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Mention of Virginia, and a Great Plague report...
Mention of Virginia, and a Great Plague report...
Item # 679605
June 18, 1666
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, June 18, 1666 Various reports from many locations throughout Europe, many of which are military in nature.
The front page event has mention of the colonies with: "...fleet from Ireland of 38 vessels...passed lately by the mouth of this harbor, and two ships with Virginia wheate touched here & sent off again, pursuing their courses."
Mention of the Great Plague in the back page report from Norwich, England, which notes: "This city still continues visited with the Plague; the bill of mortality running this. The total of all the burials 28. Of the plague 18. At the pesthouse 4."
A nice issue from the year of the great London Fire (this issue from less than 3 months prior) and from the era of the Great London Plague.
Single sheet issue, 7 by 11 1/4 inches, minor rubbing to the back page, good condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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