The signs of the times: or Some expositions and remarks on sundry texts of Scripture, relative to the remarkable phenomenon, or dark-day, which appeared in New-England on the nineteenth of May, 1780 : by which it appears that New-England is the place that the Prophet Joel calls Zion and Jerusalem. By Samuel Gatchel, deacon of the Second Congregational Church in Marblehead.
| Author/creator | Gatchel, Samuel |
| Other author | Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796, printer. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Danvers [Mass.] : Printed and sold by E. Russell, at his printing-office near the Bell-Tavern. M,DCC,LXXI. (Pr. 8 dol.) Also may be had, sundry other new pieces, [1781] |
| Description | 16 pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | The darkness which extended over much of New England was presumably the result of smoke and ashes from a forest fire, trapped in the atmosphere by excessive moisture. Cf. Bumgardner, G.B. American broadsides, no. 57. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| References | Evans, 17169 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W3310. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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