Sept. 6th
These 24 hours commences with light airs & cloudy. Watch employed about the Sails & Rigging.Middle part same as first.
Latter part same. At 6 AM saw 2 sail on our Weather quarter. Made sail in chase and cleared ship for action.
From the Schooner Mammoth Logs, 1814. MS 3082, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.