Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.05543-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
17 July 1792
Author/Creator
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

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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