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NHG-P.767.066
23 Oct 1767:21 (577)
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, Aug. 19. A Merchant at
this port has received a letter from Dieppe, dated the 3d
instant, in which is the following paragraph, viz. 'Our
Commander received orders last Saturday from the Ministry,
to let all the pilots know, that two English ships are
coming from Barbary, laden with wheat, which have the plague
on board. The same day the drum beat on the occasion.'
This account being received, the earliest notice was given
to the Masters of the Custom-house cutters in this
neighbourhood to be very vigilant, in order to prevent
either of those ships from coming into this port, should it
be attempted.
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