# anonymous 1857: Correspondence (a visitor's note on the abandoned Oak Island diggings)

> anonymous, 1857. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Sets the earliest date at which the digging is documented in print.

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# Correspondence (a visitor's note on the abandoned Oak Island diggings)

anonymous, 1857. _Liverpool Transcript (Nova Scotia)_.

The earliest printed reference to the Oak Island diggings found so far: a traveller's brief description of the debris at the abandoned site. Reproduced and discussed by Joltes; the original is in Nova Scotia newspaper files.

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## What it's used for here

Sets the earliest date at which the digging is documented in print.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[A traveller's note on the abandoned diggings is printed](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/events/EVT0D52WZEY40YT/a-travellers-note-on-the-abandoned-diggings-is-printed)

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[The Oak Island money pit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

```
anonymous (1857). Correspondence (a visitor's note on the abandoned Oak Island diggings). Liverpool Transcript (Nova Scotia). https://criticalenquiry.org/oakisland/OI_chapter3.shtml
```

[Read it free at criticalenquiry.org](https://criticalenquiry.org/oakisland/OI_chapter3.shtml)

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