“A Card”
Date
12-30-1811
Newspaper
Maryland Republican
Page and Column
Page 4, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Annapolis, Maryland
Serial Number
1239
Abstract
Felt report for the December 16, 1811 earthquake at Richmond, Virginia. Notes the time of the earthquakes were at about 4:00 am ( local time another about 6:00 am ( local time) and another at 8:00 am( local time). Account notes that there were three successive shocks at 4:00 and the ones at 6 and 8 were singe shocks. the earthquake effect mimicked the sound and force of someone breaking into a house. In one house on a hill in Richmond the house bells were rung in both upper and lower stories. Reports that the earthquake was felt at Petersburg, Virginia and that is was noted there as severe.
Transcript
A CARD. A little after eight this morning, I thought I perceived signs of an earthquake in every object about me.-Still, I mistrusted the testimony of sensations so often illusive.-Upon mentioning this to others, I hear that not only at the above time, but in the course of last night, similar systems of a general concussion have manifested themselves.-If you think, it worth while enquire into this phenomenon, which, perhaps, you have yourself remarked. L. H. G. We understand that this phenomenon was witnessed by many people in the city-that about 4 o'clock in the morning there were three successive shocks, another about 6 and again about 8. Several persons were under a persuasion that thieves had broken into their houses, and in one of the most elevated houses of the city, the bells, both above and below, were set aringing. A severe shock of an earthquake was also experienced in Petersburg about the same time. F.R. Richmond Enquirer.
Recommended Citation
"“A Card”" (1811). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 1192.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/1192
