Lot no. 6084

Circular addressed to Preyboat no. 10, stationed between the islands of Fläskö and Koster outside Gothenburg, together with a letter sent in 1829 to the Royal Quarantine Commission in Stockholm. The circular dealt with the problem of ships arriving from infected places, such ships not destined to Sweden but that had to dock at a swedish port, were set under observation and had to pay a fee for that, before leaving port. On the lower part of the letter there is a manuscript notation that it was sent by Pilot express at 7 am on june 18th. Unusual quarantine items.