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Plague Rumors From Algiers and European Dispatches
Reports from Leghorn Paris and Strasbourg reveal alarming notes of plague on a French ship from Alexandria where sailors died. Admirals and rulers discuss scurvy hull health. Amid talks, Prince William of Orange faces provincial resistance while alliances loom between Britain France and Prussia with plans for future treaties and succession plans in Bergue and Juliers.
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Etters
Algiers
Alexandria
Leghorn
Spain
de Torres
Ferrol
Paris
M. de Chavelin
Bastille
A Mortier
Pass A-la-Main
Prussia
Strasbourg
Cleves
Amsterdam
Prince of Orange
Friesland
Poland
Constantinople
Belgrade
England
Holland
Carlowitz
Paffarowitz
Earl of Waldegrave
Compiegne
Great Britain
London
Brest
France
Berlin
Bergue
Juliers