14 – Very fine day, went to Town, din’d with Mr. S. Sterett & exercised the Artillery in the riding School-
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, July 14, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
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July 14…
The first part of these 24 hours commences with strong breezes and thick misty weather. At 7 PM took one reef in the Mainsail, 2 reefs in the Foresail, sent down the Fore Top Gallen yard, and got the JibaJib in, took in the Mainsail and Jib and set the Foresail and hove too.Middle Part same –
Latter part more moderate at 5 AM wove ship at 11 AM set the Topsails and mainsail.
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.
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