A list of the pages, sightings, & pieces transcribed for the exhibit

This list of pages in this exhibit is presented in order of display.

• Earlier monsters, 1793-1815
• An uncommon serpent, 1746 & 1817
• The sea serpent is & isn’t, 1734, 1746, & 1817
• The sea serpent at home, 1817
• The sea serpent through history, 1783, 1793, 1815, & 1817
• The sea serpent vs. the Roman army, BCE 264-241
• The sea serpent vs. the Encyclopedia, 1776-1817
• The sea serpent fed by hand, 1817
• Joseph Brown meets the sea serpent, 1811
• The sea serpent returns, 1817
• Pursuit of the sea serpent, 1817
• The sea serpent vs. the oysters, 1817
• The sea serpent vs. the poets, 1817
• William Lee hides from the sea serpent, 1787
• Spawn of the sea serpent, 1817
• Portrait(s) of the sea serpent, 1817
• The sea serpent goes south for the winter, 1817
• Return of the sea serpent, 1818
• The sea serpent vs. the engravers, 1818
• The sea serpent vs. the whale, 1818
• The sea serpent six ways, 1818
• The sea serpent vs. Captain Rich, 1818
• The sea serpent vs. reality, 1818
• Captain Rich vs. the embarrassment, 1818
• The sea serpent vs. the comedians, 1818

This list of sightings is in chronological order. The link takes you to the page on which that sighting is transcribed, but not necessarily to the transcription itself.

• 1746: Lorenz von Ferry, Norway
• 1783: Penobscot Bay, Maine
• 1787: William Lee; Nova Scotia, Canada
• 1793 June 20: Captain Crabtree; Maine
• 1796 August: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
• 1805 June: Lake Ontario
• 1810: Orkney
• 1811 July: John Brown; north Atlantic ocean
• 1815 October 25: Captain Cleveland; Morocco
• 1817 August 14: John Low; Gloucester, Massachusetts
• 1817 August 17: Gloucester, Massachusetts
• 1817 August 17 & 18: Gloucester, Massachusetts
• 1817 August: Gloucester, Massachusetts
• 1817 August 20: Kettle Cove, Massachusetts
• 1817 August 21: Kettle Cove, Massachusetts
• 1817 August: Kettle Cove, Massachusetts
• 1817 August: Kettle Cove, Massachusetts
• 1817 August 23: Mr. Story & Mr. Nash; Gloucester, Massachusetts
• 1817 August 28: Cape Ann, Massachusetts
• 1817 September 6 & 7: Massachusetts
• 1817 October 3: James Guion; Long Island Sound
• 1817 October 5: Thomas Hertell; Long Island Sound
• 1817 October 14: Long Island Sound
• 1817 November 6: Fitch Welch & Eli B. Gunn; Milford, Connecticut
• 1818 May 9: Joseph Woodward; Cape Ann, Massachusetts
• 1818 June 21: Shubael West & Samuel Schmid; Cape Ann, Massachusetts
• 1818 July 22: Captain B. Webber; Gloucester, Massachusetts
• 1818 July 23: Mr. Sargent; Gloucester, Massachusetts
• 1818 July 31: Captain Arnold; Virginia
• 1818 August 12: Timothy Hodgkins; Squam Harbor, Massachusetts
• 1818 August 16: Squam Harbor, Massachusetts
• 1818 August 19: Squam Harbor, Massachusetts
• 1818 September 3: Ipswich Bay, Massachusetts
• 1818 September 3: Rye Beach, New Hampshire
• 1818 September 24: Captain Tatem; Cape Henry, Virginia

This list of pieces transcribed for this exhibit is in chronological order.

