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#January 2, 1766
#OTD The #Botanist John #Bartram wrote,
"[That] was the #Fatal night that destroyed the #Lime, #Citron & #Banana trees in #StAugustine."

Bernard's "Natural History of #Florida" also wrote about the #Freeze:

"A #Frost destroyed all the #Tropical productions of the country, except the #Oranges.

The #Spaniards called this a #Judgment on the place [becoming] the property of #Heretics - they had never experienced the like."