March 11th
Grange bearing s w half w. at 6 a m made two sail from our mast head; gave chase, at 9 hove out a signal which was answered and proved to be the K, with a schooner her prize, formerly the Eldridge Gerry. At half past meridian, spoke the K.

From the journal of the Chasseur, excerpted in Baltimore American, June 2, 1814. Maryland Historical Society.

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