“This morning, between half past 3 and half past 4 o’clock, there was a war of shooting stars in the northwest, For an hour meteor succeeded meteor in such rapid succession, that it was impossible to count them; at times-the sky seemed full of them, and the earth was illuminated as with a morning light.”
19 Nov 1833, 3 – Richmond Enquirer at Newspapers.com
“the phenomenon was visible as far North as Portsmouth and Concord in N. Hampshire. —The Portsmouth Journal states, that the shooting stars continued to fall from 3 o’clock sill day-break. “Hundreds were seen at the same moment descending to the earth in every direction”
