February 18th
Latitude 10, Longitude 58, 17, captured the British sloop Martha, from Barbadoes to Demerara, laden with government stores; took out what suited our convenience, destroyed the balance and sent the sloop off as a cartel, sending her 25 prisoners upon parole.
From the journal of the Chasseur, excerpted in Baltimore American, June 2, 1814. Maryland Historical Society.