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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, January 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of January. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, persons on watch, absences, tasks completed, and supply deliveries. The January logs are beneath the entries of the previous December and February's log are likewise halfway through the latter two pages beneath January.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-01
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, February 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of February. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and a duck attack on the lamp on the 21st. February logs begin halfway through the first two pages and ending just three quarters of the way through the latter two pages, being written immediately after the January entries and before the March ones.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-02
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, March 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of March. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, a visit by the steamship Laurel and an accident involving the wick of the lamp on the 27th. The logs begin in the last quarters of the first two pages and end at the cusp of the latter two pages, being written immediately after the February entries and before the April ones.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-03
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, April 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of April. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and of a fire witnessed in Pensacola on the 11th. The logs begin at the very end of the first two pages then continue until the top of the last two pages, being written immediately before and prior to the March and May entries.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-04
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, May 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of May. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, and a visit by a lampist to tend to the lighthouse from the 5th to the 8th. The entries begin near the top of the first two pages and end halfway through the latter two pages, being written immediately prior to and before the April and June entries.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-05
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, June 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of June. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, tasks completed, a few absences, and an accident involving the second wick not being lit on the 8th. The entries begin halfway through the first two pages, being written immediately after the May logs, but end before running into July.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-06
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, December 1885, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of December. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, persons on watch, absences, as well as tasks and repairs completed at the lighthouse. The first full log written by William A. Bethel, entries are mistakenly dated and hastily fixed and the month of January for 1886 begins halfway through the third page rather than on an entirely new section. A Mr. Albert (last name partially illegible) was put on duty on December 4th.
Identifier: uwfplm_1885_12
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, July 1886, Keeper William A. Bethel.
Author: William A. Bethel, George Clifford
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of July. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather and tasks completed. On July 1st George Clifford took charge of the lighthouse, A Whiting was hired as a laborer, and A. Palmer earned a promotion.
Identifier: uwfplm_1886-07
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Title: Journal of Lighthouse Station at Pensacola, November 1885, Keeper S. C. Lawrence.
Author: S. C. Lawrence, William A. Bethel
Abstract/Description: Journal for the month of November. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, persons on watch, absences, as well as tasks and repairs completed at the lighthouse. Clifford caused a gear to snag in the beacon mechanism, was ready to resign two days later, and did not keep the journal for a week during Lawrence's absence from the station. On the 28th the lighthouse inspector arrived with William A. Bethel, noting he would take charge on Sunday the 30th. S. C....
Show moreJournal for the month of November. Entries are written across two pages and include notes on the weather, persons on watch, absences, as well as tasks and repairs completed at the lighthouse. Clifford caused a gear to snag in the beacon mechanism, was ready to resign two days later, and did not keep the journal for a week during Lawrence's absence from the station. On the 28th the lighthouse inspector arrived with William A. Bethel, noting he would take charge on Sunday the 30th. S. C. Lawrence resigned the same day. Bethel's first entry was a typo as he noted Sunday to be the 29th and Monday to be the 30th.
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Identifier: uwfplm_1885_11
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