William P. Duval.
1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 4 and walked on the beach returned home and bathed. At 7:45 a.m. barometer 29.50, thermometer 86, wind east southeast 1, clouds 4. Saw a turtle which someone had turned between the two roads. Got a 16th of a ticket in the grand lottery and a half interest in a 1/8 which Mr. Howe keeps. Paid the 2/16ths $2.12. Paid Alexander Patterson for a box of soap $5.00, rice $6.62, plantains $1.68, banana $.87. Received $20.00 the proctorâs fee in the case of James Lowe et atls vs. Schooner William Chestnut and $5.00 for bill of sale of Negro boy from Farina to Arnau. A Spaniard named Ramon Peralto stabbed another named Manuel Acosta in the left breast but the blade struck a rib and glanced making a flesh wound. Dora Chase spent the day and Hatty went off to sleep with her. Captain and Mrs. William Chase spent the evening at our house as did Captain Hoyt and Charles Tift.