Title:
Palatine legend only loosely based on facts
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Block Island and her Palatine, or Palatinate, legend
Ghastly green light and a burning ship
Ghostly sounds and gory deeds
Poem "The Palatine" by John Greenleaf Whittier
Edward Row Snow investigates Palatine legend and finds 220-ton ship Princess Augusta
Germany
Ghastly green light and a burning ship
Ghostly sounds and gory deeds
Poem "The Palatine" by John Greenleaf Whittier
Edward Row Snow investigates Palatine legend and finds 220-ton ship Princess Augusta
Germany
Object ID:
Kim07-046b
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
01/28/1999
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Block Island claims the legend of the Palatine, recorded in a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, in a manner unfavorable to the Block Islanders of December 27, 1738. But maritime historian Edward Row Snow claims the wrecked vessel was actually named the Princess Augusta of Ramsgate, England, which carried some Palatine or Palatinate southern German refugees. Snow's investigates paints the 1739 Block Islands as heroes instead of villians. Which every story one accepts, many claim to have seen the strange sight of the burning shiip through the eerie glow of the fog, it's also said that a fog horn, the scream of a mad woman may be heard from the firey vessal near the Southeast Lighthouse on Mohegan Bluffs.
People:
Whittier, John Greenleaf
Hazard, James
Snow, Edward Row
Brooks, Andrew (Mate)
Hazard, James
Snow, Edward Row
Brooks, Andrew (Mate)
Search Terms:
ghostly scenes
Block Island
Palatine
Southeast Lighthouse
Mohegan Bluffs
Princess Augusta of Ramsgate, England
Rotterdam
Germany
Palatinate
Block Island
Palatine
Southeast Lighthouse
Mohegan Bluffs
Princess Augusta of Ramsgate, England
Rotterdam
Germany
Palatinate