“A letter from the Mississippi Territory”
Date
2-10-1812
Newspaper
Charleston Courier
Page and Column
Page 3, Column 2
Newspaper Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Serial Number
331
Abstract
Felt report from Mississippi Territory for the December 16, 1811 earthquake “About 3 o’clock of the morning of the 16th inst. Our whole Territory were much alarmed by a very severe shock of an Earthquake. We also felt two shocks about 7 of the same morning, and another about 10 o’clock the day after. So great was the agitation of the Mississippi at the Chickasaw bluffs that it drove a boat, ( the owner of which has just told me the tale) about 40 yards upon a sand bar, and left him high and dry, and it took him three days to get his boat into the water again.”
Transcript
A Letter from the Mississippi Territory, to a gentleman in this city, dated 31st Dec. says-"About 3 o'clock of the morning of the 16 h inst. our whole Territory were much alarmed by a very severe shock of an Earthquake. We also felt two shocks about 7 of the same morning, and another about 10 o'clock the day after. So great was the agitation of the Mississippi, at the Chickasaw Bluff, that it drove a boat; (the owner of which has just told me the tale) about 40 yards upon a sand bar, and left him high and dry, and it took him three days to get his boat into the water again."
Recommended Citation
"“A letter from the Mississippi Territory”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 324.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/324