• “Sea Monster.” The Salem Gazette [Salem, Massachusettes] 20 August 1793 [Tuesday]; p. 4.
• Sighting at Portsmouth. The Oracle of the Day [Portsmouth, New Hampshire] 1 September 1796 [Thursday]; p. 3.
• “Extraordinary Snake, in Lake Ontario.” Reprinted from the Rutland Herald [Rutland, Vermont] 10 August 1805 [Monday]; in The Weekly Wanderer [Randolph, Vermont] 19 August 1805; p. 3.
• “Dreadful Snake,” by “Tandy.” The Albany Centinel 3 September 1805 [Tuesday]; p. 3.
• “Another Snake,” by “A Naturalist.” The Albany Centinel [Albany, New York] 17 September 1805 [Tuesday]; p. 3.
• Letter to the editor, by “Unco.” Reprinted from the Patriot [Utica, New York]; in the True Republican [Norwich, Connecticut] 16 October 1805 [Wednesday]; p. 4.
• “Remarkable Sea Monster.” Vermont Republican [Windsor, Vermont] 13 August 1810 [Monday]; p. 4.
• Captain Cleveland investigates a sea serpent. Alexandria Gazette, Commercial and Political [Alexandria, Virginia] 9 December 1815 [Friday]; p. 3.
• The Register recalls an earlier sighting (from the Essex Register [Salem, Massachusetts] 16 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• “Uncommon Serpent.” Boston Intelligencer [Boston, Massachusetts] 16 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “Sea Serpent.” Salem Gazette [Salem, Massachusetts] 19 August 1817 [Tuesday]; pp. 2-3.
• ”Sea Serpent.“ Boston Daily Advertiser [Boston, Massachusetts] 21 August 1817 [Thursday]; p. 2.
• from “The Sea Serpent.” Salem Gazette [Salem, Massachusetts] 22 August 1817 [Friday]; p. 2.
• “The Serpent.” Salem Gazette [Salem, Massachusetts] 22 August 1817 [Friday]; p. 3.
• We are told. Salem Gazette [Salem, Massachusetts] 22 August 1817 [Friday]; p. 3.
• from “Sea Serpent.” Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot [Boston, Massachusetts] 23 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “Sea Serpent” & “Latest of the Serpent.” Boston Intelligencer, and Morning & Evening Advertiser [Boston, Massachusetts] 23 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• Our Sea Serpent. Essex Register [Salem, Massachusetts] 23 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “The Great Aquatic Serpent.” Essex Register [Salem, Massachusetts] 23 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• “The Great Aquatic Serpent.” Boston Patriot and Daily Chronicle [Boston, Massachusetts] 25 August 1817 [Monday]; p. 2.
• “The Serpent.” Newburyport Herald, Commercial & Country Gazette [Newburyport, Massachusetts] 26 August 1817 [Tuesday]; p. 3.
• “The Grand Serpent.” Salem Gazette [Salem, Massachusetts] 26 August 1817 [Tuesday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea Serpent.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 27 August 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• “The Cape-Ann Serpent.” Essex Register [Salem, Massachusetts] 27 August 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 3.
• “The Sea Serpent,” by K. Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 27 August 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 4.
• “The Sea Serpent.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 30 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “More Evidence.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 30 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “Nothing like the Serpent.” Essex Register [Salem, Massachusetts] 30 August 1817 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• “The Sea-Monster,” by “Jonathan.” Newburyport Herald, Commercial and Country Gazette [Newburyport, Massachusetts] 2 September 1817 [Tuesday]; p. 4.
• “The Sea Serpent.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 3 September 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 1.
• “The wonderful sea-serpent.” The Evening Post [New York, New York] 10 September 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• “The Serpent—again.” Essex Register [Salem, Massachusetts] 10 September 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 3.
• “The Sea Serpent.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 17 September 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea-Serpent’s Answer to Jonathan,” by “Ora.” Boston Patriot and Daily Chronicle [Boston, Massachusetts] 26 September 1817 [Friday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea Serpent.” The Evening Post [New York, New York] 29 September 1817 [Monday]; p. 3.
• “The Sea Serpent.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 1 October 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• The panorama Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 8 October 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• Sea-Serpent again. The New-York Columbian [New York, New York] 15 October 1817 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• Thomas Hertell describes the sea serpent. The New-York Columbian [New York, New York] 23 October 1817 [Thursday]; p. 2.
