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1848: At a meeting of the Key West Whigs, all were in support of Zachary Taylor. They also voted to approve Rep. Edward C. Cabell’s support of Robert C. Winthrop

1888: The Cuban population of Key West was dropping as a great number were returning to their homeland after the end of the Spanish American War.

1821: Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: Moderate breezes. Sounding occasionally without obtaining bottom. At day light discovered a Strange Sail on the