8th – Warm sultry day, Wind S.W. Went to Town din’d at Mrs. Wests & afterwards drill’d in the Meadow, which is to be continued every evening – Mr. Robinson & Mr. Biddle walk’d out
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, September 7, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
Sept. 7th
The first part of these 24 hours commences light airs. At 2 PM out all reefs & swept up to the Nepel, mentioned in the preceding days work. One proved to be the Swedish Galiot Nelhelmir, Capt. Hognell, from Gollenborg bound to Malaga. Cargo [?] the other the Portuguese Brig St. Antony, Capt. Harnunas, from Amsterdam bound to Lisbon. [?]’d cargo, permitted to proceed after other sail in right. At 6 boarded them. They proved to be 2 Russian Brigs, from Dantzic bound to Malaga cargo staves- latter part moderate. Several sail in sight.
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.