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Tag: 1786

Adrift on a Haystack, December 1786

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Gordon Harris2 Comments
Adrift on a Haystack legend Rowley

In a northeasterly storm in December, 1786 Samuel Pulsifer and Samuel Elwell of Rowley were digging clams on Plum Island, got caught in the storm, and took refuge in a stack of salt hay for the night. In the morning they found they had been set afloat.

Posted in Legends, Storms, winterTagged 1786, Clams, December, hay, Plum Island, Rowley, storm
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