12th – Fine day, Went to Town & from thence with my Troop to Sollers [?] Point, return’d to Dinner at Mrs. Wests –
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, October 12, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
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October 12th
First part light breezes and moderate, nothing in sight. Watch Employed in putting thing to right.Middle part light airs and pleasant weather.
Latter part same. At 7 AM saw a ship standing to the Eastward. All the watch Employed in repairing the Mainsail. At 10 AM saw a ship to windward.
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.