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JOURNAL OF HENRY HAMILTON FLOYD
OF
CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 1852 - MAY 1853

February, 1853.

Tu. 1^st.              Left St. Marys in the steamer for Cabin Bluff. Got to Bellevue about 1 P.M.

Wed. 2d.           Doing nothing.

Thurs. 3d.          Clear. Hunted; killed nothing.

Fri. 4.                Clear.

Satry. 5.            Clear.

Sun. 6.              Clear.

Mon. 7.             Clear. Sam'l A. Floyd and I went to Black Point in the afternoon and after dark fire hunted. Saw 2 deer. Had no shot.

Tues. 8.            Went to St. Marys from B. P. in my boat. Clear weather.

Wed. 9.             Clear. In St. Marys. Sent the boat home.

Thu. 10.            Clear. In town.

Fri. 11.              Clear. In town.

Satry. 12.          Clear. In town.

Sun. 13.            Clear. Left St. Marys in the Welaka and got to Jacksonville at 1 P.M.

Mon. 14.           In Jacksonville.

Tue. 15.            Hired Chance to Mr. Wm. Alsop for $12. pr month.

Wed. 16.           Clear. Went to Palatka in Steamer Florida.

Thurs. 17.          Left Palatka and landed at Picolatta (sixty second page) where I took the stage and reached St. Augustine at 2 P.M.

Fri. 18.              In St. Augustine.

Satry. 19.          In St. Augustine. Saw several cock fights.

Sun. 20.            Clear and cool. Left for Picolatta in the afternoon and reached there about dark. At 9 P.M. I got on board the large, new, and splendid steamer, Carolina, and went to Palatka.

Mon. 21.           Left Picolatta in the Carolina and arrived in Jacksonville at 3 P.M.

Tues 22.            Clear and pleasant. Took the Welaka before light this morning and got to St. Marys at 11 A. M. We towed 3 vessels over the St. Johns Bar this morning and crofsed it 6 times.

Wed. 23.           In St. Marys.

Thurs. 24.          In St. Marys.

Fri. 25.              In St. Marys.

Satry. 26.          My boat reached town last night and I started for Bellevue after breakfast and got to Cabin Bluff at 3 P.M. Rode from there to Bellevue.

Sun. 27.            Dr. Delaroche came over to dinner and left in the afternoon.

Mon. 28.           Cloudy. Sister Mary Ann and Caroline arrived in the afternoon from Mrs. Wm. T. Hopkins' place where they have been for 10 or 12 days. I hunted twice today and started 5 deer. Had no shot.