Accompanying the Sick Poor in the “New” City of Boston

Abstract This article recovers the stories of strangers who migrated to the growing city of Boston in the 1820s – and soon succumbed to poverty and its companion ill, the rampant killer tuberculosis. The trials of these poor “consumptives” bring to life the personal experience of encountering an impersonal metropolis, the transformation of community at the heart of a becoming a city.

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The New England Quarterly
Published
2025-09-01
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https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq_-a_2
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Homelessness and Social Issues
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Accompanying the Sick Poor in the “New” City of Boston

Marcus J. Führer
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Accompanying the Sick Poor in the “New” City of Boston

Marcus J. Führer
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Abstract

Abstract This article recovers the stories of strangers who migrated to the growing city of Boston in the 1820s – and soon succumbed to poverty and its companion ill, the rampant killer tuberculosis. The trials of these poor “consumptives” bring to life the personal experience of encountering an impersonal metropolis, the transformation of community at the heart of a becoming a city.

The New England QuarterlyVol. 98(3)
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Homelessness and Social Issues
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