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

Digital Windham

Citation

“Smithville Mills Smallpox Outbreak,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/751.