document provides a brief student-led walking tour highlighting places relevant to smallpox outbreaks in colonial Boston.

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    Smallpox in Colonial Boston Field Trip Sites

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    Smallpox was prevalent in colonial Boston, as evidenced by burial sites like Copp's Hill Graveyard. The disease spread through dense urban areas near the waterfront like Long Wharf and Dock Square. Several notable people and locations from the time are mentioned, including Benjamin Franklin's printing of the New England Courant, Thomas Thatcher's preaching at the Old South Meeting House, and Samuel Sewall's grave in the Granary Burying Ground. The document provides a brief student-led walking tour highlighting places relevant to smallpox outbreaks in colonial Boston.

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    Smallpox in Colonial Boston Student-Led Walking Tour

    1. Copps Hill Burial Ground, Hull Street, North End

    2. Second Church of Boston / Old North Meetinghouse Site North Square

    North Square today Note Paul Revere House on left

    Old North Meeting-house is on the left in this 1768 picture (above). The taller, grander steeple to the right is Christ Church, which inherited the Old North nickname after the war and is now commonly called Old North Church.

    3. Long Wharf

    4. State Street, Formerly known as King Street, Boston

    5. Dock Square, Near Faneuil Hall, Boston

    6. Location of James Franklins New England Courant

    7. Thomas Thatcher and the Old South Meeting House

    8. Boston Public Latin School Site, School Street

    9. Benjamin Franklin Statue, School Street

    10. Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Tremont Street

    11. Samuel Sewall Grave, Granary Burying Ground, Tremont Street

    12. Old State House

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