From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), 
compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late 
Phinehas Merrill, Esq.,
Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, ©1817, pg 57

Part I - General View- History


1806 - June 16th of this year was made memorable by the most remarkable 
solar eclipse which probably ever happened.  To many parts of New England 
the  sun was at once beautiful and sublime, and yet not to be contemplated 
without a feeling of dread.  The sky was unusually serene, not a leaf was 
in motion.  Immediately before the extreme darkness all nature seemed 
vereging to a state of gloomy repose.  The animals felt the change and 
hastened to their nocturnal retreats.  But as the obsuration gradually 
left the sun, the quick reanimation of every thing was proportionably 
delightful.


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