Smithville Mills Smallpox Outbreak
Title
Smithville Mills Smallpox Outbreak
Description
A smallpox outbreak at the Smithville Mills among the Irish workforce halts the speed of production, as the Irish made up most of the company's workforce.
Source
Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 8.
Date
1862
Contributor
dube_briana
Collection
Citation
“Smithville Mills Smallpox Outbreak,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/751.