A few days later we arrived at our destination for this year, Botoşani. Here, Jason talks about this city and what the ancestors experienced as they passed through here over 200 years ago. From the Chronicle: Leaving Roman, we first came to the River Siret and then to Targu-frumos.I We bypassed Jassy, the capital city, where the Prince of Moldavia has his residence, and leaving it on our right we bore left for Botosani, which we reached on May 7 or 8. There was a virulent outbreak of pestilence raging in Botosani and its neighborhood. We saw that most of the houses were empty of people, and dead bodies were lying unburied in the fields. Quantities of clothing and bedding lay scattered here and there on the road, but no one had any desire to gather it up.