Death in Early New England: Rites, Rituals and Rem Rochelle Dowden-Lord with spotlights on common and

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Death in Early New England: Rites, Rituals and Rem Rochelle Dowden-Lord with spotlights on common andDeath in early New England came early and often during those harsh first decades of settlement. Epidemics, hunger, accidents and childbirth contributed to a heavy toll in New England. Disease in some cases erased entire families, and almost always affected the majority of individuals in the communities. For most families, death was still a private affair. Traditions brought over with European customs and others that were strictly American were