Colonial Shark Attack

Reprinted from the New Hampshire Gazette, July 12, 1771 Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 12, 1771: We hear from Damariscotta (Maine), that about three weeks ago, three men being in a canoe, fishing, about half a mile from the shore, a large shark came along side, and after going several times round the canoe, came up […]Continue Reading »

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