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[–] Chimaira92 ago 

How odd

https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/30601/smallpox-blankets-before-germ-theory

They risked being rampaged by indians, refusing to abandon their fort and having that much faith in Germ theory 100 - 150 years before it was publicly accepted. Idk.

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[–] mememeyou 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

What don't you get? The invoice stating "to convey the smallpox to the indians" was submitted BY the Jewish Company. Biological Warfare in Eighteenth-Century North America: Beyond Jeffery Amherst. Author(s): Elizabeth A. Fenn Source: The Journal of American History, Vol. 86, No. 4 (Mar., 2000), pp. 1552-1580: "the Indians asked for "a little Provisions and Liquor, to carry us Home." The British obliged their request. "Out of our regard to them," wrote William Trent, "we gave them two Blankets and an Handkerchief out of the Small Pox Hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect."4 He does not mention who conceived the plan, and he likewise does not mention who carried it out, but Fort Pitt account books make it clear that the British military both sanctioned and paid for the deed. The records for June 1763 include this invoice submitted by Levy, Trent and Company: To Sundries got to Replace in kind those which were taken from people in the Hospital to Convey the Smallpox to the Indians" -- Since wayback machine's link isn't working, it's also quoted the same in The Papers of Col. Henry Bouquet