It was a time of disease.

>In 1688, the year of the Glorious Revolution, influenza truck England, Ireland, and Virginia. In these places “the people dyed [**sic**]… as in a plague.” Five years later, influenza spread again across Europe: “all conditions of persons were attacked… [T]hose who were very strong and hardy were taken in the same manner as the weak and spoiled,… the youngest as well as the oldest.” In January 1699 in Massachusetts, [Cotton Mather](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Cotton_Mather.jpg) wrote, “The sickness extended to allmost [**sic**] all families. Few or none escaped, and many dyed especially in Boston, and some dyed in a strange or unusual manner, in some families all weer {**sic**] sick together, in some towns allmost all weer sick so that it was a time of disease.” ___________________________ **Source:** Barry, John M. “The Swarm.” *The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History*. Penguin Books, 2009. 113. Print. ___________________________ **Further Reading:** [The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution) [Cotton Mather FRS]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather) __________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**