Daily Archives: September 7, 2014

Sept. 7th
The first part of these 24 hours commences light airs. At 2 PM out all reefs & swept up to the Nepel, mentioned in the preceding days work. One proved to be the Swedish Galiot Nelhelmir, Capt. Hognell, from Gollenborg bound to Malaga. Cargo [?] the other the Portuguese Brig St. Antony, Capt. Harnunas, from Amsterdam bound to Lisbon. [?]’d cargo, permitted to proceed after other sail in right. At 6 boarded them. They proved to be 2 Russian Brigs, from Dantzic bound to Malaga cargo staves- latter part moderate. Several sail in sight.

From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.