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February 2, 1735-6. About a quarter of an hour before six in the evening there was a pretty loud noise 

 and shock. 



March "21. About half an hour past ten in the morning it was somewhat loud. 



July 13, 1736. About Q"" 45' A.M., the noise of it was loud. 



October 1. About 1'^ 30' A.M., it was long and loud, and a great shock twice repeated in an instant. 



November 12. About two in the morning there was a shock with the noise, and about six the same morn- 

 ing, it was something louder. 



February 6, 1736-7. About 4'' 15' P.IE., we had a considerable shock. 



September 9, 1737. About lO*" 20' A.M., it was very loud and long, and shook our houses very much. 



December 7. A little before eleven in the night the ground shook very much, but [we] heard no noise. 

 Upon the same seventh of December, at New York, they had three severe shocks of an earthquake in the 

 night ; it threw down there some chimneys, and made the bells to toll so as to be heard. At the same time 

 the said shock and noise was felt and heard in many other places. 



August 2, 1739.^ We had a great shock ; it made my house shake much, and the wiudows jar. It was 

 about half an hour past two in the morning ; I think I never heard but two other louder or longer, or greater. 



December 14, 1740. About 6'" 35' A.M., there was heard a jiretty loud noise of the earthquake. 



January 18, 1740-1. About 4'' A.M., there was heard the noise of the earthquake. 



January 25, 1740-1. About ten minutes before four in the afternoon, there was a shock of the earthquake 

 with a loud rumbling noise. This is the last that has been heard (and I pray God I may never hear any more 

 such, and so long). I have omitted to set down some that were small, or such as I did not hear myself; I 

 was very exact to the time, so that what account I have sent you is most ccrtaiidy true. * * * And al- 

 though the first night was the most terrible, as the surprise was sudden ; yet there never happened one shock 

 amongst us but what occasioned some alteration at that time in every person's countenance or constitution ; 

 and which way soever any jierson's face hap]5ened to be, that way the noise of the earthquake appeared to 

 him. * * * These frequent repetitions of the roaring and shocks of the earthquake were upon Merrimack 

 River, and seldom extended above seven or eight miles distance from, or twenty or thirty up the said river, 

 those instances only excepted which I have mentioned in the relation ; ami the first shock of it was greater 

 with us than anywhere else in New England ; and the tops of chimneys and stone fences were thrown down 

 only in these parts.^ 



It is said that on the Tuesday preceding September 15, 1728, a shock was felt at New- 

 bury, at four o'clock A.M., preceded by a noise like thunder,^ but Mr. Plant does not 

 mention it. 



January 30, 1728, at 2'' P.M. a distinct shock was felt at Boston, but no damage 

 was done. From November 9, 1727 to August 2, 1728, there were several slight 

 shocks felt in New England. 



September 15, 1732. A violent earthquake was felt in Canada, which did con- 

 siderable damage at Montreal, as stated in the preceding list. It came at eleven 

 o'clock A.M., and was attended with a rumbling noise. A clock was stopped at Annapo- 

 lis, Maryland, although the shock was slightly felt at Boston.* In June, of the next year, 

 on the fourteenth, according to some authorities, it is said a shock was felt at Annapolis, 

 but there is no certainty that it took place. 



On February 16, 1737, at 4'' 30' P.M., shocks were felt at Boston. December 

 17, shortly before eleven o'clock at night, shocks were felt at Ncav York (three 

 during the night) and Boston, severe enough to throw down several chimneys in the 

 former city, as described by Mr. Plant. In October or November of the same year a very 



' Reverend Samuel Phillips, of Anduver, notes in an al- - This letter was read February 21, 1742. 



manac, inider this date; "The niprht following was an earth- ' Philosophical Transactions, vol. xxxvi, p. 127. 



quake y° tioise long and loud." Felt's Annals of Salem. * Philosophical Transactions, no. 429, vol. xxxviii, p. 120. 



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