“ISAAC MAYO, USN, PRIVATE JOURNAL AT SEA FROM 1809 TO 1819”
IN USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM

 

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1813          “…The Constitution hove in sight the Hornet and my schooner the Jany Ellen stood out for her, the Ellen being the swiftest sailer [sic] came up with 1 the Constitution first, and passed under her stern…discoverd that the Constitution had shot holes in her stern and stern boat…”