March 19, 1794 - Alexandria, Virginia - Charles William Dabney is born
January(?) 1(?), 1797 - Alexandria - John Bass Dabney returns to France with his wife to take up permanent residence. His son Charles stays with one of Dabney's sisters
January(?) 1(?), 1801 - France - Charles William Dabney travels alone to France
August(?) 1(?), 1804 - Bordeaux | Plymouth | Boston - His mother Roxanne "Roxa" Dabney departs Bordeaux for America, with young Charles, as well as the three younger children, Roxalina, John Lewis and Nancy, who had all been born in France. They make a stopover in Plymouth, England
September 1(?), 1807 - Fayal Island, Azores - Roxa Dabney and her four children arrive at Fayal, where John Bass Dabney had established his business
May 1, 1808 - St.António, Fayal Island - Dabney hears noises like cannons in the distance, and concludes there was some Sea engagement in the vicinity of the Island, but soon after casting his eyes towars the Island of São Jorge (St.George), he perceives a dense column of smoke rising to an immense height, it was soon judged that a Volcano had burst out about the center of that Island, and this was rendered certain when night came on, the fire exhibiting an awful appearance
May 3, 1808 - Velas, São Jorge Island, Azores - Being desirous of viewing this wonderful exertion of nature, Dabney embarks with the british consul to Velas, and find the inhabitants perfectly panic struck, and wholly give up to religious ceremonies and devotion.
May 4, 1808 - Urzalina, São Jorge Island - Dabney and the british consul go by water to a small sea port town two leagues to the southward called Urzalina, which was partly covered with cinders, and had turned valuable vineyards into a frightful desert
May 5, 1808 - Fayal Island - Dabney watches small volcanos brake out in the fields he had traversed on May 3rd
May 20, 1808 - Fayal Island - 13-year old Charles Dabney, already fluent in french and portuguese, is sent by his family to a Mr.Wheaton in the United States to serve "as an apprentice to learn business in his counting room", aswell as morals and handwriting
January(?) 1(?), 1810 - Fayal Island - Charles Dabney returns to Fayal because Mr.Wheaton had found him unmanageable and no longer wanted to take the responsability for him
February 19, 1812 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
June 1(?), 1812 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John about the "Bagatelle" house in Fayal
June 1, 1813 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother about the sulfurous baths of Furnas in São Miguel (St.Michael's) Island
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| Battle of Fayal - The "General Armstrong" is attacked by the british, 1814 |
September 28, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - Charles delivers another message to Captain Reid from Dabney, in which he is praised for his ferocious defence and advised to scuttle his ship to bring his crew and wounded ashore. After exchanging broadsides with the "Carnation", Reid orders it scuttled. The boatswain cuts off the figurehead of the ship, a bust of General Armstrong, so the enemy couldn't have it. Soon after the british board her and set it on fire
September 30, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - The british ships "Thais" and "Calypso" enter the Bay of Horta. Captain Lloyd appropriates them to take his wounded men back to England
October 5, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - Letter to the US Secretary of State in Washington D.C. "Thais" and "Calypso" depart Horta to England, each carrying 25 badly wounded men
January(?) 1(?), 1815 - Fayal Island - Dabney sends the ship "Dona Maria Thereza", with Captain Cushing in command, to St.Petersburg. Accompanying the ship as supercargo was his son Charles. Pico wine was a favourite in the Czar's household and shipments of it to Russia by the Dabneys became routine. Later, the russians visited Fayal and one visit even resulted in a marriage between a young woman of the island and a Russian Nobleman
December(?) 1(?), 1817 - Fayal Island - Charles Dabney returns to Fayal, with his appointment as Vice-Consul having been accepted
May 5, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter to William Stoddard and Andrew Malcolm, captains of the "Solon" and the brigue "Poacher"
May 9, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter to the US Secretary of State about the "Solon" and the "Poacher"
June 26, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter from his sister Roxalina in Nantucket
July 27, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter from his sister in Boston
August 26, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter to his mother
April(?) 1(?), 1819 - Boston, Massachusetts - Charles Dabney goes to America to pick up his bride
June 10, 1819 - Brighton, Boston(?) - Charles Dabney marries Frances Alsop Pomeroy
