Earthquake in Connecticut, §°¢. ~ 339 
“March 9th, 1794, at 2 o’clock, P. M. there were two, and a 
third at 11 o’clock, P.M. The atmosphere was clear in the 
morning, hazy and damp in the afternoon. 
“'T'wo others were observed on the 11th of August, 1805, at 
7 o’clock, P. M. Wind southwest in the forenoon, and a thunder 
storm about 4 o’clock, P. M. 
“Another occurred on the 30th December, at 6 o’clock, A. M. 
The atmosphere was moist. 
“There were two others on the 9th of February, 1812, at 9 
o’clock in the forenoon. noe was ea and the wind south- 
erl 
“ Another was observed on the 5th of July, at 8 o’elock j in the 
forenoon. The atmosphere was filled with rain and mist. 
“The last was on December 28th, 1813, at 4 o’clock in the 
afternoon. The weather was damp, and thawed the snow fast. 
“This account has been several times interrupted by the ill 
health of the gentleman who kept it. These periods have been 
frequently of considerable length, and in all probability in these 
intervals many of these occurrences were omitted. 
“'The particular place where these explosions originate, has not 
been ascertained. It appears to be near the northwest corner of 
the town. It was-near this place that Steele -found his fossil. 
The place where the ground was broken when the first one oc- 
curred which I mentioned above, was about three and a half miles 
from this place. ‘There was no appearance of a deposit near 
- where the ground was broken, but it has been observed that this 
place has been repeatedly struck with lightning. 
- © The above is the amount of the information which I collected 
on this subject. Iam conscious of the insignificance of some of 
t; but these stories were blended with all the virtual information 
sides I could find. Fr this reason I have written them.” 
The Haddam earthquakes were described more than a century 
ago by the Rev. Mr. Hosmer, of Haddam, in a letter to Mr. 
Prince, of Boston, dated Aug. 13, 1729, and recorded in 'Trum- 
bull’s History of Connecticut, (Vol. 1, p. 92,) from which the 
following passages are extracted: they have the tinge of the 
times, which only adds to their credibility. 
“* As to the earthquakes,” he observes, “I have something con- 
siderable and awful to tell you. Harthquakes have been here, 
(and no where but in this precinct, as can be discerned ; that is, 
