—>82 Blanchard tally of Sate and local breakouts below.

Massachusetts (>31)

— 2 Andover, Essex County. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts (Vol. II). 1912.

–Mary Ballard Nov 8 age 14 Vital Records of Andover, MA (Vol. II), 383.

–Mary Ballard Nov 10 age 83 Vital Records of Andover, MA (Vol. II), 383.

— 1 Beverly, Essex County. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts. 1907.

–Francis Woodberry Oct 24 17-mo Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 608.

–11 Greenfield, Franklin County. Vital Records of Greenfield, Massachusetts. 1915.

–Thankful Allen July 5 age 2 Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 243.

–Fanny Davis Aug 26 age 17 Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 254.

–Chester Graves Sep 17 age 21 Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 258.

–Gad Graves Sep 24 age 13 Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 258.

–Sally Mayhew Aug 22 age 1 Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 270.

–Porter Mitchell Aug 3 age 2 Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 271.

–Hannah B. Ripley Sep 15 4-mo. Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 281.

–Amelia Rose July 18 12 yrs. Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 299.

–Cornelia Smead Sep 15 19-mo. Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 285.

–Joel Smead Aug 7 age 3 Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 286.

–Unidentified child Nov 4 age 3 Vital Records of Greenfield, MA. p. 299.

— 3 Harvard, Worcester County. Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts. 1917.

–John Sampson Aug 28 6 yrs. Vital Records of Harvard, MA, p. 300.

–Meriah Sampson Aug 29 4 yrs. Vital Records of Harvard, MA, p. 300.

–Milford Sampson Aug 25 10-mo. Vital Records of Harvard, MA, p. 301.

— 4 Leominster, Worcester County. Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts. 1911.

–Thomas Carter Aug 19 20-mo. Vital Records of Leominster, MA. p. 301.

–David Geary Aug 28 20-mo. Vital Records of Leominster, MA. p. 325.

–Volney Hills Aug 30 14-mo. Vital Records of Leominster, MA. p. 323.

–Desire Nichols Sep 8 76 yrs. Vital Records of Leominster, MA. p. 341.

— 1 Medford, Middlesex County. Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts.

–Judith Bradbury Aug 22 2 yrs. Vital Records of Medford, MA. p. 344.

— 6 Oxford, Worcester County. Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts. 1905.

–Suky Brown Oct 16 3 yrs. Vital Records of Oxford, MA. 1905, p. 271.

–Hannah Davis Oct 5 60 yrs. Vital Records of Oxford, MA. 1905, p. 277.

–Mehitable Hovy Oct 21 59 yrs. Vital Records of Oxford, MA. 1905, p. 287,

–Rhoda Rawson July 29 3 yrs. Vital Records of Oxford, MA. 1905, p. 304.

–Rufas Rawson Aug 10 7 yrs. Vital Records of Oxford, MA. 1905, p. 304.

–Sophia Rawson Aug 10 5 yrs. Vital Records of Oxford, MA. 1905, p. 304.

—>3 Southwick, Hamden County. Family of Rev. Isaac Clinton. Holland. History of W. MA.[1]

Vermont (>51)

— ? Hubbardton, Rutland County. “…was very distressing…” (Gallup. Sketches. 1815, p. 51.)

— 1 Morristown, Lamoille County, Aug 14. Anna Maria Bingham, 1-year-old.[2]

—>10? Stockbridge, Windsor County. “dysentery swept off a great part of the children…”[3]

–>40 Stowe, Lamoille Co., summer. Klyza and Trombulak. The Story of Vermont. 2015, p. 91.

Narrative Information

Gallup: “1803. As steadily as the seasons of the year return, have typhus, or missed fevers, and dysenteries, returned for several years in succession. Their obstinacy, and perhaps their frequency, this year, has hardly been surpassed in either of the years during this pestilential period. These diseases did not appear so frequent and numerous at Woodstock, as in some former seasons; but, in many towns not far distant, they were very severe. Both these diseases, as also the scarlatina, were very prevalent in Hartland, especially in that part adjacent to Connecticut river. Th fever and dysentery prevailed in the same neighbourhood at the same time. In the same patient, it would sometimes be fever, and sometimes dysentery.

“The diseases of this season were very extensive; but few towns escaped unusual sickness in the summer season, whilst but little sickness prevailed in the winter….Dysentery, says a correspondent, was very distressing in Hubbardstown [sic]; but I have no particulars.” (Gallup. Sketches of Epidemic Diseases in the State of Vermont. 1815, pp. 50-51.)

Klyza and Trombulak: “Disease was…[an] altering force…Dysentery, influenza, measles, pneumonia, scarlet fever, smallpox, and typhus were common, often with outbreaks killing significant numbers of people; for instance, more than forty people were killed by dysentery over the summer of 1803 in Stowe.” (Klyza and Trombulak. The Story of Vermont. 2015, p. 91.)

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Holland, Josiah Gilbert. History of Western Massachusetts. The Counties of Hamden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire (Vol. II, Part III). Springfield, MA: Samuel Bowles and Co., 1855. Google preview accessed 2-11-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=LAzOp9_Ky_oC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Klyza, Christopher McGrory, and Stephen C. Trombulak. The Story of Vermont: A Natural and Cultural History (Second Edition). Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 2015. Google preview accessed 2-11-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=DIfXBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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[1] Our number based on statement: “In 1803, the dysentery prevailed in Southwick, and the most of his family died in a single week.”

[2] Vermont Historical Gazetteer; A Magazine Embracing A History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military. Abby Maria Hemenway (editor), Vol. II, Part 2 (Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille and Orange Counties. Burlington, VT: Published by Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1871, p. 636.

[3] The number is ours based on the quoted statement, in order to give recognition and to contribute to a tally. From: Thompson. Gazetteer of the State of Vermont. “Stockbridge,” 1824, p. 250.

1803 — Summer-fall, Dysentery, MA & VT, especially, Stowe and Stockbridge, VT (50)->82