“Melancholy Indeed...”
Date
5-18-1812
Newspaper
Virginia Argus
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 4
Newspaper Location
Richmond, Virginia
Serial Number
1140
Abstract
Report from a New York newspaper that refugees had arrived at Puerto Rico from the Caribbean earthquake.
Transcript
MELANCHOLY INDEED Letters from Porto-Rico of the 17th ult mention the arrival there of many distressed inhabitants, who had escaped from the late tremendous Earthquake. They confirm the fate of Caraccas and La Guira; and add, that Cumana, New-Barcelona, Porto-Cavello and Valencia, were mostly destroyed; and that the inland town of St. Philip was entirely swallowed up. N. Y. Paper.
Recommended Citation
"“Melancholy Indeed...”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1094.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1094
