List of Deaths in New Milford, Connecticut — 1812

This interesting document was discovered amongst the papers of New Milford town clerk John S. Addis. The description on the document identifies it as

"A list of the unfortunate persons who have died with a disorder which carrys them off from 3 to 8 days after taken named by the Doctors the Peripnumony an inflammation of the lungs f[r]om January is the year of LORD 1812."

It was transcribed by Thomas T. Sherman and acquired by NEHGS in 1942. The town of New Milford, located in Litchfield County, was established in 1719.

The original text is part of the R. Stanton Avery Collections, call number Mss A 6183.

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