Daily Archives: February 13, 2014

February 13th
Latitude 12, 49, Longitude 57, 35, captured, after a chase of 5 hours, the British schooner Miranda, from Cork to Guadalope, laden with dry goods, flour, butter, soap, beef, etc; took out the dry goods and some other articles necessary for ship’s use, and burnt the balance.

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