It's common knowledge that children under the age of 5 suffered terrible mortality rates in the 18th and 19th centuries. Recently, I have been wondering whether infants were commemorated with gravestones at a rate proportionate with the frequency of their deaths. I'm still not sure whether they were, but I have been crunching some numbers.
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Fun Fact of the Day
In 1790, 84 of the 573 households in Plymouth, MA were headed by women. That's 14.66%.
Three households (.52%) were headed by black men (Cato Howe, Prince Goodwin, and Plato Turner).
Three households (.52%) were headed by black men (Cato Howe, Prince Goodwin, and Plato Turner).
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