Today in Keys History
1836: During the year of 1835 a total of 17 vessels were adjudicated in the Admiralty Court in Key West and salvage fees of $88,435.18 were awarded to the wreckers.
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1836: During the year of 1835 a total of 17 vessels were adjudicated in the Admiralty Court in Key West and salvage fees of $88,435.18 were awarded to the wreckers.
1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 6 and walked the piazza till sunrise when I read the papers. At 9:40 a.m. barometer 29.78, thermometer 65, wind northeast
1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 6 and made a fire in the stove and read papers. At 9 A.M. thermometer 61, wind northeast 2, clouds 2
1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 5:30 and made a fire in the stove. At 9 a.m. barometer 29.66, thermometer 53, wind north northwest 1, clouds 3
1831: The new Collector of Customs, William A. Whitehead arrived on the schooner Evan T. Ellicott, 58 days from Baltimore.