436? CORRESPONDENCTi:, 



Opening. Closing:. 



1843 April 19 ^or. 30 



1844 " 9 , " 2T 



1845 March 31 Dec. 7 



1846 '' 28 .....,,. '' 2 



1847 April 20 , '' 21 



1848 " 1 ....,..., '' 22 



1849 March SO " 8 



1850 April 3..... ,.. " 8 



1851 " 6 , " 1 



1852 '' 12 *' 16 



1853 March 29....,,,. ,...., 'Nov, 27 and Bee. 4, [river q 



:^ov. 30.] 



1854 April 21 Bee. S 



1855 " 9.... , Nov. 23 and Bee. 11, [opened Bee, 



10, and ve^ssels ccm© up.] 



1856 April 9 ,.., Bee. 1 



1857 " 5 " 5 



March 26, 1826, the river brole U'p from a rain: that occurred two" 

 days previously; the ice struck the roof of a store on the long wharf, 

 which was 21| feet above high water mark, in some places it piled up 

 much higher; a fishing schooner was crushed to pieces, and the dam- 

 age done here was estimated at |3,000, aiad at Hallowell $10,000', 

 The whole river did not break up. 



January 28, 1839, river broke up as far as the point below the 

 sands. Cooper's ship-house and ship that v^ras building within it were 

 carried away, as was also the frame of another vessel. A store on long 

 wharf was carried down and lodged on the flats three miles below. 

 Tea and other goods in the store chamber were taken out uninjured^ 

 but much damage was done here and in the towns above. 



The above record shovirs that the river opened 17 years io March and 

 51 years in April; and that the first closing was 26 years in November 

 and 36 years in Becember. 



The mean opening is April 6, and the mean first closing Becember 2. 



The earliest closing is November 16, and the earliest opening is 

 March 15. The latest opening was April 24, 1785^ and the next 

 latest April 21, 1854, 



