Deer Island Quarantine Hospital for Diseased Paupers is built.
1849
It is used primarily by Irish immigrants to Boston, whom Oscar Handlin later calls, “A massive lump in the community, undigested and undigestible.”
Sources
- Handlin
- Peterson, Mark
It is used primarily by Irish immigrants to Boston, whom Oscar Handlin later calls, “A massive lump in the community, undigested and undigestible.”