“Lincoln. A woman in a cage. Medford. One idiotic subject chained, and one in a close stall for seventeen years. Pepperell. One often doubly chained, hand and foot; another violent; several peaceable now. Brookfield. One man caged, comfortable. Granville. One often closely confined; now losing the use of his limbs from want of exercise.”The underlined words are the names of towns in Massachusetts. What did the different town names indicate?

Each town indicated a different example of abuse from Dix’s journal.

Each town indicated a place where the mentally ill were well treated.

Each town indicated a different place where mentally ill people lived.