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Corsair Activity and Plague Haunts Algiers Port
Reports from Algiers describe Corsair captures including a vessel from Ireland carrying 386 barrels of salt beef and 250 kips of butter, with other goods seized for slaves. Dutch prize ships, wine, brandy, and Biscay bark sunk after extraction of crew and cargo. Plague worsens. hospitals overflow, daily deaths spike. authorities prepare for public executions in London as fear and unrest rise.
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Ireland
Barbadoesya
Amsterdam
France
Cadix
Panibara
Shigria
Brance
Corfiir
Biscay