. . . . We reached Fernandina between four and five,
entering the muddy water of this coast soon after dinner. We found there had
been a heavy hailstorm here this morning. . . .
SOURCES: Clara B. Hay, Letters of John Hay and
Extracts from Diary, Volume 1, p. 178. See Michael Burlingame & John R.
Turner Ettlinger, Editors, Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete
Civil War Diary of John Hay, p. 178-9 for the full diary entry.
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