The end of the Great Plague...
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November 15, 1666
THE LONDON GAZETTE, London, England, November 15, 1666
* The end of the Great Plague
Issues of this very famous title--the world's oldest continually published newspaper--from the year of the Great Fire of London and the final year of the Great Plague, are exceedingly rare.
This issue has reference to the Great Plague, with a small back page item from "Whitehall" which includes: "...That Tuesday the 20th of this month be observed in the cities of London & Westminster & the several Parishes within the Weekly Bill of Mortality, as a Day of Thanksgiving to God for asswaging the late Contagion and Pestilence." The Great Fire of London happened just two months previous, and is credited in part with greatly reducing the Great Plague.
Complete as a single sheet newspaper measuring about 7 by 11 1/4 inches, in great condition. This is just the 2nd year of publication for this newspaper, which began in 1665 and still prints today, over 340 years later.
* The end of the Great Plague
Issues of this very famous title--the world's oldest continually published newspaper--from the year of the Great Fire of London and the final year of the Great Plague, are exceedingly rare.
This issue has reference to the Great Plague, with a small back page item from "Whitehall" which includes: "...That Tuesday the 20th of this month be observed in the cities of London & Westminster & the several Parishes within the Weekly Bill of Mortality, as a Day of Thanksgiving to God for asswaging the late Contagion and Pestilence." The Great Fire of London happened just two months previous, and is credited in part with greatly reducing the Great Plague.
Complete as a single sheet newspaper measuring about 7 by 11 1/4 inches, in great condition. This is just the 2nd year of publication for this newspaper, which began in 1665 and still prints today, over 340 years later.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
