When was it published?

August 5, 1737 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News August 5, 1737

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Contagious Distemper, Catalonia, Marseilles Quarantine, Perpignan Line, French Measures, Spain Communication Cutoff

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

Reports of a contagious disease in Catalonia prompted Marseilles magistrates to impose quarantine on Spanish vessels and formalities like those for plague. Perpignan's commander blocked land communication with Spain.

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The Masters of some French Tartanes having reported at Marseilles, and other Places on the Coasts of Provence and Languedoc, that a contagious Distemper was raging in the Principality of Catalonia, the Magistrates at Marseilles gave immediate Orders, that all Vessels that came from Spain should perform Quarantine, and pass through all the Formalities practised in Cases of a Plague.

The Commander at Perpignan having been inform'd of the Measures that had been taken at Marseilles, thought proper, on his Part, to form a Line, by which he cut off all Sort of Communication with Spain by Land, as Marseilles had done by Sea.

What sub-type of article is it?

Disease Or Epidemic

What keywords are associated?

Contagious Distemper Catalonia Marseilles Quarantine Perpignan Line French Measures Spain Communication Cutoff

Where did it happen?

Catalonia

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Catalonia

Outcome

all vessels from spain required to perform quarantine and formalities; land communication with spain cut off by a line formed at perpignan.

Event Details

Masters of French tartanes reported a contagious distemper raging in Catalonia at Marseilles and other places on the coasts of Provence and Languedoc. Magistrates at Marseilles ordered quarantine for all vessels from Spain. The commander at Perpignan formed a line to cut off land communication with Spain.