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daily national intelligencer (washington city [d.c.]) 1813-1869 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1819-08-20
Location: washington, district of columbia, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: daily national intelligencer (washington city [d.c.]) 1813-1869 · 1819-08-20 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1819-08-20 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sea serpent”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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THE SEA SERPENT. FKOM THE BOSTON' CENTIME!.. Various and accumulated as are the evidences already before the public respecting the appear ance of an extraordinary animal in our bay for two or three years past, commonly called a Sea Serpent, and however true it is, that those who have most carefully attended to this evidence, are perfectly satisfied of the existence of such an animal, yet, as there are a few, who, discarding the usual credit given to human testimony, affect to have doubts on the subject, it has become im portant to preserve and publish all new evidence which goes to corroborate the fact, that an ani mal, of the ...

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