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��Mr, Brigham's of September 15, 1732, N. s., is the same as Mr. Plant's of September 5, 1732, o. s.

Mr. B.'s of February 16, 1737, is the same as Mr. Plant's of February 6, 1737-

Mr. B.'s of December 17, 1737, is Mr. Plant's of December 7, o. s.

"In October or November, 1737," says Mr. B, " a very slight shock was felt in Boston, but it is only referred to as happening about seventeen years before the great earthquake of 1755." See Philosophical Transactions, vol. 49' P- 443-

June 13, 1741, at 10.35- a. m., a very noisy earthquake took place, al- though the shock was not very great. The day was bright and hot, and the barometer fell slightly in the morning. There had been no rain since the twenty-third of May, and the whole month was hot and dry. Much light- ning was observed during the latter part of the month. At the time of the earthquake the barometer, as observed by Prof. ^Vinthrop, stood at 29.94.

December 6, 1741, a small earth- quake was felt at Boston, Dedham, Walpole, and other towns, about 8 o'clock in the morning. This is not mentioned by Mr. Plant, and probably was not heard at Newbury. The towns mentioned are some distance south of Boston, and Newbury double the dis- tance north.

March 27, 1742, a quarter before 7 A, M., the noise of the earthquake was very loud, but it did not make any shaking, as I could perceive, al- though I \yas alone and seated in my little house. One thing I took notice of, namely, at all times before, when we heard the noise, which way our faces were, that way the noise seemed to be, but now the noise seemed to be behind me, and my family took notice of it that the noise seemed to be be- hind them. Mr. Plant.

September 13, i742,al)out half past five an earthquake. P.

August 10, 1743, a])out five p. m., a pretty loud shock of the earthciuake. P.

��May 13, 1744, in the morning, a shock.

May 16, 1744, at a quarter past eleven a. m., there was an earthquake. It was felt in Quebec, in Canada.

June 3, 1744 (o. s,) on the Sab- bath, at a quarter past ten, we had a terrible shock of the earthquake. It made the earth so shake that it made myself and many others run out of the church. This was also noticed at Cambridge, Mass. B.

June 28, 1744, public fast, and in the evening an earthquake. P.

December 23, 1744, a small earth- (juake was felt about Newbury at noon.

Mr. Plant made no record of the above.

February 2, 1 746, a shock was felt by some at Boston between nine and ten in the evening.

August 2, 1746, just before sunrise, there was a consideraljle loud and long earthquake.

January 6, 1747, about midnight an earthquake.

December 3, 1747, at half past four, an earthquake.

December 6, 1747, at four p. m., another.

March 11, 1748, about a quarter before seven a. j\i., there was an earth- quake.

November i, 1755, the great earth- quake at Lisbon occurred, and con- tinued for several days. According to Appleton, this earthquake was felt in Iceland, on the coast of Massachu- setts, and on Lake Ontario.

"November 18, 1 755, about four o'clock A. M., was the most violent earthquake ever known in North America. It continued about four and a half minutes. In Boston, about one hundred chimneys were leveled with the roofs of the houses, and fif- teen hundred shattered and thrown down in j^art. There was a shock every day till the twenty-second." The above I copy from Joshua Coffin's history, who quotes from Richard Kelley.

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