“A solemn gloom of unusual darkness before ten o’clock,—a still
darker cloud rolling under the sable curtain from the north and
west before eleven o’clock,—excluded the light so that none could
see to read or write in the House, even at either window, or
distinguish persons at a small distance, or perceive any
distinction of dress in the circle of attendants; wherefore, at
eleven o’clock adjourned the House till two in the
afternoon.”—_Journal of the Connecticut House of Representatives,
Friday, May 19, 1780._