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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Late accounts from Canada report inhabitants in great distress from provision scarcity; wheat sells for 14s. per bushel and flour for six dollars per hundred in Quebec. A cattle distemper has killed many animals, leading people to eat horse flesh and families to flee famine.
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By late accounts from Canada, we learn, that the inhabitants are in the greatest distress, owing to the scarcity of Provisions; that in Quebec, Wheat sells for 14s. per bushel, and Flour six dollars per hundred; that a distemper has raged among the Cattle, which has carried off vast numbers of them, and reduced many of the people to the necessity of eating Horse Flesh to prevent starving; that a great number of Families have been obliged to leave the country to avoid the misery of Famine.
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Quebec, Canada
Event Date
Late Accounts
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vast numbers of cattle carried off; many people reduced to eating horse flesh; great number of families obliged to leave the country
Event Details
Inhabitants in greatest distress owing to scarcity of provisions; wheat sells for 14s. per bushel and flour six dollars per hundred in Quebec; distemper raged among cattle, carrying off vast numbers; people eating horse flesh to prevent starving; families leaving to avoid famine.