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Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox about an earthquake and volcanic eruption in Quebec, 17 July 1792
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Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox about an earthquake and volcanic eruption in Quebec, 17 July 1792.
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For a discussion of Delaware Works and Morrisville, refer to W. W. H. (William Watts Hart) Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.
Collection: The Henry Knox Papers.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Writes about an earthquake that hit Quebec By a letter from Quebec of the 5th Instant - I find they had a most violent Earthquake on the 6th Decr - a vulcano [sic] broke out about 70 miles north - the light so great as to be seem at Quebec in the night. Mentions that the shakes continued for a day and a town 40 miles from the volcano received damage. Comments on an Indian raid, The Indian Acct (very untrue) 1000 Indians engaged - Killed & wounded of our people, left on the field upwards of 1000! Noted as written at D Works, which is most likely Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey. Dated added later in red ink.
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American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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English
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March 18, 2024
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American history module 1
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Correspondence
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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