154 Bigelow on the Sea Serpent. 
animal—and that more than one had been seen by several 
persons together. « 
coe ELEAZER CRABTREE. 
The following documents have been already oublale d 
in the newspapers, but, from their importance and recent 
origin, are now fre- printed, in connexion 1 with the prece- 
ding :-— 
From the Boston Daiiy /dvertiser. 
THE SEA SERPENT. 
The recent appearance of this pee at Nahant, in the 
view of several hundred persons, has furnished, perhaps, 
more conclusive proof of his existence, than any that has 
before been made public. For the satisfaction of our read- 
ers, we have procured a copy of the following letter, which 
gives a very clear and intelligible description of his appear- 
ance and movements. We have heard verbal statements 
from a great number of gentlemen, all of whom agree in 
substance with what is here related. 
Copy of a letter from James Prince, /Marshal of the Dis- 
trict, to the Hon. Judge Davis, dated 
Nauant, Aug. 16th, 1819. 
Dear Sir, 
» I prestine, I aes have seen what is generally thought to 
2 my mame Inserted in 
the evening Hee Se a at Boston on Saturday, in a 
communication on this subject. For your gratification, and 
from a desire that my name may not sanction any thing 
beyond what was presented and passed im review before 
me, I will now state that which, in the presence of more 
than two hundred other witnesses, took place near the long 
beach of Nahant, on See morning last. 
Intending to pass two or three days at Nahant, with my 
family, we left Boston early on Saturday morning. On 
passing the half-way house, on the Salem turnpike, Mr. 