• “The Great Serpent in the Sound!” Connecticut Journal [New Haven, Connecticut] 11 November 1817 [Tuesday]; p. 3.
• “Review of the Past Year.” New-York Daily Advertiser [New York, New York] 3 January 1818; p. 1.
• “The Sea-Serpent again, or another.” New-England Palladium [Boston, Massachusetts] 12 May 1818 [Tuesday]; p. 2.
• “A Great Sea Serpent!” Boston Commercial Gazette [Boston, Massachusetts] 14 May 1818 [Thursday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea Serpent!” Essex Register [Salem, Massachusetts] 16 May 1818 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• “Sea Serpent” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 16 May 1818 [Saturday]; p. 1.
• “Postscript.” The Idiot [Boston, Massachusetts] 16 May 1818 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• “Sea Monsters” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 24 June 1818 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• We have been informed. Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 24 June 1818 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• “Great Sea Serpent.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 27 June 1818 [Saturday]; p. 1.
• “The Sea Serpent Again!” American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser [Hallowell, Maine] 27 June 1818 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• “The Sea Serpent.” The Idiot [Boston, Massachusetts] 11 July 1818 [Saturday]; p. 4.
• “Distinguished Visiter.” The Portland Gazette [Portland, Maine] 14 July 1818 [Tuesday]; p. 2.
• “More of the Sea Serpent.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 18 July 1818 [Wednesday]; p. 1.
• “The ‘Anaconda’ of the Ocean, or The Sea Serpent, Again!” Daily National Intelligencer [Washington, District of Columbia] 18 July 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “Sea Serpent Again, and Brood.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 25 July 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “Scale of the Sea Serpent.” The Idiot [Boston, Massachusetts] 25 July 1818 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• “Sea-Serpent.” The New-York Evening Post [New York, New York] 11 August 1818 [Tuesday]; p. 2.
• “Another Sea Serpent.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 12 August 1818 [Wednesday]; p. 1.
• “A New Interview with the Sea Serpent; A Very Particular and Interesting Account.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 19 August 1818 [Wednesday]; p. 2.
• The Sea-Serpent still plagues us. Salem Gazette 21 August 1818; p. 3; from the New York Gazette.
• “The Sea Serpent Harpooned.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 22 August 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea Serpent—Taken!” Boston Daily Advertiser [Boston, Massachusetts] 4 September 1818 [Friday]; p. 2.
• Note on exhibit of the sea serpent. New-England Galaxy [Boston, Massachusetts] 4 September 1818 [Friday]; p. 3.
• In spite of Southern jeers and jokes, by “Jonathan” The Portsmouth Oracle [Portsmouth, New Hampshire] 5 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• We learn by Mr. Mendum. The Portsmouth Oracle [Portsmouth, New Hampshire] 5 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea Serpent Not Taken.” Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 5 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea Serpent, Again!” Boston Intelligencer [Boston, Massachusetts] 5 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea Serpent.” Boston Daily Advertiser [Boston, Massachusetts] 5 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “The Tunny Fish—No Serpent.” Boston Commercial Gazette [Boston, Massachusetts] 7 September 1818 [Monday]; p. 2.
• “Jonathan.” New-Hampshire Gazette [Portsmouth, New Hampshire] 8 September 1818 [Tuesday]; p. 2.
• “The Sea Serpent.” The Portsmouth Oracle [Portsmouth, New Hampshire] 12 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “Hoaxing.” The Portsmouth Oracle [Portsmouth, New Hampshire] 12 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• Letter from Boston. New-York Gazette [New York, New York] 12 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• Shipping news. New-York Gazette [New York, New York] 12 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2.
• “The Kaleidoscope,” by “Fudge.” The Idiot; or, Invisible Rambler [Boston, Massachusetts] 12 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 2)
• “It is all a HOAX!” by “Peggy.” The Idiot; or, Invisible Rambler [Boston, Massachusetts] 12 September 1818 [Saturday]; pp. 2-3.
• “The ‘BIG SNAKE!’ ” The Idiot; or, Invisible Rambler [Boston, Massachusetts] 12 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• A letter. The National Advocate [New York, New York] 24 September 1818 [Thursday]; p. 2.
• Advertisement. Columbian Centinel [Boston, Massachusetts] 26 September 1818 [Saturday]; p. 3.
• “The Sea Serpent.” Essex Register [Salem, Massachusetts] 17 October 1818 [Saturday]; p. 3.