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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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A letter from Gundelbach in the Duchy of Wurtemberg, dated May 10, describes ongoing severe food shortages due to years of poor crops and unaffordable grain prices, causing families to go without bread for weeks and reducing even the well-off to poverty.
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Extract of a Letter from Gundelbach, in the Duchy of Wurtemberg, dated May 10.
"THROUGH the Sterility of the Crops, which has continued for several Years, and the advanced Price of Grain, which is almost intolerable, it appears very dismal about us; nay, what is still worse, it is not to be bought with Money, so that many Masters of Families, with their Wives and Children, oftentimes are without a Morsel of Bread to eat for one, two, and even three Weeks; and lastly, it is to be feared that it may be yet worse. People who have hitherto had well to live appear to be now totally reduced."
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Gundelbach, In The Duchy Of Wurtemberg
Event Date
May 10
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many families without bread for one, two, or three weeks; well-to-do people totally reduced
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Through the sterility of the crops, which has continued for several years, and the advanced price of grain, which is almost intolerable, it appears very dismal; grain is not to be bought with money, so many masters of families with their wives and children are without a morsel of bread for one, two, and even three weeks; it is feared it may be yet worse