Abraham Davenport

Abraham Davenport

Abraham Davenport (1715 - 20 November 1789) was an American politician who served in the Connecticut legislature during the American Revolution, and as a Colonel, in the Connecticut State Militia. He is famous for his response to New England's Dark Day, which many feared was a sign that the Last Judgment was approaching.

John Greenleaf Whittier wrote a poem about the famous incident, "" first published in "The Atlantic Monthly" (May 1866).

External links

* [http://www.stamfordhistory.org/dav_abraham1.htm "Abraham Davenport 1715–1789" at The Stamford Historical Society]
** [http://www.stamfordhistory.org/dav_whittier.htm "Abraham Davenport & The Dark Day" at The Stamford Historical Society]
* [http://www.curbstone.org/index.cfm?webpage=82 "The Dark Day" at Curbstone Press]


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