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From: "smith" <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Re: SCT-ISLAY-D Digest V00 #335
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 08:55:33 -0800


I have run across that story several times too, of the "Year without a
summer"! When you think about it, it must have been pretty depressing and
scary. My ancestors were out of Vermont by that time...and I haven't run
across the story in another part of the country.
Laurel






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From: "nancythomson" <>
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Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 5:16 PM
Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Re: SCT-ISLAY-D Digest V00 #335


> This phenomena happened in the northeastern United States, too.They
> called it the "Year Without a Summer." You can read what Vermonters
> thought at: http://www.vtonly.com/hstyjul7.htm
> If you are interested, do a search on Google entering "year without a
> summer" and many other pages on this topic will come up.
>
> Nancy Thomson
>
> >"The spring of 1816 opened with as fair prospects as have ever appeared
at
> >the same season since. But
> >the sunshine of the year's morn was followed by a long night of black
> >despair. Snow commenced falling in
> >June, and until spring came again the whole country was continuously
> >covered by a wintry blanket.
>
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