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Foreign News
December 27, 1771
The Massachusetts Spy
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
The King's Council orders a 40-day quarantine for all ships, goods, and merchandise arriving from Dantzick, Royal and Ducal Prussia, or Pomerania due to plague outbreaks in Wallachia, Podolia, and parts of Poland, to prevent infection in the kingdom and its islands.
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Saturday's Gazette contains the King's orders in Council, signifying, that as information hath been received, that the Plague hath broken out, and now rages in Wallachia, Podolia, and other parts of Poland, and his Majesty, judging it probable, that the infection may be brought into this kingdom from Dantzick, or places in Royal and Ducal Prussia, or Pomerania;
he therefore orders, that all ships, and vessels, goods, and merchandizes, now arrived, or that shall hereafter arrive, in any port of this kingdom, or the Isles of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, from Dantzick, or any other port or place in Royal and Ducal Prussia, or Pomerania, do make their quarantine for forty days, from the day each ship or vessel shall come to anchor, in the place appointed for performing quarantine, and not before.
he therefore orders, that all ships, and vessels, goods, and merchandizes, now arrived, or that shall hereafter arrive, in any port of this kingdom, or the Isles of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, from Dantzick, or any other port or place in Royal and Ducal Prussia, or Pomerania, do make their quarantine for forty days, from the day each ship or vessel shall come to anchor, in the place appointed for performing quarantine, and not before.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
Trade Or Commerce
What keywords are associated?
Plague Outbreak
Wallachia
Podolia
Poland
Quarantine Orders
Dantzick
Prussia
Pomerania
Where did it happen?
Wallachia, Podolia, Poland
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Wallachia, Podolia, Poland
Outcome
40-day quarantine imposed on ships and goods from affected regions
Event Details
Information received that plague rages in Wallachia, Podolia, and parts of Poland; King's orders require quarantine for arrivals from Dantzick, Royal and Ducal Prussia, or Pomerania in ports of the kingdom and specified islands.