“A letter from Columbia....”

Authors

Date

1-28-1812

Newspaper

The Times

Page and Column

Page 3, Column 2

Newspaper Location

Charleston, South Carolina

Serial Number

385

Abstract

Felt report from Charleston, South Carolina, for the January 23, 1812 earthquake. “A letter from Columbia, states that a fire broke out in the Academy of that place, on the morning of the 23d inst, about 5 o’clock, which destroyed the building. The town also felt a shock of an Earthquake, on the same morning, at 9 o’clock.”

Transcript

A letter from Columbia, states, that a fire broke out in the Academy of that place, on the morning of the 23d inst, about 5 o'clock, which destroyed the building. That town also felt a shock of an Earthquake, on the same morning, at 9 o'clock.

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