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August
1 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather and heigh dry fog. Barometer 30.05 - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in tower - Had seventeen visitors - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies.
2 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for the day. Barometer 30.12 - Keeper & assts showing visitors in tower - Had eight visitors - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.
3 Fresh breeze north with thick damp fog these 24 hours - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.04 to 29.92 - Had ten visitors today - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in the tower - Keeper writing in office - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies.
4 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - General duties for day - Barometer 29.80 - Keeper & assts showing thirty six visitors in tower - 1st asst went fishing - Keeper & assts decided to exclude visitors from the tower on Saturdays.
5 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather & dry fog. Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.72 to 29.84 - Keeper went to Newport after mail and supplies - Had fourty eight visitors - 1st and 2nd assts showing visitors in the tower - Keeper writing in office today.
6 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.70 to 29.90 - Keeper & assts showing sixty visitors in the tower - Keeper went about two miles from station about cutting wood - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.
7 Light north and variable wind and calm these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.92 to 30.00 - 2nd asst working in the shop and showing visitors in the tower - Visitors are not admitted to the tower on Saturdays - 1st asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.
8 Moderate to fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather - Sea smooth - Barometer 30.02 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - 1st & 2nd assts showing visitors in the tower - Had thirty visitors.
9 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Last part of 24 hours fair - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.05 - Keeper & assts showing visitors in the tower - Had fourty visitors - 2nd asst went over to repair gate next to ocean beach & also hunting.
10 Fresh and moderate breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair and smoky - Sea smooth - General duties for day - 2nd asst polishing brass work in lantern - 1st asst went fishing & digging potatoes - Keeper digging potatoes.
11 Fresh and moderate breeze north with thick damp fog these 24 hours - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.10 to 30.03 - Had fourty nine visitors - Keeper and assts showing visitors in the tower - 2nd asst went over on the south beach after a knife that he lost.
12 Fresh and moderate breeze north with thick damp fog these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours fair weather & smoky - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 30.00. Keeper & assts showing visitors in tower - Had 110 visitors - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail & supplies.
13 Fresh breeze north these 24 hours with thick damp fog first part of 24 hours - Last part of 24 hours smoky and some fog - Sea smooth - Barometer 29.90 to 29.85 - General duties for the day - Keeper and assts showing visitors in the tower - 1st asst digging potatoes - Had thirty two visitors.
14 Moderate breeze to light north wind these 24 hours with thick fog and smoky - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.73 - Keeper went to Newport after mail & supplies - Keeper & assts showing visitors in the tower - Had fourty three visitors.
15 Light N. to south wind these 24 hours with thick damp fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Barometer 29.74 to 29.83. 1st asst showing thirteen visitors in the tower - 2nd asst went over on south beach after razor clams - Keeper removing oil galls in oil house.
16 Light south wind to moderate and fresh breeze north these 24 hours - First part of 24 hours thick damp fog - Last part of 24 hours heigh dry fog - Sea smooth - General duties for the day - Keeper and 1st asst showing visitors in the tower - Had twenty six visitors - 2nd asst went to Newport after mail and supplies - Keeper cleaning windows in his part of dwelling.
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