JULY 1926
THE GUAM RECORDER
94
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Agana, as it appeared from the mast head of th e B ar que " Ly di a " to First Offi.cer William Haswell. as his vessel la-vat anchor ofi the reef i n fr ont of A gana w h e n sh e v is it ed t his p o rt i n 1 8 00. M r . Has well ev i d e n tl y visited Guam two years l a ter . His jour n a l o f wh i c h v oy age was p u b l i sh ed in t he Rec o rd e r, Se pt em ber1925,t h e o ri ginal being preserved a mong t he M ar ine J o u rn a ls of t he E as t In d i a Marine Society of Salem in the I,ibrary of the Ess ex I ns t it ut e. On this voyage his ship sailed from Bostolt for Manila and Canton, e a r ly in Nlar c h 18 0 1 . A t Ma nila s he was c h a rte roASA ed to take the new Gove rnor , Capt ain D o n V i c e n te Bl a n c o to Gu a m, and sa iled on O c t ober 2 0 th ., 1 8 0 1 , a rri v i n g h e re J anuary 5 th . , 1802. The above sketch is probably one of a very few n o w in ex is t enc e g i v i n g a n i d e a l v h a t A g a n a l ooked l i ke 126 y ear s a g o . T h i s b u i l d i n g w a s e vi dentl y
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erected at the same time as the barracks .r'l,hichadj oi ned i t and w hi ch i s used today as quarters f or t he U . S . N {ari ne C orps. Thi s bui l di ng bears t he dat e ,t / J o.
The photograph of the present " C asa G obier no" (Government H ouse) and someti mes ca lled t he P a l a c e , s t a n d s u p o n th e same site and probably u p o n t h e s a m e fo u n d a tion as tbe p r e vi o u s building v 'h i c h \\:a s a m u c h 1 e , . s p r e te n ti o u s structure. This building 'n'as erected cluring t h e a c l m i n i s t r a ti o n o f lientenant C ol cn e l o f I r i f n l t r r ', l o t r En r i q r r e S o l a r : o , S p r n i sh Ar n r y, s h o r t l l ' a f t e r h i s a ssu m i n g t h e g c r , e r no r sh i p cf t h e I s l a n d , . | u 1 1- 17 , 1BB4 . l l e r v a s a b l l ' a ssi ste d i n t h i s *'o r k b y h i s Ai d e , D o n E n r i q r e Scto , w h o t {'a s a n e x p e r i e n ce d e n nee* 6
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