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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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Polish Diet in Warsaw decrees suppression of abbeys, redirects revenues to invalids and hospitals; admits united Greek archbishop to senate to foster unity in Volhynia and Ukraine; signals end to aristocratic dominance and rise of popular independence.
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Extract of a letter from Warsaw, August 3.
Among the different objects occupying the diet latterly, they have decreed the suppression of Abbeys, of which the revenues, amounting to 300,000 florins, are applied to the invalids and the hospitals.
"In order to attach the united Greeks of Volhynia and the Ukraine to the republic, they have agreed to admit their archbishop into their senate.
"For those yet disunited, they reserve themselves to form such resolutions as may make them cordially co-operate at length.
The ancient yoke of aristocracy shackling the people, is about to be broken forever, and the heretofore fettered subject, come forward and boldly assert and maintain the dignity and independence of his being."
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Warsaw
Event Date
August 3
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suppression of abbeys with revenues of 300,000 florins redirected to invalids and hospitals; admission of united greek archbishop to senate; plans for unity with disunited groups; end to aristocratic yoke and assertion of popular independence.
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The Polish Diet has decreed the suppression of abbeys, applying their 300,000 florins revenues to invalids and hospitals. To attach the united Greeks of Volhynia and Ukraine to the republic, they admit their archbishop to the senate. For disunited groups, they plan resolutions for cooperation. The aristocracy's hold is breaking, allowing subjects to assert independence.