5th Oct. Heavy Storm of Thunder and Rain last Night – cloudy day. Went to Town, din’d at Mrs. Wests – busy digging Fall Potatoes –
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, October 5, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
5th Oct. Heavy Storm of Thunder and Rain last Night – cloudy day. Went to Town, din’d at Mrs. Wests – busy digging Fall Potatoes –
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, October 5, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
October 5th
First part of these 24 hours commences with fresh breeze and squally, accompanied with light misty rains. At 11 PM heavy gales, hove too.Middle part heavy gales and squally. Still laying too.
Latter part same as before. Nothing in sight.
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.