April 2, 1820 - Brighton, Boston(?) - Clara Dabney, the first daughter, is born
April 15(?), 1820 - While in Brighton, Boston(?) - Letter from his father, John Bass Dabney, with priceless pieces of wisdom gathered during his life's experiences to increase his success in all aspects of life
July 18, 1821 - Fayal Island - Entertains the officers of a dutch frigate from Batavia, during 5 days in his first time as US Consul while his father John Bass Dabney was in St.Miguel Island
August 19, 1821 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
February 17, 1822 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
May(?) 15(?), 1822 - Fayal Island - Sails for Boston with the Cunninghams on board the brigue "Wave"
June 22, 1822 - Brighton, Boston - Purchases a pair of ponies from Horatio Sargeant
July 7, 1822 - Brighton, Boston - Letter to his brother John
October 22, 1822 - Boston - Sails for the Azores on board the brig "Swiftsure"
March 24, 1823 - Fayal Island - Sails for Plymouth, England
April 2, 1823 - Plymouth, England - C.W.Dabney arrives at Plymouth after 9 days
April 12, 1823 - Plymouth - Letter to his brother John
April 21, 1823 - Liverpool - Letter to his brother John
June 19, 1823 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island
August 30, 1823 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
September 16, 1823 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
June 24, 1824 - Furnas, St.Miguel Island, Azores - Letter to his father, John Bass Dabney
November 7, 1824 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
December 14, 1824 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
January 3, 1825 - Fayal Island - Sails with his mother (Roxa Dabney) on board the "Neptune" for Terceira Island to visit his sister Nancy
January 4, 1825 - Terceira Island, Azores - Arrives at Terceira Island
January 9, 1825 - Terceira Island - Sails back for Fayal Island
January 12, 1825 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island
May 14, 1825 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
July 7, 1825 - Fayal Island - Letter from his mother Roxa Dabney from Boston
August 20, 1825 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John
November 12, 1825 - Fayal Island - Letter to his father, John Bass Dabney, in the US
September 1, 1826 - Pico Island, Azores - Message from uncle James informing him that his father was not well and asking him to return quickly to Fayal
September 2, 1826 - While in Pico Island - His father John Bass Dabney dies suddenly of appoplexy in Fayal Island, aged 59
November 14, 1826 - Fayal Island - Letter to Albert Gallatin, US Plenipotentiary Minister at the Court of St. James
July 31, 1828 - Fayal Island - Letter to Henry Clay, US Secretary of State
August 14, 1828 - Fayal Island - Letter to Thomas L.L.Brent, chargé d'affaires in Lisbon
August 28, 1828 - Fayal Island - The brazilian frigate "Isabel" under the command of Count Teodoro de Beaurepaire anchors at Fayal Island
September 3, 1828 - Fayal Island - More than 20 members of the brazilian frigate "Isabel" take the Castle of Santa Cruz, the main fortress of Fayal Island
September 19, 1828 - Fayal Island - He goes aboard the Brazilian frigate to expose to his captain the views of the Governor and the damage that the presence of the frigate was causing to the inhabitants
September 26, 1828 - Fayal Island - Letter to Henry Clay, US Secretary of State
September 28, 1828 - Fayal Island - Letter to José Maria d'Avellar Brotero
November 4, 1828 - Fayal Island - C.W.Dabney takes a set of firearms from his arsenal
January 16, 1829 - Fayal Island - Letter to Martin van Buren, US Secretary of State
August 7, 1830 - Fayal Island - Letter from the chargé d'affaires in Lisbon inducing CWD to leave immediately for Lisbon to defend himself against accusations relating to the episode of the Brazilian frigate and the removal of firearms from its facilities
August 18, 1830 - Fayal Island - Letter to Martin van Buren, US Secretary of State (proposing that American whaling ships have a surgeon's aide on board, as several crew members are injured in Azorean waters while hunting whales
September 4, 1830 - Fayal Island - Letter to the President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, explaining his conduct
October 2, 1830 - Lisbon, Portugal - Letter to Martin van Buren, US Secretary of State
October 27, 1830 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island
January 15, 1831 - Fayal Island - Letter to Thomas L.L.Brent, Chargé d'affaires in Lisbon
June 23, 1831 - Fayal Island - 800 portuguese soldiers under the Earl of Vila Flor take Fayal. Maria II is proclaimed Queen of Portugal
June 30, 1831 - Fayal Island - Letter to the US Secretary of State
July 9, 1831 - Fayal Island - Letter to the Earl of Vila Flor at Angra, Terceira Island
