Citation - Boston Gazette: 1728.05.20

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Index Entry Drum, in Selkirk, sound of earthquake taken to be morning beat 
Location Selkirk 
Citation
BG.728.011
13-20 May 1728:12 (443)
Selkirk, March 3. . .   Last Friday morning, a little before
4 o'clock, I was awaken'd by a noise something like a clap
of thunder which after it had roared for about 4 minutes,
dyed away insensibly; when it ceased, I rose out of my bed,
and looked out at window, and seeing the air clear, except
two small windy-like clouds, in the north, I concluded it
had been the morning drum, by which I had been alarmed. 
Next morning I was told by every body, that there had been
an earth-quake,. . . [14 more lines]


Generic Title Boston Gazette 
Date 1728.05.20 
Publisher Marshall, Henry 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1728 
Bibliography B0004281
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