Friday, January 20, 2012

1862 January 21

[from the diary of Eugene M. Cox of the Albemarle Border Guard]

landed at
Nag's Head N.C. after
having been on water
4 days & nights--This is
very nice summer
Resort built on
a barren & sandy
waste=a long narrow
strip of land immedi
iately
on the Atlantic
Coast--the weather
here at this season is
very unplesant--rains
& storms prevailing at
most constant

MSS 2223

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