The Siege of Boston
Apr 27, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 17
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Episode description
As the Continental Army besieged Boston in 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress coordinated efforts with local towns to support the outflux of dislocated Bostonians while attempting to protect the countryside and the army from smallpox. Families, including aged, ill and infirm individuals, as well as mothers with small children, were removed and relocated to the Massachusetts countryside, enduring much hardship and upheaval along the way. Join the conversation with researcher and historian Katie Turner Getty.
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