Roaches Point - Revision history

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	[https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/evolution-of-a-point From Small Pox to Poverty-Salem's Public Health History] Jerome Curley		[https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/evolution-of-a-point From Small Pox to Poverty-Salem's Public Health History] Jerome Curley

	[https://~~catalog~~.noblenet.org/~~eg/opac/record~~/2172069~~?locg=63~~ Salem in the Seventeenth Century] Phillips, p. 311		[https://salem.noblenet.org/Record/2172069 Salem in the Seventeenth Century] Phillips, p. 311

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	'''Roaches Point''' was an area on the eastern shore of Collins Cove which was ~~also~~ called Pigdon Point, then Roaches Point.		'''Roaches Point''' was an area on the eastern shore of Collins Cove which in the 18th century was called Pigdon Point, then Roaches Point.

	"In 1747 Salem set aside 50 pounds for building a pest house on Roaches Point. At the time there were few inhabitants in the area making this an ideal place for treating and separating people with communicable		"In 1747 Salem set aside 50 pounds for building a pest house on Roaches Point. At the time there were few inhabitants in the area making this an ideal place for treating and separating people with communicable

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	[https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/evolution-of-a-point From Small Pox to ~~Povery~~] Jerome Curley		[https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/evolution-of-a-point From Small Pox to Poverty-Salem's Public Health History] Jerome Curley

	[https://catalog.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2172069?locg=63 Salem in the Seventeenth Century] Phillips, p. 311		[https://catalog.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2172069?locg=63 Salem in the Seventeenth Century] Phillips, p. 311

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	In 1799 the Pest house at Roaches Point was discontinued in favor of a new hospital built at Hospital Point overlooking Beverly Harbor.		In 1799 the Pest house at Roaches Point was discontinued in favor of a new hospital built at Hospital Point overlooking Beverly Harbor.

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	==See Also==		==See Also==

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	'''Roaches Point''' was an area on the eastern shore of Collins Cove which in was also called Pigdon Point, then Roaches Point.		'''Roaches Point''' was an area on the eastern shore of Collins Cove which was also called Pigdon Point, then Roaches Point.

	"In 1747 Salem set aside 50 pounds for building a pest house on Roaches Point. At the time there were few inhabitants in the area making this an ideal place for treating and separating people with communicable		"In 1747 Salem set aside 50 pounds for building a pest house on Roaches Point. At the time there were few inhabitants in the area making this an ideal place for treating and separating people with communicable

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'''Roaches Point''' was an area on the eastern shore of Collins Cove which in was also called Pigdon Point, then Roaches Point.

"In 1747 Salem set aside 50 pounds for building a pest house on Roaches Point. At the time there were few inhabitants in the area making this an ideal place for treating and separating people with communicable

diseases, most especially, small pox" according to Jerome Curley in his article.

In 1799 the Pest house at Roaches Point was discontinued in favor of a new hospital built at Hospital Point overlooking Beverly Harbor.

==See Also==
[https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/evolution-of-a-point From Small Pox to Povery] Jerome Curley

[https://catalog.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2172069?locg=63 Salem in the Seventeenth Century] Phillips, p. 311