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The London Chronicle 1760

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The London Chronicle December 1760

The London Chronicle or, Universal Evening Post Vol. VIII No. 615 from Tuesday, December 2, to Thursday, December 4, 1760

... Rome, Nov, 10. The Society for propagating Christian knowledge in foreign parts, have received advice from their Missionaries in Syria, that after the dreadful earthquake, the city of Damas was visited with the plague, which made great havoc; and that the neighboring country had been ruined by a hurricane.

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  • the dreadful earthquake
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  • Damascus
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