Manifest issued on behalf of Duke Georg Ludwig, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg. Hannover, September 5, 1709.
The manifest describes in detail the dangers of the import of the plague by Jews, merchants, beggers and wandering visitors, who for commercial purposes and for collecting charity arrive from Poland, dukedom of Poznan and the city of Danzig, where the plague is widespread. The manifest instructs all the civil servants, municipal and rural officials, as well as customs workers, policemen, priests and other government-officials, to arrest any Jew of the above mentioned groups, check his clothes, shoes and belongings that he carries, in order to make sure that they are not contaminated and to avoid the spreading of the plague amongst the inhabitants of the dukedom. German in Gothic letters. Leaf 40.5X34 cm. Good condition. Folding-marks. Tears and slight stains. Handwritten comments on the back.