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- - , Algemeen, , Keith C. Heidorn, NEW ENGLAND'S DARK DAY (17 mei 1780)
- - , Algemeen, , JOSEPH DOW'S HISTORY OF HAMPTON Chapter 12 -- Part 14
The 19th day of May, 1780, was unprecedented in New England for its great darkness. The sun was visible a little while in the morning, but was soon obscured by clouds. For some days previous the air had been filed with smoke, arising, it was supposed, from extensive fires, somewhere raging in the woods. Prevailing westerly winds had spread the smoke over a very great extent of country. On the morning of the 19th, the wind, though variable, was principally from the eastward, and brought with it a dense fog from the ocean. This meeting and mingling with the clouds and smoke formed a mass almost impervious to light. The darkness became noticeable a little before eleven o'clock, and rapidly increased. Domestic fowls went to roost, and cattle collected around the barn yards, as at the approach of night. About noon it became necessary to light candles, and these were needed through the remainder of the day, thought he darkness was greatest from twelve to one o'clock. The darkness of the evening was scarcely less remarkable than that of the day. Dr. Belknap says: "It presented a complete specimen of as total darkness as can be conceived. About midnight a light breeze sprang up from the north or northeast, which dispersed the clouds and vapors, and it soon began to grow light. The darkness extended over several thousand square miles, though differing much in intensity in different places. Nowhere, perhaps, was it greater than in this vicinity. The day was appropriately called, and is still known, as THE DARK DAY.
- - , Algemeen, , John Greenleaf Whittier Abraham Davenport Gedicht over de duisternis van 19 mei 1780
J.P. van de Giessen , Blog Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel, February 4, 2011,
De tien plagen: Duisternis
James Edson White , De Komende Koning, , [1910], 154-168, De verduistering van de zon
Zoekmachine , Google, , 1780 "The Dark Day" explanation