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Foreign News
November 28, 1751
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Report from Presbourg, Hungary, on August 5 details the Hungarian Diet with 670 members, over 500 coaches, over 20,000 grooms, and massive weekly livestock slaughter plus daily poultry consumption during sessions.
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August 5.
We learn from Presbourg in Hungary, that the Members who have taken their Seat in the Diet, amount in the whole to six hundred and seventy. The Number of Coaches has been computed at upwards of five hundred, but as the Gentry of that Country are more inclined to ride on Horseback, no Reckoning can be made of their Saddle Horses, which however may be guessed at, from the Number of their Grooms, amounting to upwards of twenty thousand. During their Sessions, twelve hundred Oxen, and three thousand six hundred Sheep, Calves, and Hogs, were killed every Week; and with Respect to Poultry, forty thousand Pullets, fifteen thousand Pair of Pidgeons, and a thousand Turkeys, were dressed every Day.
We learn from Presbourg in Hungary, that the Members who have taken their Seat in the Diet, amount in the whole to six hundred and seventy. The Number of Coaches has been computed at upwards of five hundred, but as the Gentry of that Country are more inclined to ride on Horseback, no Reckoning can be made of their Saddle Horses, which however may be guessed at, from the Number of their Grooms, amounting to upwards of twenty thousand. During their Sessions, twelve hundred Oxen, and three thousand six hundred Sheep, Calves, and Hogs, were killed every Week; and with Respect to Poultry, forty thousand Pullets, fifteen thousand Pair of Pidgeons, and a thousand Turkeys, were dressed every Day.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
What keywords are associated?
Hungarian Diet
Presbourg Assembly
Members Count
Grooms Number
Livestock Consumption
Poultry Daily
Where did it happen?
Presbourg In Hungary
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Presbourg In Hungary
Event Date
August 5.
Event Details
The Diet in Presbourg has 670 members seated. Over 500 coaches arrived, but many gentry rode horseback, with over 20,000 grooms. During sessions, 1,200 oxen and 3,600 sheep, calves, and hogs killed weekly; daily, 40,000 pullets, 15,000 pairs of pigeons, and 1,000 turkeys dressed.