31st – Fine day, went to Town, return’d to Dinner, Mrs. T. walk’d to Mr. Peters.
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, October 31, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
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October 31st
First part fine pleasant breeze and clear weather. Nothing in sight.Middle pat same. At ½ past one made the lighthouse of Wood Island ahead. Kept off for Cape Elizabeth. At 3 saw Cape Elizabeth. At 5 came to an anchor, between the Forts at Portland.
Ends clear & fine weather.
Samuel Franklin
Collectors Office
Port of Portland Nov. 1814.
I Samuel Franklin do testify and declare that the Foregoing is a true Journal of the late Cruise of the Private armed Schooner Mammoth, of which I am Commander.
Samuel Franklin.
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.