Sept. 11th
These 24 hours commences with light breezes and pleasant weather, nothing in sight.Middle part light breezes and moderate with rain.
Latter part moderate with rain. At 5 AM saw a large fleet, steering to the Northward, under convoy of two Frigates and several sloops of war.
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.