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1890: Workmen installed seats in the new First Baptist Church on Eaton Street. The original church was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1886.

1822: Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: Remarks, Tuesday, August 6th Moderate and pleasant weather, at 4 p.m. made the Island of New

1933: The temperature reached 94 degrees, the hottest day since 1884.

1822: Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: Remarks, Wednesday, April 10th Fresh breezes from the Southward and Eastward, Standing to the Starboard under

1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 5 and walked half way to the Salt Pond having Spring with me. He seemed tired, it is the first time

1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 4 and walked on the beach, returned home and bathed. At 7:30 a.m. barometer 29.66, thermometer 85, wind northeast 2, clouds 4. Went to the dentist and had one tooth filled with gold. The filling he put in on Saturday (an amalgam of Kadnium) came out last night and he put a wedge between the teeth so as to open them up if possible to prevent further filing so that he could get at the place to put in a gold plug. When I went home I found cook (...

1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 4:30 and walked to the Salt Ponds, returned home and bathed. At 8 a.m. barometer 29.57, thermometer 75, wind northeast, clouds 2. Wrote to Mother and mailed my letters. The USS Fulton came in about 8 a.m. The steamer Isabel got in about 4 p.m. and the Fulton went to sea at 5 p.m. The steamer Florida went to sea at 5:30. Mrs. Charles Tift and children went on her on a visit to a sister in Mississippi. The steamer Isabel went to sea at 6 p.m. W...