21 Cloudy da Wind S.E. – Went to Town, on Duty as usual, din’d at Steretts and return’d home in the evening –
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, September 18, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
Daily Archives: September 18, 2014
Sept. 18th
These 24 hours commences with fresh Breezes, with rain, and a heavy sea from the N.W. Took in and made sail accordingly.Middle part more moderate made sail again.
Latter part fresh Breezes and a heavy sea.
Longitude by Lunar 23..28..30.
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.