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1821: Excerpt for the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: Moderate Breezes from the Westward and pleasant. Under all drawing sail. Lat. 38.52 Long. 68.35. On
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1821: Excerpt for the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: Moderate Breezes from the Westward and pleasant. Under all drawing sail. Lat. 38.52 Long. 68.35. On
1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 4:30 and walked on the beach, returned home and bath. At 8 a.m. barometer 29.50, thermometer 86, wind southeast 2, clouds
1821: USS Shark cleared New York for Africa for the suppression of the slave trade and piracy. Dr. Eli Ayers on board for transportation to Africa, as agent of the
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 (Black Matilda) was sick with some fever and pains in the head, back and limbs. Sent for Dr. S.F. Jon...
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 29.64, thermometer 85, wind east northeast 4,