8 WILLIAM T. BRIGIIAM 



June 11. Nine in the morning a small noise. 



July 3. About two in the morning. 



JulylZ. About break of day, very loud and long; shook our houses. Besides these times I have men- 

 tioned, it has been often heard by me, but the noise was small, so forbore to set them down. 



March 19, 1728-9. Betwixt two and three P.M., it was loud and long, shook our houses, being repeated 

 twice in an instant ; and this was the longest and loudest roaring, and the greatest shock that I ever heard, 

 the first excepted, and that upon the thirtieth of January. "We had several small shocks in this interim. 



September 8, 1729. About 3'> 30' [P.M. ?] it was loud and long. 



September 29. About 4'^ 30' P.M., loud and long. 



October 29. I heard it twice this night. One of the times was about the same time of night the fii-st 

 shock was [lO"- 40' A.M.]. 



November 14. About eight in the morning loud and long; attended with two bursts like unto two sudden 

 claps of thunder ; shook our houses. 



November 27. About eight in the evening a very great roaring and a great shock. It was heard at 

 Ipswich, about fourteen miles distant. 



February 8, 1729-30. About eight in the evening a small shock, about midnight loud and long, and gave 

 our houses a great shock. 



February 26. About l*" 45' A.M., the noise was repeated twice in one minute ; the first was lou<l and long, 

 and shook our houses equal to any hut the first shock ; the second noise was low and seemingly at a distance. 



April 12, 1730. About eight in the evening a very loud and long noise, and a great shock. 



July 28. About 9' A.M., a sudden and loud roaring, and shock. 



Auyust 15. About S*" A.INI., a shock of the earthquake, twice repeated in a moment of time. 



November 6. It was loud and long, and gave my house ajar. 



November 14. About O"" A.M., a small noise and rumbling ; no shock. 



November 25. About 8'' 20' P.M., a loud and long roaring, and gave my house a considerable shock. 



December 6. About 10'" 45' P.M., it was loud and roared long, and made our houses jar. 



December 11. About 6'' 45' P. M., there was a small bui-st, but shaked my house. 



December 12. About lO*" 30' P.M., the earthquake did very much shake our houses, without any noise or 

 roaring, more than ever before, the first time excepted. It was felt at Boston, forty miles, at Piscataqtta, 

 twenty-two miles, almost equal to what it was with us. 



January 7, 1730-1. About seven at night it was loud and long, shook our houses. 



January 11. About midnight loud and long, shook our houses. 



March 7. About five in the evening we heard the noise, but no shock. 



May 28, 1731. About nine in the morning I heard the noise of the earthquake very distinctly, but could 

 not perceive that it shook. 



Juhj 5. About sunrise it was loud and long, shook our houses. 



August 21. Nine o'clock in the evening the noise was small and short. 

 October 1. About eleven at night loud and long, shook our houses. 



February 7, 1731-2. About seven at night a gi-eat shock, shook our houses. 



September 5, 1732. About noon we had a severe shock, which was perceived at Boston and Biscataqua-, 

 but attended with little or no noise. The same earthquake was heard at Montreal, in Canada, at the same 

 time and about the same hour of the day, and did damage to one hundred and eighty-five houses, killed seven 

 persons, and hurt five others ; and it was heard there several times afterwards, only in the night, as the news- 

 papers give us this account. [See below for the extent of this shock.] 



December 30. In the morning we had a shock, and it had been heard by some people several times within 

 three weeks before. 



March 1. A loud and long noise of it. 



October 19, 1733. A loud and long noise about midnight. 



January 16, 1733-4. About lO"" 20' P.M., a loud and long roaring. 



June 29, 1734. About 3'' 15' P.M., there was somewhat of a noise of it. 

 October 9. About 10" 20' A.M., a small shock. 



November 11 or 12, for it was about midnight, we had the loudest noise and greatest shock, except the first; 

 it was long, very awful and terrible. 



November 16. About six in the mornino; there was a small shock. 



