New England's "Dark Day." About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England, the cause is unexplained. Some consider it to be Judgment Day.
POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK
Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature.
— Benjamin Franklin,1754
Women of the American Revolution
Adapted from the work
of the same name by Elizabeth F. Ellet 1848