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1822: Congress established Key West as a Port of Entry and Joel Yancy was appointed the first Collector of Customs.

1831: Deputy Marshall P.B. Prior returned to Key West from Port Charlotte (then a part of Monroe County) with J.O. Caldes, who was accused of murder. Caldes was placed in

1831: In an election for a delegate to Congress, Key West voters chose James Gadsden over Joseph M. White 70 to 17.

1886: Still reeling from the devastating March 30 fire, the Relief Committee of Key West issued a plea to the nation, saying, “A large portion of our city having been

1830: William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose about 6. During the night the wind hauled to the west northwest and this morning blows fresh and quite cool. I