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Barbary Trade Blocked by Contagion Fears Amid Morocco Letter
Reports from Gibraltar and Paris describe ongoing prohibition of commerce with Barbary due to Contagious Distemper fears. A Spanish priest delivers a Moroccan king’s letter to Madrid claiming Barbary is free of contagion and notes captives in Mequinez, with renewed commerce talks possible. Meanwhile various European dispatches cover stations in Dantzick, Hamburg, Brussels, and Cambray with military levies, shipments, and royal events. The era’s news cycles also note sea disasters near the Cape of Good Hope and political developments in Parliament.
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Mequinez
Morocco
Spain
Moroco
Barbary
Madrid
Leghorn
London
Paris
Rheims
Dantzick
Nev
Ruffia
Cambray
Moscom
Altracan
George Pitt
Old Sarum
Robert Pitt
Okehampton
Devon
Cape of Good Hops
Addison
Chandos
Nightingale
Cape of Good Hope