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Death report from Great Plague of 1666... Much on the 'Four Days' Battle'...
Death report from Great Plague of 1666... Much on the 'Four Days' Battle'...
Item # 679625
August 02, 1666
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, August 2, 1666 A notable issue from the year when the Great Plague was raging, and also from the year of the Great London Fire.
Much of the front page is taken up with a notable naval battle called the Four Days' Battle with the Dutch.
The bottom of the back page has a death report noting: "The Account of this Weeks Bill runs thus. The Total 341. Of the Plague 38. Increased in all 15. Decreased of the Plague 10."
A single sheet issue, 7 by 11 1/4 inches, an indent at the lower right margin does not affect any type, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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