Can anyone tell me what the great sickness of 1813 was? I ran across it in the Vermont Historical Magazine and have never heard of it before? Thanks, Terri

At 09:32 PM 5/1/01 -0400, you wrote: >Can anyone tell me what the great sickness of 1813 was? <snip> Thanks, Terri Google.com - search "1813 epidemic" had many results... STONES AND BONES: Using Tombstones as Textbooks ... per town from a single outbreak, and in 1812-1813, lung fever produced the largest number of deaths from a single epidemic in Vermont's history... (p. 32) www.state.vt.us/schools/gcs/cwrks/vthist/vthist/stones/StonesBones.htm Very interesting site! Sue