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Foreign News
February 27, 1772
The Massachusetts Spy
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Captain Niles arrived from St. Eustatius with letters from Holland reporting severe food shortages causing famine deaths among the poor, with beef at 20 stivers per pound and 2-pound loaves of bread at 16 stivers.
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OCR Quality
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Full Text
Yesterday Captain Niles, in a brig, arrived here from Surinam, last from St. Eustatius, in 25 days. Just before he sailed from the latter place, letters were received there by a vessel in six weeks from Holland, giving a melancholy account of the scarcity of provisions there; by which means many of the poor were dying with famine. Beef sold at 20 stivers a pound, and a loaf of poorest bread of about 2 lb. wt. at 16 stivers. [A stiver is the tenth part of a pistareen. The distilling of geneva was prohibited on pain of death.]
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Holland Scarcity
Famine Provisions
Food Prices
Geneva Prohibition
What entities or persons were involved?
Captain Niles
Where did it happen?
Holland
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Holland
Event Date
Six Weeks Prior To Sailing From St. Eustatius
Key Persons
Captain Niles
Outcome
many of the poor dying with famine; beef at 20 stivers a pound; 2 lb loaf of bread at 16 stivers
Event Details
Letters from Holland received at St. Eustatius reported scarcity of provisions leading to famine; distilling of geneva prohibited on pain of death.