An Impartial Relation of the Hail-Storm on the Fifteenth of July and the Tornado on the Second of August 1799. Which appeared in the towns of Bozrah, Lebanon, and Franklin, in the state of Connecticut. To which is annexed an estimate of the damages done by the storm, made by a committee, from said towns.
Norwich: John Trumbull, 1799.
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30pp. Uncut. 8vo. Stitched. Toned, minor chipping at sheet edges. Very good. Evans 35650; ESTC W12928; Sabin 34382.
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The 1799 hail storm passed over Litchfield County and Hartford before intensifying over the towns of Bozrah and Franklin, dropping a prodigious amount of 3" diameter hail. Two weeks later, a tornado struck the same region in the middle of the night.