The signs of the times: or Some expositions and remarks on sundry texts of Scripture, relative to the remarkable phenomenon, or dark-day, which appeared in New-England on the nineteenth of May, 1780 [electronic resource] : by which it appears that New-England is the place that the Prophet Joel calls Zion and Jerusalem. By Samuel Gatchel, deacon of the Second Congregational Church in Marblehead.
1781
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The signs of the times: or Some expositions and remarks on sundry texts of Scripture, relative to the remarkable phenomenon, or dark-day, which appeared in New-England on the nineteenth of May, 1780 [electronic resource] : by which it appears that New-England is the place that the Prophet Joel calls Zion and Jerusalem. By Samuel Gatchel, deacon of the Second Congregational Church in Marblehead.
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Danvers [Mass.] : Printed and sold by E. Russell, at his printing-office near the Bell-Tavern. M,DCC,LXXI. (Pr. 8 dol.) Also may be had, sundry other new pieces, [1781]
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United States -- Massachusetts -- Danvers.
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English
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16p. ; 8⁰.
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The darkness which extended over much of New England was presumably the result of smoke and ashes from a forest fire, trapped in the atmosphere by excessive moisture. Cf. Bumgardner, G.B. American broadsides, no. 57.
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Evans, 17169
English Short Title Catalog, W3310.
English Short Title Catalog, W3310.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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