1827: Former U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter, now commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy, brought the frigate Liberator, the brig Victoria and the brig Bravo to Key West in preparation for
1857: William Hackley recorded in his diary. Rose at 6 and walked on the beach, returned home and bathed. At 8:30 a.m. barometer 29.63, thermometer 71, wind east 3, clouds
1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 6 and it was too cold to walk or bathe. Thermometer exposed in the front of the piazza 48 degrees, in