3rd – Hard Frost & clear morning. Went to Town at at 12 O’Clock rode on Chincopin Hill to see a Man who was Sentenc’d by a Court Martial to be Shot, he was reprieved when on his knees expecting the fatal moment – Din’d with P. Wirgman –

From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, December 3, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.