CHRONOLOGY.

1723. March 16, a royal proclamation was issued for a thanksgiving for

our preservation from the plague.

[It has been lately proved that the plague is not contagious. Dr.

Maclean is understood to have established the fact to the satisfaction

of government, and it is in contemplation to repeal the present laws of

_quarantine_.]

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