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| | C/1843 D1 (Great March Comet) |
 | | The earliest observation of this comet occurred on the evening of February 5, 1843. |
 | | Edward Claudius Herrick reported in the April-June 1843 issue of the American Journal of Science, "It appears quite probable that the train of this comet was seen in the evening [sky] before the perihelion passage, at Bermuda, Philadelphia, and Porto Rico, on the 19th, 23d and 26th of February," [respectively]. |
 | | There was a widespread panic, similar, it was said, to that caused by the meteors of 1832. |
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