Diseased potatoes ... / Andrew Ure.

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<p>Small advertisement placed by Andrew Ure (of 13 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square) on 3 December 1845 disclaiming responsibility for declaring cargoes of potatoes free from disease, as had been wrongly stated in a printed circular issued by G.G. Cummings and Co. The Irish potato famine was causing devastation at the time.</p>

Diseased potatoes ... / Andrew Ure.

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