This Day in Dover History 1810

The memorable "cold Friday" occurred, of which mention is frequently made by New England historians. The thermometer ranged all day long from 15 to 20 degrees below zero while the wind attained to the proportions of a hurricane. A family in Sanbornton, whose house was prostrated by the gale, perished before its members could reach the nearest shelter, a half mile way. A stage driver on the route from Boston to Salem, was found frozen stiff upon his box with the reins in his hands, when the horses halted before the hotel door in Lynn.

From "Notable Events in the History of Dover, N.H. by George Wadleigh, c. 1913.