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Earthquake Date: 1842 A.D.

Earthquake at Cape Haytien, Santo Domingo, which destroyed nearly two-thirds of the town; between 4,000 and 5,000 lives were lost.


“Let us strengthen and cheer ourselves with the persuasion that nothing can befall us by chance, that all our times are in his hand, and that we are immortal till our work is done.”
–Works of Rev. William Jay, Evening, Sept. 12