[New York] Tuesday, 25th. [February]
Five Prizes came up to Town this Morning. One of them a new large Ship, laden with Tobacco, & bound from Baltimore to France, was taken by Com. Hotham in Chesapeak Bay; and is valued at near £20,000. She has about 500 Hhds on board. 2
1. Tatum, ed., Serle's Journal, 192, 193.
2. Farmer, Benjamin Dashiel, master, taken January 20 by H.M.S. Brune, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.
