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REMEMBERED TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IN 1806: "IT COMMENCED A SHORT TIME BEFORE NOON AND LASTED THREE HOURS. THERE WAS TOTAL DARKNESS FOR A SHORT TIME. THERE WERE NO NEWSPAPERS TO GIVE NOTICE OF AND EXPLAIN THE COMING OF SO WONDERFUL AN EVENT AND MANY PERSONS SUPPOSED THE LAST DAY HAD COME. THE BIRDS WENT TO ROOST, BUT WHEN THE FIRST STREAKS OF LIGHT APPEARED, THEY COMMENCED TO CHATTER AND SING AND SOON THE AIR SEEMED FILLED WITH MUSIC. THEY WERE RETURNING THANKS TO GOD FOR THE RETURNING OF LIGHT."
1796 |
May 20, 1796
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Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
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1815 |
November 29, 1815
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Irwin,Venango,Pennsylvania,USA
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1817 |
1817
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Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
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1820 |
September 8, 1820
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1822 |
August 30, 1822
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Venango County, PA, United States
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1825 |
1825
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Irwin Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
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1826 |
November 1826
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Venango, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
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1826
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1829 |
July 18, 1829
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