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that I can under (land, efcaped the. Shake ; the 
Colonies R bode* Ijland v ConneEtjcu ^aqd -New- York , 
that lie between us and Penjylvania being all af- 
fected, though not equally, particularly at Phila- 
delphia they write, a final l Shock. As to the op- 
posite Line or Latitude, as we may cal! it, of ti e 
Earthquake, we have two noted Hands to the South - 
Eaft, cal! ed Nan t ucket an d 'Martha rtf ineym:d^ about 
* ninety Miles diftant from Bojion , and the firil named 
lies about twelve Leagues into the Sea, diftant from 
the main Land ; both thefe I Hands had the Earth- 
quake. Our Englijb Settlements to wards the North- 
Well:, don’t yet exceed forty or fifty Miles from 
Bojton \ but they all of them had this Earthquake 
very fenfibly ; and how far it might reach beyond 
them towards Canada , we cannot yet fay. By this 
Calculation 1 believe it will be found, that our Earth- 
quake was of a much greater Extent, than any yet 
taken notice of in Hiftory : As to the Courle of the 
Earthquake, or where it firft began, I am not yet 
able to determine by all the Information I can get : 
For they write from Rhode -IJland, Connecticut , 
New-Tork , and Philadelphia , all to the Weftward, 
that it was between the Hours* of Ten and Eleven at 
Night. The fame again is affirm’d from Pifcataqua , 
Cafco-Bay, and Kennebec k River, which are to the 
Eafhvard : So that as yet it feems to me, that the 
Earth* through the whole Extent aforefaid, was 
fliaken very near at the fame Time. Some of my 
Neighbours are pofitive, that it came from the South- 
ward ; while others again are confident, that where 
they wer£, it came from the North. Bat this is not 
to be wonder’d at, fmee, as I fuppofe, the fubtesr- 
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