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Commercial Counsellor Govinius' plot is situated at the corner of the market square and Suurkatu. All the important people of the city, including magistrates and wealthy merchants, live near the market square. The corner building has a shop in which a diligent assistant is busily working. Perhaps I'll buy a pipe and an ounce of tobacco. My pipe fell and broke on the street on my way here. |
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Tobacco was first brought to Europe
by the Portuguese and Spanish conquistadors in the mid-16th century.
The first Finnish records referring to the import of tobacco and pipes
date from 1637. Tobacco was initially perceived as a medicine and
it was considered a suitable treatment for many complaints, such as
ague, scurvy and chronic amnesia; some people were convinced that
it prevented them for catching the plague. In Holland, tobacco had
been used purely as a stimulant by the 1620s. |
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A large entrance gate, a double panelled door, into a yard with board fence some 14 cubits long and six cubits high. The gate and fence are marbled with oil colours. |
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