January(?) 1(?), 1832 - Fayal Island - Departs for Boston and then travels to New Orleans and up the Mississippi (8 months travelling)
May 9, 1832 - New Orleans, United States - Letter of Frances Dabney, with Charles William Dabney in New Orleans
November 16, 1832 - Fayal Island - Letter from Fayal, after his return from 8 months in the United States
November 26, 1833 - Fayal Island - Daughter Frances Alsop Dabney is born
January 2, 1834 - Fayal Island - Letter to Louis McLean, US Secretary of State
January 21, 1834 - Fayal Island - Letter to Louis McLean, US Secretary of State
September 22, 1834 - Fayal Island - The french frigate "La Sirène", commanded by the Count of Oysonville, arrives at Fayal bringing the Prince of Joinville on board. He is received by Charles William Dabney and stays in the island for six days
September 30, 1834 - Fayal Island - Letter to John Forsyth, US Secretary of State
March 19, 1842 - Fayal Island - The ship "Olive and Eliza", from St.Joseph(Florida) to Liverpool, docks in Horta Harbour in flames after being struck by lightning 8 days earlier, carrying 1100 bales of cotton
February 20, 1844 - Fayal Island - Letter to his daughter Roxana Dabney
November 7, 1845 - Fayal Island - His mother, Roxanne "Roxa" Dabney, dies, aged 73
November 25, 1845 - Fayal Island - Letter to Charles F.Lester
January 10, 1846 - Fayal Island - Letter to the US President, James K.Polk
December 10, 1846 - Fayal Island - Letter to John S.Minchin, British Vice-Consul to the islands of Fayal and Pico
April 15, 1847 - Fayal Island - Letter to the owners of the ship "Tally Ho"
June 18, 1848 - Boston, Massachusetts - Meeting with relatives at the Boston docks, when the ship "Harbinger" was to have departed, but the wind and tide did not allow it
October 3, 1848 - Boston - Letter to his lawyer, Daniel Lord
November(?) 1(?), 1848 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island on board the barque "Francia"
June 14, 1849 - Fayal Island - Letter to General W.Hopkins, US minister in Lisbon
February 4, 1851 - Fayal Island - Letter to Josiah Quincy
January 10, 1852 - Fayal Island - Letter to Daniel Webster, US department of State
December 13, 1852 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
April 3, 1853 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
August 27, 1855 - Fayal Island - Letter from the officers of the USS Constellation, at anchor in Fayal (with USS Potomac)
September 12, 1855 - Fayal Island - Letter from Captain H.Paulding of the USS Potomac, at anchor in Fayal
September 15, 1855 - Fayal Island - Letter from Captain H.Paulding of the USS Potomac, at anchor in Fayal
January 15, 1856 - Off Fayal Island, Azores - Salvage of the wreck of the ship "Ravenswood" from New York
January 17, 1856 - Fayal Island - Letter to Edward Walter, Secretary of the Board of Maritime Insurers, New York
January 31, 1856 - Fayal Island - Letter to his sons Samuel Wyllys and Charles William Jr.
July 26, 1856 - Fayal Island - Letter to the owners of the "Ravenswood", William Nelson and son, New York
November 5, 1856 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
January 12, 1857 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
February 3, 1857 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
May 16, 1857 - Boston, Massachusetts - Arrives in Boston on board the "Azor"
May 29, 1857 - Watertown, Massachusetts - Visit to Susan Heard Dabney
August 15(?), 1857 - Boston - Returns to Boston
November 24, 1857 - Boston - Sets sail for the Azores on board the "Azor"
December 7, 1857 - N. of Graciosa Island, Azores - Graciosa Island is sighted
December 8, 1857 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island
December 25, 1857 - Fayal Island - Christmas in the "Bagatelle"
December 29, 1857 - Fayal Island - His brother Frederick dies
June 29, 1858 - Fayal Island - Letter to J.L.O'Sullivan, former US minister to the Court in Lisbon
November 7, 1858 - Fayal Island - Official visit of Prince Luís, brother of the King of Portugal, Pedro V. Charles William Dabney and Samuel Wyllys Dabney welcome them
December 27, 1858 - Fayal Island - Letter from J.Judson Barclay, US Vice-Consul in Beirut, informing him of the death of his son Francis O.Dabney from typhus
January 6, 1859 - Fayal Island - Letter from J.Augustus Johnson, US Consul in Beirut, about his son's death
May 25, 1859 - Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island - Azores - Sails with 3 daughters for St.Miguel Island. Reaches Angra at sundown
May 26, 1859 - St.Miguel Island, Azores - Arrives at St.Miguel Island
June 3, 1859 - Lagoa das Sete Cidades, St.Miguel Island - Visit to Lagoa das Sete Cidades (Lagoon of the Seven Cities), St.Miguel Island
June 29, 1859 - While in St.Miguel Island - Letter from the city of Boston in response to his previous letter, stating that 10,000 bushels of corn were sent to the Azores to help the population after the bad weather destroyed all the crops
