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Plague reports from Provence and Gevaudan in late October
The Amsterdam Gazette extract details plague conditions across Lower and Upper Provence, noting Aix quarantine end and commerce resumption, Marseilles decline, Avignon deaths, and ongoing illness in Sargues, Orange, and surrounding towns. Reports from Mende, Alais, and Gevaudan describe recoveries, new cases, and containment measures. The Evening Post records measures in Hicks's Flat County to curb lodging houses housing unknown guests amid fears of contagion.
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Cardinal du Bois
Provence
Marquis de Geils
Aix
Beffe
Salons
Bailly de Langeron
Persun
Marseilles
Upper Provence
Marshal de Camp
Ocober Fays
Avignon
Sargues
Bederides
Chateauneuf de Pape
Micheauxs
Orange
Caumont
Gadeigne
Dauphine
Gevaudan
Duke of
Marvejols
Mende
M. Iverny
Ala
Bez
Genouillac
Barcas
la Roufle
St. Genaix
T'‘Tober
Marecjols
Mendego
Hicks
Q. Anne
Justices of the Peace