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Abigail describes the state of her household during the dysentery epidemic. Putrefaction (0:08) A general putrefaction seems to have taken place, and we cannot bear the house only as we are constantly cleansing it with hot vinegar. Read the original letter on the Massachusetts Historical Society Web site. |