July 24, 1859 - Ponta Delgada, St.Miguel Island - Sails for Fayal Island aboard the steamer "Estefânia"
July 27, 1859 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island, after a short landing at Velas, St.Jorge Island. Fayal residents flock to the pier to express their gratitude for the help of the US Consul
March 2, 1861 - Fayal Island - Letter to Rev. T.W.Higginson
May 2, 1861 - Fayal Island - Departs for Boston
May 27, 1861 - Boston, Massaschusetts - Arrives in Boston
September 21, 1861 - St.Louis, Missouri - Arrives at St.Louis (near the Mississippi)
September 25, 1861 - Cincinnati - Arrives in Cincinnati
December 6, 1861 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
February 23, 1862 - Fayal Island - A Confederate propeller driven merchant ship, the "Annie Childes" arrives at Fayal en route to Liverpool
February 28, 1862 - Fayal Island - Letter to William H.Seward, US Secretary of State
May 1, 1862 - Fayal Island - Letter from the American Geographical and Statistical Society constituting and declaring Charles William Dabney a member of the Society
May 22, 1862 - Fayal Island - Letter to F.R.Camroux on the issue of coal supply
October 26, 1863 - Horta, Fayal Island, Azores - Beleago Street in Horta becomes Consul Dabney Street
June 10, 1864 - Fayal Island - Letter to Josiah Quincy
September 21, 1864 - Fayal Island - Letter to Eliza S.Quincy
June 18, 1865 - Fayal Island - Sails to the United States on board the "Fredonia"
(We have no information about this voyage)
April 10, 1867 - Fayal Island - Charles Dabney sends the figurehead of the "General Armstrong" to the museum of the Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, because the wood began to show signs of decay in Fayal's humid climate. With it, Charles gave a complete description of this heroic boatswain's deed in a letter he sent to the Boston Naval Library and Institute after they elected him an honorary member
July 18, 1867 - Fayal Island - Letter to Louis S.Dabney
December 13, 1867 - Fayal Island - Letter to Eliza S.Quincy
January 30, 1868 - Fayal Island - Letter to Charles Hickling
July 1, 1868 - Pico Island - Takes the Treat family to Pico Island
September 17, 1868 - Fayal Island - Letter to Charles William Dabney Jr.
April 28, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letter to R.B.Forbes
June 1, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letter from the White House suspending Dabney as US Consul in Fayal. Signed Ulisses S. Grant
June 4, 1869 - Fayal Island - Boston's "Traveler" newspaper reports that "J.C.Cover" has been named US Consul in Fayal
September 30, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letters to Moses Grinnell and John M.Forbes
November 29, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
December 27, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letter to Arthur Lillienhof von Adelstein
March 16, 1870 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
July 7, 1870 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney
July 19, 1870 - Fayal Island - After delivering his position to J.C.Cover, Dabney says goodbye to the people of Fayal and departs for a visit to Great Britain
August 8, 1870 - Malvern, Worcestershire(?) - Arrives in Malvern, Worcestershire(?), where his son Charles William Dabney Jr was living
August 25, 1870 - Hereford, England - Listens to Mendelssohn's Reformation Symphony "Christus" and "Psalm 42"
September 15, 1870 - Malvern, Worcestershire - Returns to Malvern
October 2, 1870 - Crystal Palace, England - Letter to Roxana Dabney
October 3, 1870 - Malvern, Worcestershire - Returns to Malvern
October 11, 1870 - Llangollen, Wales - Arrives at Llangollen
October 15, 1870 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Arrives in Edinburgh
October 27, 1870 - London, England - Visit to London
November 2, 1870 - Malvern, Worcestershire - Returns to Malvern
November 7, 1870 - Southampton, England - Boards the steamer "Oneida" to Lisbon
November 13, 1870 - Lisbon, Portugal - Arrives in Lisbon
November 15, 1870 - Lisbon - Sails for the Azores
November 19, 1870 - St.Miguel Island - Arrives in St.Miguel Island
December 4, 1870 - Fayal Island - Dinner with prussian officers
December 22, 1870 - While in Fayal Island - His son, Charles William Dabney Jr dies in Malvern, England, aged 47
March 12, 1871 - Horta, Fayal Island, Azores - Charles William Dabney dies, aged 76 =(END)
Bibliography
ABDO, Joseph C. - "On the edge of History"
JARNAGIN, Laura - "A Confluence of Transatlantic Networks"
MÓNICA, Maria Filomena | SILVEIRA E SOUSA, Paulo - "The Dabneys - A bostonian family in the Azores"
ABDO, Joseph C. - "On the edge of History"
JARNAGIN, Laura - "A Confluence of Transatlantic Networks"
MÓNICA, Maria Filomena | SILVEIRA E SOUSA, Paulo - "The Dabneys - A bostonian family in the Azores"
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