#WhatSantaBrought me: "Contagion of Liberty" about #smallpox inoculation around the #RevolutionaryWar era and demand for protection from the viral scourge.

By @profwehrman, and I bought this book because of learning of it on #Mastodon, btw.

And for the Professor, a photo I took that might amuse you more than most people. A grave in #SomervilleMA of a smallpox victim, and #Redcoats nearby....