29 – Very fine day – Went to Town, din’d at Mrs. Wests – Miss Sterett walk’d out and staid all Night –
From the journal of Captain Henry Thompson, September 26, 1814. Courtesy the Friends of Clifton.
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Sept. 26th
The first part of these 24 hours commences, heavy Gales, and a tremendous sea, still laying too. At 7 PM more moderate, made more sail.Middle part, fresh Gales, and squally. With a heavy sea.
Latter part more moderate. Made sail accordingly; still continuing, cloudy and a heavy swell.
Looner Brought up 30..7
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.