destruction it made; whole fields of
wheat were entirely cut off, so that
we could not see one head standing
corn, flax, & oats, far’d but little better,
peas, in the gardens & fields, whole
acres being sown here, were entirely
destroy’d; large fields of timothy
were so broken down that they smell’d
like fresh hay; there being many
poke bushes along the road, which
were knock’d all to pieces, the stalks
which were as thick as rake handles
were broken; in short all vegetation
where the storm reach’d, suffer’d much
the fences, stumps, & old logs, were much
mark’d; the windows of a number
of houses were very much destroy’d; one place
of worship we understood had more
than 300 lights broken. 28th
A fine morning, & a pleasant