When was it published?

March 23, 1769 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News March 23, 1769

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Count De Seilern, Sir John Pringle, Josephus Ii, Theresia, Dr. Ingenhousz, Ferdinandus Maximilianus

Q: What keywords are associated?

Imperial Ambassador, Smallpox Inoculation, Medals Presentation, Austrian Court, Dr Ingenhouz

Williamsburg, Virginia

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What is this article about?

Count de Seilern, Imperial Ambassador, presented Sir John Pringle with gold and silver medals from Emperor Joseph II and Empress Queen Theresia for promoting smallpox inoculation in their dominions and recommending Dr. Ingenhousz.

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A few days since, his Excellency Count de Seilern, the Imperial Ambassador, by order of the Emperor and the Empress Queen, presented Sir John Pringle, Baronet, physician to her Majesty, with three gold, and eighteen silver medals, "as a mark of their esteem, and as a testimony of the sense they retain of their obligation to him for encouraging the introduction of inoculation for the small-pox, according to the late improvements, into their dominions; and for recommending to their Imperial Majesties Dr. Ingenhousz, who had happily succeeded in carrying this practice into execution." On one side of the medal are the busts of their Imperial Majesties finely engraved, and over them, JOSEPHUS II. M. THERESIA AVGG.-On the other, FERDINANDUS. MAXIMILIANUS, EORUM-QUE NEPTIS THERESIA. ARCHIDUCES AUSTRIAE, DE INSERTIS VARIOLIS RESTITUTAE 29 SEPT. M DCC LXVIII.

What sub-type of article is it?

Court News Royal Event

What keywords are associated?

Imperial Ambassador Smallpox Inoculation Medals Presentation Austrian Court Dr Ingenhouz

What entities or persons were involved?

Count De Seilern Sir John Pringle Josephus Ii Theresia Dr. Ingenhousz Ferdinandus Maximilianus

Foreign News Details

Event Date

A Few Days Since

Key Persons

Count De Seilern Sir John Pringle Josephus Ii Theresia Dr. Ingenhousz Ferdinandus Maximilianus

Outcome

presented with three gold and eighteen silver medals as a mark of esteem for promoting smallpox inoculation

Event Details

his Excellency Count de Seilern, the Imperial Ambassador, by order of the Emperor and the Empress Queen, presented Sir John Pringle, Baronet, physician to her Majesty, with three gold, and eighteen silver medals, as a mark of their esteem, and as a testimony of the sense they retain of their obligation to him for encouraging the introduction of inoculation for the small-pox, according to the late improvements, into their dominions; and for recommending to their Imperial Majesties Dr. Ingenhousz, who had happily succeeded in carrying this practice into execution. On one side of the medal are the busts of their Imperial Majesties finely engraved, and over them, JOSEPHUS II. M. THERESIA AVGG.-On the other, FERDINANDUS. MAXIMILIANUS, EORUM-QUE NEPTIS THERESIA. ARCHIDUCES AUSTRIAE, DE INSERTIS VARIOLIS RESTITUTAE 29 SEPT. M DCC LXVIII.