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[George Thompson]

I don't see anything in OED that explains this:

        The 26th Instant, the Light House at Sandy-Hook was struck by Lightning, and twenty Panes of the Glass Lanthorn broke to Pieces; the Chimney and Peach [sic] belonging to the Kitchen, was broke down, and some People that were in the House received a little Hurt, but are since recovered.  ‘Tis said the Gust was attended with a heavy Shower of Hail.
        New-York Mercury, June 30, 1766, p. 2, col. 3

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George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

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