Newbury (Mass.), Selectmen. Vote of the Selectmen of Newbury (Mass.) regarding smallpox inoculation, 1773 November. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.

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Manuscript recording a vote of the Newbury, Massachusetts, selectmen to "take any measures to prevent" smallpox inoculation from occurring at the house of Captain Moses Little (1724-1798) or "elsewhere" in the town, dated November 1773.

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To see if the Town will take any Measures to prevent the Innoculation of the small pox at the House of {Captain} Moses Little or Elsewhere

Voted in ye Affirmative accordingly Voted to Choose a {Comitty} to prevent the Innoculation as above Voted to Choose Five

[names bracketed and labeled in right margin] Committee

{Captain} Samuel Moody

{Ensign} Moses Noyes

{Captain} James Bayley

Dr. Peter Merrill

Joshua Ordway

Voted not to suffer Innoculation in the Town --

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