[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

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